Hermes, hands on
Before you come, install Hermes at home. A 30-minute walk from a beginner Hermes install on your laptop to the system I run. Free, at Groover Labs, with dinner from the Newman University DBA program.
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Field notes on learning, AI, and the systems underneath.
Essays on learning, AI, and the systems underneath. Published when there is something worth saying.
Subscribe via RSSThe Two Nos That Built My Career
A cold first trip to New York, a $100 million student data project that failed, two job offers I turned down, and why hope is something you learn.
Read the postHow to create a loop
A practical build sequence for turning a repeating AI task into a loop that remembers, stops at the right boundary, and starts the next cycle smarter.
Read the postThe power of partnerships
The fifth Verizon Innovative Learning Lab in Wichita reflects a partnership built around students, teachers, and the work they can do together.
Read the postAnswers Are Cheap. Judgment Is Not.
Employer surveys, labor data, and international assessments keep naming the same short list of skills. The harder finding is that the entry-level work which used to build them is gone.
Read the postAI can do the grunt work. Wisdom still needs shared experience.
Daisy Christodoulou's case against transferable skills is right, and it points schools toward internships, simulations, and public showcases instead of a critical thinking course.
Read the postFrank: My Hermes Setup
A visual tour of Frank, my Hermes setup for wearable context, scheduled research, model-routed profiles, skills, memory, and verified work.
Read the postWhat Alan Watts, Arthur Brooks, and a Cheap Trash Bag Are All Trying to Tell Me
A personal reflection on presence, digital distraction, Arthur C. Brooks, Alan Watts, and the small moments that can interrupt the doom loop.
Read the postLoop engineering: the next useful AI skill
Loop engineering is the shift from one-off prompts to repeatable AI workflows where context, human judgment, artifacts, and memory compound over time.
Read the postI am not using AI like a chatbot anymore
How I use Henry on OpenClaw and Frank on Hermes as a home-lab AI operating layer, with a Mac client, Tailscale, skills, memory, scheduled jobs, and integrations.
Read the postThe post-ESSER K-12 CIO playbook for AI is governance, not procurement
AI in schools has stopped being a pilot story. Districts that get next year right will be the ones that build the system around the tool, not the ones buying the most tools.
Read the postWe are not preparing students for the future if we are still designing schools for predictability
A reflection after hearing Salim Ismail at the Ad Astra Technology Summit: exponential change is already here, and schools need a faster metabolism without losing their human center.
Read the postWhat to expect from this blog
A quick note on the ideas, questions, and field notes that will show up here each week.
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