5d (edited) • Introductions
Welcome to Digitally Demented. Here's what you walked into.
I’m Daniel Walters. I’ve spent 15+ years in operations and MarTech -- the space where marketing, technology, and operations collide -- and I’ve spent most of that time translating between people who build things and people who use them.
A few months ago, I sat in an AI workshop and realized something that rewired how I think about my own career: the doing isn’t the work anymore. The thinking is the work.
AI can draft your emails, research your competitors, analyze your data, and reformat your spreadsheets faster than you can open the file. That’s not coming. That’s here. And most professionals I talk to fall into one of three camps:
- Paralyzed. They know AI matters but don’t know where to start.
- Pretending. They’ve decided it’s not relevant to their role (it is).
- Flailing. They’ve tried it, gotten mediocre results, and assumed they’re doing it wrong.
If any of those sound familiar, you’re in the right place. This community exists because I got tired of watching smart people feel dumb about AI.
What you’ll find here:
- AI 101 (Free Course) -- Start here if you’re new. Covers the fundamentals without the jargon or the hype. Go to the Classroom tab to access it.
- Connected Intelligence (Paid Course) -- A 5-module deep dive for professionals who want frameworks, not just tips. Mindset, mechanics, context-building, prompting, and tool selection. Every module produces something you’ll actually use. Details in the Classroom.
- Community Discussion -- Questions, wins, frustrations, resources. Post what you’re working on. Share what’s working. Ask when something isn’t. The only rule is be real.
- My Content -- I share frameworks, breakdowns, and the occasional rant about how AI is being marketed vs. how it actually works.
How this community operates:
This is not a hype chamber. Nobody here is going to tell you that one weird prompt will change your life. We also don’t gatekeep -- there are no dumb questions, just different starting points.
What I ask:
- Introduce yourself. Drop a comment below: who you are, what you do, and what brought you here. Even a one-liner is fine.
- Be direct. If something doesn’t make sense, say so. If you disagree with something I post, say that too. Radical sincerity is a core value here -- honest conversation is the norm, not the exception.
- Share your work. Using AI for something interesting? Post it. Got a result that surprised you? Post it. Tried something that failed spectacularly? Definitely post it. We learn more from the failures.
About me, briefly:
I’m an operations and MarTech consultant based in Birmingham, AL. I’m not a developer -- I’m the person who sits between technical and non-technical people and makes sure they’re actually speaking the same language. I run my consulting practice (Digitally Demented Ventures) largely with AI -- I built a 16-agent system that handles everything from client communication to content creation to financial tracking.
I’m also AuDHD (late-diagnosed), which means I think in systems and frameworks whether I’m trying to or not. That turned out to be an asset when it comes to AI. The way I teach reflects that: structured, direct, no filler.
I don’t have all the answers. AI is moving fast and anyone who claims certainty is selling something. What I do have is a way of thinking about it that transfers -- regardless of which tool is trending this week.
Your move:
- Introduce yourself in the comments (who you are, what you do, what brought you here)
- Check out AI 101 in the Classroom if you want to start learning right away
- Browse the community -- see what others are talking about, jump in where it interests you
Welcome. Glad you’re here. Now let’s figure this out together.
-- Daniel
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