Bud Ward

Another 30-day challenge on the calendar! I’ve been experimenting with coding with AI for a few months. So far, I’ve built WordPress plugins and a couple of custom websites. This should be fun.

If you’re always exploring your curiosity & trying new things, people might assume you’re indecisive or flaky. Sometimes you’re exploring a path not taken earlier in life. Sometimes you’re exploring a completely new path. You’re not indecisive, you’re just iterating.

Thanks June! I needed a creative space separate from my professional & client writing. I just posted a new one about an hour ago. Planning to publish at least weekly to keep the rhythm & creativity flowing.

I published weekly essays for 7 months in 2023, then I stopped. It wasn’t writer’s block or lacking anything to say. The direction & name just felt off. Forcing everything into one niche. I started over last week, creating a space for creative expression & being myself.

Some of you DM'd me asking how our son enjoyed the @blakeshelton Friends & Heroes concert with @TraceAdkins, @DeanaSings, & @cmorganmusic. I can't even explain how excited he was. He sang and danced for the entire 3-hour show. He was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep until 1 am. He also decided that he wants concert tickets for every birthday from now on. Thanks to Blake, Trace, Deana, & Craig for putting on an awesome show! Thanks to @CFGBankArena & staff for helping Chase have a great experience! #DownSyndromeAwareness #BlakeShelton

🚨 Calling all @BlakeShelton fans & friends! 🚨 Our son Chase is, without a doubt, the biggest Blake Shelton fan in the world. It started during the 2020 lockdowns when he watched every episode of The Voice. Since then, he’s memorized every Blake song, watched every video, and his favorite clip? Blake getting a haircut from @gwenstefani while chatting with @jimmyfallon. 😂✂️ But Blake’s music is more than just fun for Chase—it’s been a lifeline. Last year, while recovering from a severe leg fracture, Blake’s songs, videos, and TV appearances got him through four incredibly tough months. Now, we’re taking him to see Blake live in concert in Baltimore this week! We’d love for Blake to know how much he means to Chase. A shoutout during the show would make Chase’s entire year! X—do your thing! Let’s make this happen! ❤️🎶 #BlakeShelton #BiggestFan #DownSyndromeAwareness

I flagged the mistake to the company, noting how this misrepresentation could harm public trust in their product and the other testimonials. So far, there has been no response or correction.

While researching a digital health device, I found an error on their health professionals page. One of their "trusted doctors" isn't actually a physician or Ph.D. He's known for selling products and supplements while promoting "cutting-edge research."

Just listened to a great conversation between @Codie_Sanchez and @awilkinson on the BigDeal podcast. We used his product, Flow, in my former PT practice years ago. It was interesting to hear about his experiences & challenges. Looking forward to reading his book, Never Enough.

His work laid the foundation for many aspects of AI and he’s considered to be one of its founding fathers. Ironically, many people now use AI to flood the world with more content that steals our attention.

His insight highlights the importance of developing strategies and tools to manage information overload and focus our attention on what's truly important. This concept seems obvious now, but it was a revelation when he delivered the speech. In 1971!

He discussed the challenges of information overload in an increasingly information-rich environment. Simon argued that it’s critical to allocate our attention as information becomes more abundant and overwhelming.

“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” Herbert Simon, a Nobel Prize winning economist, shared this idea in a speech titled “Designing Organizations for an Information-Rich World” at Johns Hopkins University.

To display projects on the portfolio page, I changed the post-type from "post" to "project" in the query loop block using the code editor. The result is a fully customizable portfolio page where projects are clickable to see full project details.

After installing the plugin, I created a new single project template in the block editor. It took less than 1 minute. The benefit of this project is the ability to add projects to a portfolio the same way we add posts. It also allows visual editing for displaying projects.

I used #AI to help build a #WordPress plugin that creates a custom post type for portfolio projects in WP block themes. This experiment was prompted by a conversation about portfolio pages in the @GetRockbase community.

My son & I listened to music this evening & Detroit Rock City by Kiss came on. He knew it thanks to @KevinJames playing it on guitar hero as Paul Blart: Mall Cop. (We’ve watched it AT LEAST 6 times) That song was released in 1976. 48 YEARS AGO!! I still know all the words.

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I started using @todoist 10 years ago this month. The features & performance releases over the last year make one of the versatile yet simple tools out there. The number of completed tasks isn't the main goal, but a streak of 156 weeks (aka 3 yrs) is pretty cool.

He looked at us briefly, then tore into a blazing version of Van Halen’s Eruption. The rest of the band just stared at each other. Speechless. I decided to try his bass. It was a natural fit from the first note. It was the instrument I was meant to play. I was hooked.