I've created a user-friendly ChatGPT prompting guide for beginners and intermediate users. It’s based on my experience of professionally using it for various stuff, from code to analysis, and teaching it to others. Here’s all you need to gain a better understanding of how to make her more useful:

https://colonelroyce.com/chatgpt-guide-basic/

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TECH TRENDS 2025 REPORT

AI has become both a blessing and a curse (rn, more of a curse IMO), but it's not the only story worth telling. Beneath the surface of chatbots, LLMs, and generated images lies a complex web of technological shifts, social implications, and economic disruptions that are redefining our world.

I've wrapped up some trends based on events that happened in 2024. Here’s the full report (take a comfortable seat, it’s big):

https://colonelroyce.com/2025-tech-report/

The discussion (let alone social media hot takes) about AI in the broader masses is quite alarming: most of the people who say anything about the topic either side with the ‘AI bros’ with, mildly saying, an overly optimistic approach in which LLMs are a salvation and the solution to all our problems, or go all in with extreme Luddite beliefs that every iteration of AI must be shut down and the technical progress must be reversed.

I wish every single fucker who has no idea how AI & ML works beyond ‘there’s a chatbot/app that does something I do(n’t) like’ and still blurts out their extremely valuable opinion RTFM, but that’s obviously too much. And maybe they should’ve started with basic education and scientific principles.

Oh, it’s not about AI at all, oh boy…

I’m convinced (and I guess you share this idea) that understanding high-level processes and frameworks in any field you’re involved in is crucial. It’s also true of the modern world itself: how it works, where it’s heading, why it works the way it does.

It may seem like a philosophical subject, but I’m excited about how much practical use I’ve made of such concepts over the years. If you’re interested in exploring the underlying concepts further, I’ve compiled a list of six books that I humbly recommend:

https://colonelroyce.com/6books-modernity/

Dario (the CEO of Anthropic) is a little too optimistic, even given the disclaimer, but his vision is:
1) much better than no vision at all
2) much better than 'we’ll-release-AGI-next-month-(we-have-no-idea-what-we-are-doing)-lol-we-rockkkk'

And if we see it as an invitation to a broader discussion (and that’s the intention), which the world is lacking right now, that’s a solid 8/10.

https://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace

Fair point. I might seem too critical and acrid, but I’ve def been a builder for years. If I say something isn’t right or broken, I always: mean ‘we need to fix it’; believe it’s possible; sometimes suggest fixes, sometimes roll up my sleeves and create a fix myself.

Building is great, and working with other builders is a soup for the soul.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/we-dont-need-more-cynics-we-need-more-builders/

A quick all-timer: https://colonelroyce.com/porn-and-work/

I’ve been using this feature (along with the Alfred app for Mac for complex shortcuts and snippets) every day for at least a decade, and frankly, at this point idk how people live without it

https://colonelroyce.com/messaging-shortcuts/

By the way, I’m currently rebuilding my curated tool collections on my website from the ground up, and would love to hear from you!

If you have cool must-know, must-have web services & MacOS apps you’d like to share with the world, let me know. Even if you’re sure everyone knows about it — that’s an expert bias. I bet there are people who’ll find it useful.

The categories are:
• Project & Product management
• Web & Software development
• Design, Brand identity & Creative direction
• Content and Marketing

I only add tools that I love, so I’ll test your suggestions, and then add them to the collection.

I’m not a fan of comment sections on Telegram, and keep my channel neat and clean, but for this purpose, I’ll create a temporary chat — welcome. If you wanna share anonymously, you can use the form.

I once stumbled across Patreon's Creator Mindset Map. It's long since been deleted from their blog for some reason, but my thoughts on it are still up & running.

https://colonelroyce.com/four-stages/

Saturday is the perfect time to stop the never-ending creative conveyor: colonelroyce.com/stop-the-conveyor/

Give it a try tomorrow ;)

Oh, and a bonus: David Graeber’s ‘Bullshit Jobs’ is also a cool choice. A philosophical framework for analyzing the nature of the industrial and post-industrial job market, the bloated overstaffing in some industries and underpayment in others.

For some reason, since the beginning of the year, I keep referring to 2025 as ‘2005’. It drives me crazy, but I can’t deny there’s a certain charm to it


Like, yo yo yo stylus dvd hellomoto

I recently developed a website for a really cool designer: https://thekotek.com

Hire her if you need something outstanding, bold and consistent. Or just check out the site and spread the word!

If you're a business owner, a marketer, or a project manager, there's an easy way to collect, visualize, and view the data that matters in one place — oh, and it's free. Here's my beginner's guide: https://colonelroyce.com/looker-studio-guide/

One 16 Gb phone, a punch card with 256 Mb RAM sauce, and a hand-crafted organic bio book juice, please. To go. No, sorry, no tips!

https://colonelroyce.com/post-industrial-two-sides/

Are you using it enough?

https://colonelroyce.com/every-superhuman/

After months of working side by side with ChatGPT, I've made my decision. I'm not going to fire her... more like keep her on as an unpaid intern

https://colonelroyce.com/20-bucks-isnt-20-bucks/

Old but gold: 10+ years of management taught me this

https://colonelroyce.com/get-it-all-done/

I don’t normally do clickbait, but sometimes it’s necessary for drama and fun. And yes, jokes about ‘you may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like’ aside (or not!)

me IRL every time when… well, just every fucking time