The competition was aimed at women over 40 who felt invisible, so I wrote down the things I knew they would be looking for: grey hair, cancer, blah blah, and sent them along with the requested full-length picture and a headshot.
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From lost to dazzled (with merch and AI)
Looking back at the months of effort it took me to create my story and looking for an easy way to demonstrate the speed of AI, I fed the 20 key ‘storyboard’ points of my life, just 283 words, into Gemini Notebook LM.
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Fresh Perspectives: New Designers 2026
A spontaneous visit to New Designers 2026 became an unexpectedly inspiring evening, prompting me to highlight five standout emerging designers exploring sustainability, wellbeing, multifunctional design and storytelling with creativity, care and joy.
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Going live on Facebook, YouTube, Eventbrite
I officially started my mission to demystify AI about three years ago, back in 2023. I attended an online talk where the speaker confidently told 90 people that ChatGPT was evolving so fast, it would soon “start breeding robots.”
So, I did what any sensible person would do: I dropped a message in the chat box telling everyone the speaker was completely wrong. After all, I’ve been working in AI since 1993.
It was not my finest hour!
Launching a Live AI Course: Behind the Scenes
If you want to watch me ignoring AI advice as part of the messy, real-time journey of me building this business, whilst using AI tools to handle launch pages, sales, and community building…
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