Using Ollama for some basic transcript editing and / or summarizing. It's nice to have something that isn't automatically using my info to train someone else's systems. #AI

Upskilling as a Marketer — Michael W. Roberts Tools to help the modern marketer capture preferred sources for learning. Acquire knowledge from YouTube, articles, and custom content.

Venturing back into blogging here at the end of the year:

www.michaelwroberts.com/blog/upskill...

Using NotebookLM to distill my preferred sources on marketing and AI

GROOVY

It seems like you need to have subscriptions to at least a couple of LLMs at a time to have a backup when each service is overloaded. #AI #sometimes

I have a transcript out of Dropbox that was one block of text, with no paragraph breaks and no labeling of who was speaking. I exported it into a text file and uploaded it to Claude, asking the system to make it more legible. It's making it worlds better. So much time saved. #AI #usecase

Love this marketing question from @markwschaefer.bsky.social :

“How do we break through the info-obesity of the modern world?”

— Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World by Mark Schaefer

First #HITsm Bluesky Chat - ViVE 2025 Conference Preview The #HITsm chat is back!  Well kind of anyway.  We thought it would be fun to bring the healthcare IT social media community together again on Bluesky this ti

I should have done a better job promoting this, but tomorrow at Noon ET (9 AM PT) we're going to be doing an #HITsm chat here on Bluesky.

Details: www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/01/17/f...

If you can help us reach out to the various health IT poeple you know, that would be appreciated. #ViVE2025

A black-and-white photo of the composer Vangelis, taken from above. He is sitting wearing a black sweater and a coat, and is sitting on a stool in a semicircle of large synthesizer and organs. He has his hand on two different organ keyboards

hey remember that time Vangelis -- the synthesizer pioneer who did the soundtrack for Blade Runner ...

... recorded hours of music to be played during surgeries?

so the surgeons could just, like, chill out?

Item #2 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

I am hearing similar issues in #medtech. Very difficult for early stage startups to find funding anywhere.

I’m disappointed to see that #grannyflex isn’t trending on BSky

My new use case for AI tools like Perplexity & ChatGPT... correcting AI-generated podcast transcripts with surgeons.

SO many branded and technical terms

Yay that someone is helping out.

Yikes that this is the state of healthcare.

"We are leveling the playing field in the AI arms race between payers and providers."

OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video) YouTube video by OK Go

Ok, this is stupid cool. OK Go made a music video using 64 separate videos filmed on 64 phones. youtu.be/MOEULOSVNK4?...

Alyssa Huffman predicts that more physicians will drive key changes in the coming years. With frustrations building over the current industry norms, physicians may be the key to addressing unmet needs in the market.
#medtech

Trying to build a connection between a few applications using Replit... realizing that the much-more-mature-than-expected Zapier might be the right answer for what I'm trying to do.

Did you say “call-lee-flower”?!

I’m inordinately excited about a new spice rack in the back of our pantry door. Everything is alphabetized, and all is right with the world.

First page of the story showing the title in a wall in a snowy alley, a building in the background. It’s night and a little girl is sleeping in her bed. Someone breaks in silently through a window and he’s wearing a Santa costume

~~ Episode One ~~

Here's an uncommon view in medtech: the product is the third most important thing in the surgery.

The first two?
1. The surgeon
2. The patient

Makes sense, but this big dose of humility isn't the current standard by any means.

Forest trail during the winter. Leaves all over the ground

My view for part of the morning.

I don’t think it’s really fair to call what I did mountain biking, but I feel safe calling it trail riding.

One of my favorite conversations this year: companies that try to appeal to everyone cannot resonate.

The companies that pick a narrower audience and really work to solve their problems are the ones that can be useful.

Hugs, Jim.

How special to share this big moment with your dad.

I pray you get some time to be still in the midst of all this.

Congratulations! That’s so awesome

I don't remember subscribing to any of these newsletters I'm starting to receive. I don't even have an account there that I'm aware of.

Anyone else suddenly getting bombed with beehiiv-powered newsletters?

Spam by newsletter is no fun.

Hosted a podcast episode today where the two guests were legitimate fans of one another: one a startup CEO and the other a startup board member who advises several companies.

It was a really fun dynamic. Two leaders bringing their respective strengths to bear.

Found this resource because of Daniel Pink's website, and I'm finding it helpful for focusing: asoftmurmur.com

Remember how Zoom shot up to become THE way people do online meetings?

I was on a Zoom call yesterday, and the person on the other end was really struggling. She only uses Teams and was really having trouble adapting.

Market dominance is such a fickle thing.

There’s a long way to go, but it’s cool to see companies actively moving in this direction.

For medtech companies who want to move to more sustainable practices, it can seem like an overwhelming an massive overhaul, but it doesn't have to be that way. Sustainability consultant Jennifer Michelle explains how a roadmap is the best way to start implementing more sustainable practices.