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  • Sometimes the Helpful Cousin Is the Problem
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    Sometimes the Helpful Cousin Is the Problem

    ByAttila Farkas August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

    A conversation about Microsoft Word, ChatGPT, students, and the house style nobody admitted they were joining. The Story That Still Opens the Door. I did not start this by asking an AI for a hot take. I started with a classroom memory. About twenty years ago, a teacher prepared a presentation on public speaking. The…

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  • A story about grammar, artificial intelligence, changing language, and why writers still need to trust their own judgment
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    Sometimes the Blue Underline Is Wrong

    ByAttila Farkas August 25, 2026August 27, 2026

    What Microsoft Word’s AI Is Really Telling You A story about grammar, artificial intelligence, changing language, and why writers still need to trust their own judgment A Real Classroom Example: “Pubic Speaking” I have been teaching Microsoft Office for approximately 30 years. During that time, I have watched Microsoft Word evolve through generations of technology….

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  • Illustration of diverse professionals standing in a circle, connected by glowing gold lines forming a network, symbolizing mentorship and real community connection
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    Building a Real Network for Real People

    ByAttila Farkas August 18, 2026August 28, 2026

    Building real connections between teachers, students, professionals, and communities. There’s a trend going around HR circles right now called “conscious unbossing.” The short version: skilled people are deliberately turning down management roles. Not because they’re lazy or lack ambition, but because they’ve watched leadership roles consume people’s time and energy, and they’d rather protect their…

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  • Illustration of dark tangled vines choking a glowing gold outline on one side, while the outline breaks free into clean golden light on the other, symbolizing recovery from a negative SEO attack
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    I Disappeared From Google. Here’s What Happened Next.

    ByAttila Farkas August 15, 2026August 15, 2026

    SEO · True Story I Disappeared From Google. Here’s What Happened Next. Have you ever Googled yourself? Of course you have. It’s okay to admit it. Have you ever Googled your own website? Checked whether it shows up on the first page, or whether it’s buried somewhere around page fourteen? Nobody goes to page fourteen….

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  • That Flavor Is Yours: 7 Ways to Teach Your AI Your Voice.
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    That Flavor Is Yours: 7 Ways to Teach Your AI Your Voice.

    ByAttila Farkas July 31, 2026August 1, 2026

    You have that friend or coworker who uses the same flavored vocabulary so many times that they should trademark it. We all have our authentic communication style and language that makes us real. Over an extended amount of time, your AI can observe and analyze your style through repeated interactions, reading your posts, refining your…

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  • Illustration symbolizing handwriting vs typing brain research, showing a fountain pen's ink transforming into a glowing neural network
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    A kék tinta erősebb, mint a billentyűzet

    ByAttila Farkas July 28, 2026July 29, 2026

    Agykutatás · Tinta pszichológia A kék tinta erősebb, mint a billentyűzet Mindig azt mondtam a diákjaimnak, hogy a könyvelési naplóikat kék tintával írják. Papírra. Ha hibáztak, húzzák át, és írják a helyes számot fölé. A hagyományos könyvelők évtizedeken át így dolgoztak. Így nem lehet a hibát a számítógépre fogni, és nem lehet a rossz számítást…

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  • Illustration symbolizing handwriting vs typing brain research, showing a fountain pen's ink transforming into a glowing neural network
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    Blue Ink Is Mightier Than the Keyboard

    ByAttila Farkas July 28, 2026August 1, 2026

    Brain Science · Ink Psychology Blue Ink Is Mightier Than the Keyboard I always told my students to write their bookkeeping journals in blue ink. On paper. If they made a mistake, cross it over and show the correct number above it. That’s how traditional bookkeepers worked for decades. This way, you can’t blame a…

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  • Practicing the discipline behind mastery through repetition — a roundhouse kick by the Black Sea, Bulgaria
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    From Roundhouse Kicks to Excel IF Functions: Why Mastery Is Built One Repetition at a Time

    ByAttila Farkas July 27, 2026August 1, 2026

    Hungary Stories · Eger From Roundhouse Kicks to Excel IF Functions: Why Mastery Is Built One Repetition at a Time A story about mastery through repetition that starts on a dojo floor in Eger and ends, unexpectedly, in a Microsoft Excel classroom decades later. When people hear that I spent years practicing Kyokushin karate, they…

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  • Mirror mirror on the wall…
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    Mirror mirror on the wall…

    ByAttila Farkas July 24, 2026August 1, 2026

    Taylor Swift, MrBeast, Kylie Jenner, and Erling Haaland Never Did This for You When you’re sitting at the dinner table and feel the urge to pull out your phone to check on your favorite celebrities, consider this: Taylor Swift USA never changed your diaper, your mother did. MrBeast USA never broke his clay piggy bank…

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  • Rigid academic writing rules bound in books transforming into free-flowing authentic blog writing style
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    MLA vs. APA vs. Your Authentic Voice

    ByAttila Farkas July 24, 2026August 1, 2026

    A blog writing vs essay writing story: what happens when a grammar checker built for essays meets a blog post, and why I wasn’t surprised who won “I knew it! The old essay style writing is baked into Yoast, and the modern style of blog writing can be more casual, and conversational style.” That’s what…

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