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Stolen directly from Joel Comm... if you're not familiar with Joel, he's been an early adopter of just about anything and everything that 's techie and "scary". But he's just a "Joe Schmo" who has made a boatload and influenced many simply because he started speaking about the "new stuff" first. READ THIS ARTICLE... it may change how you view AI and why you should see the greater opportunity, while seeing the threat, too. Both can be true. _ _ _ _ In 2004, I was carrying a Palm Treo 650 in my pocket. Let me tell you, I felt like I had space-age technology. Email on a phone. A tiny web browser. A camera that took pictures you could almost identify. I showed it to my friends still carrying a flip-phone and they looked at me like I’d brought fire down from the mountain. That phone now sits in a dump somewhere, and my iPhone could run circles around it while simultaneously ordering dinner and translating a conversation in Mandarin. The Treo wasn’t just outdated. It became unrecognizable as a “smartphone” by any modern standard. I’m thrilled to welcome new subscribers every day! Welcome to those of you who recently joined as paid subscribers. And greetings to those of you who enjoy my writing and want to be the next to support! I keep thinking about that Treo. I did love that device. We Never See It While We’re In It I’ve been building things on the internet since 1995. That’s six technology revolutions: the web, search, social media, mobile, blockchain, and now AI. And every single one of them had what I call a “Treo moment.” A point where the technology felt so advanced, so clearly the pinnacle, that you couldn’t imagine what could possibly come next. The first time a web page loaded over a dial-up connection, I thought I was witnessing the future of communication. The first time Google actually found what I was looking for, it felt like someone had organized the entire internet just for me. The first time I posted something online and a complete stranger on the other side of the world responded, it was electric.

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When I arrived outside my office today, I was met by a unique marketing pitch. Come with me and check out how awesome a few grade school girls and some sidewalk chalk can be... and how you can pick up on their brilliance!

He led all community members this past month... and all it took was +7 to win! What will he receive? Past winners have received $25 gift cards, old CA's, even a 1970's sci-fi squirt gun! Since @Joe Hausch is a friend and not far away... Joe wins a free lunch to any one of Milwaukee's fine Custard Stands... of his choosing! Where to, Joe?