9/11, twenty-five years in the rearview September 24, 2000, 11:45 AM He was wearing civilian clothing as he approached my desk; only his facial expressions showed his military training and the iron will to do what he needed to do. Steve was thirty-five years old, a US marine, and a decorated veteran of the Gulf…

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…

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….

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…