Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

ActivityPub spec

Explore the ActivityPub specification to understand how to write effective specs and enhance your web development skills.

I’ve been reading this today to learn how one writes specs … https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/

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Featured writing

When your brilliant idea meets organizational reality: a survival guide

Transform your brilliant tech ideas into reality by navigating organizational challenges and overcoming hidden resistance with this essential survival guide.

Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

AI as Coach: Transforming Professional and Continuing Education

Transform professional and continuing education with AI-driven coaching, offering personalized support, accountability, and skill mastery at scale.

Books

The Work of Being (in progress)

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The Practice of Work (in progress)

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Recent writing

Start, ship, close, sum up: rituals that make work resolve

Most knowledge work never finishes. It just stops. The start, ship, close, and sum-up methodology creates deliberate moments that turn continuous work into resolved units.

Notes and related thinking

The Ur-post

Explore the concept of the ur-post and its role in microblogging, sources, and references in the digital content landscape.

The Semiotics of Networked Content

Explore how networked content transcends platforms, focusing on the significance of signs over replication in the evolving digital landscape.

Embracing the AI Workforce

Discover how AI enhances the workplace by fostering collaboration and spontaneity, offering a fresh alternative to traditional office dynamics.