Embarking on the second day of building in public, it’s a journey fraught with both excitement and exhaustion. With the added motivation of a birthday celebration, turning 38 feels like a milestone that brings renewed determination. Despite a sleepless night spent pondering an intriguing partnership opportunity, the drive to succeed remains strong. The focus has … Continue reading Build-in-Public – Episode 2 – Affiliate Partnership and a Little Bit About Parasite SEO
Build-in-Public – Episode 1
John is diving into a new venture by building products and businesses in public. Inspired by the success stories of others on social media and YouTube, he aims to document his journey through brief daily videos. This approach not only brings transparency to his work but also helps him build connections with his audience. Despite … Continue reading Build-in-Public – Episode 1
2023 Mid-Year WordPress Plugin Update
I cannot believe that we’re already halfway through 2023. I made a post about my plans for 2023 back in January. I thought it would be a good time to give an update on the progress of one of those projects, my AI WordPress plugin. So keep reading if you want to see how this … Continue reading 2023 Mid-Year WordPress Plugin Update
My 2022 Recap and 2023 Plans
I haven’t been posting to my blog that often, but I wanted to recap 2022 and lay out some of my plans for 2023. Overall, 2022 was a pretty good year for me, and I made some progress on business goals with my side projects. I Got a New Day Job For the past two … Continue reading My 2022 Recap and 2023 Plans
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Way We Live
I spent some time working for an AI chatbot company for a few years. Another company, OpenAI, recently launched a demo of it’s GPT-3 technology. I was quite impressed and interested since it was in the same space I previously worked in. So, I decided to use GPT-3 to write a blog post about artificial … Continue reading How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Way We Live
IBM Watson Discovery Fundamentals Training
I’m excited to announce that I’ve released my first course on Udemy titled IBM Watson Discovery Fundamentals. This course is designed to give business and technical users a good high-level overview of the IBM Watson Discovery service. [lwptoc] What is IBM Watson Discovery? IBM Watson Discovery is an advanced search and analytical tool that uses … Continue reading IBM Watson Discovery Fundamentals Training
Amazon Associates Affiliate Program
Amazon Associates is one of the most popular affiliate programs around. Affiliate programs generally pay you when a user of your website commits some type of action. This might be a certain fee for a lead when a user signs up for the affiliated site or a percentage of commission on sales. Let’s take a … Continue reading Amazon Associates Affiliate Program
Building Real Assets on the Web
Wow, it’s been way too long since I’ve posted anything on this blog. I feel like that’s about how I start every post. Today I read a great post by Nathan Barry called The Billion Dollar Blog. It’s basically about a bunch of different people turning huge blog following into real businesses. It got me … Continue reading Building Real Assets on the Web
What is IBM Watson
There is a lot of confusion about what exactly IBM Watson is? I’m going to try to clear that up a little bit in this blog post. I’ll go into the history of IBM Watson and what IBM is doing today with the Watson portfolio. As you may expect, IBM Watson has changed over the … Continue reading What is IBM Watson
Watson Explorer vs Elasticsearch for Enterprise Search
Are you interested in IBM Watson Explorer vs Elasticsearch? Recently, I had to do some comparisons between IBM Watson Explorer and Elasticsearch for a project. I spent some time going through the features of both platforms and found some interesting features and comparisons. For this comparison, I’m only looking at IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components … Continue reading Watson Explorer vs Elasticsearch for Enterprise Search