No Ethical AI in 2025
All current generative AI models are critically flawed, and should not be used.
Hi, I'm Casey!
I love to help people and groups become more happy and effective 🌈. I like: singing, dancing, blowing bubbles, enthusiasm, clear communication.
Latest posts
Browser Support in 2025
Is the 'widely available' badge something I can trust? Should I use BrowsersList to support certain browsers?
Quitting Caffeine
I quit caffeine, and it has been SO good for me! My "one trick" is accumulating many small habit changes.
Meetup Sucks, Now What?
Meetup.com got acquired and it sucks in several big ways. We're jumping ship to Lu.ma, and we love it!
Wants and Diswants
The phrase "I do, but I don't" goes a long way -- but we could use some better vocabulary! Dig into the nuance around your desires using these terms 🤓
Happy Capacity
How do we get ourselves and our volunteers contributing in ways we love? How do we avoid burnout and overworking? Try the Happy Capacity framework! Including example scripts and spreadsheets.
Making an Event Happen
What things would I have to do to host an event? How can I divvy up tasks so I'm not doing it all myself? Once people want to help, how can I make it easy for them to sign up for tasks?
Authentic Event Marketing
I see a lot of early-stage meetups doing awesome authentic marketing -- but eventually when those organizers get tired, it slips into lifeless automations instead. That's a trap! Instead, try asking other group members for help spreading the word.
Welcome to the Baltimore Tech Scene
You're a tech person looking for some community in Baltimore? Come out and join us! I'm always telling people these ~10 things about the Baltimore Tech scene: Slack, meetups, my MEGA calendar of events, conferences and more.
Welcome to Product Management
Things I wish I knew when I started: valuing my own unique background, subtypes of PMs, product management vs project management, common techniques, and how to get support to stay sane.
Welcome to Mastodon
Try it! I've been comparing the two -- even though I have 1/10 the followers, I have TEN TIMES the engagement on Mastodon. From real humans!!
Making Event Descriptions Welcoming
If they can't answer these questions upfront? They won't come to your event! Try out this interactive checklist I use when I write event descriptions ✅
Trying Astro
🚀 Trying Astro for my blog framework. I'm already so comfortable here!
Casey's Writing Process
✍🏻 Casey's Writing Process How I wrote, edited, and self-published Debugging Your Brain
How I Learned to Love Coding
I love programming! But I used to hate it.
Debugging Your Brain Part 5
In this chapter, you will learn how to identify unhelpful thought patterns and how turn them into helpful ones. This is known as "cognitive restructuring".
Debugging Your Brain Part 4, Validation and Close Relationships
😌 Debugging Your Brain Part 4, Validation and Close Relationships Cognitive Restructuring for Systems Thinkers
Debugging Your Brain Part 3, Experience Processing
🦆 Debugging Your Brain Part 3, Experience Processing Cognitive Restructuring for Systems Thinkers
Debugging Your Brain Part 2, Breakpoints
❗️ Debugging Your Brain Part 2, Breakpoints Cognitive Restructuring for Systems Thinkers
Debugging Your Brain Part 1, Modeling
🧠 Debugging Your Brain Part 1, Modeling Cognitive Restructuring for Systems Thinkers
Codemods
🔀 Codemods bravely make sweeping changes to your code
Six Types of Hunger
🥣 Six Types of Hunger enrich your vocabulary
Discussion Facilitation
🍿 Discussion Facilitation avoiding popcorn: threaded vs unthreaded
Bubble Lamp
🛋️ Bubble Lamp Made At TechShop
Chrome DevTools
✨ Chrome DevTools Exciting New Features
Knowledge Management
🔢 Knowledge Management software options at Yale
Bus GPSsing
🚌 Bus GPSsing National Day of Civic Hacking
Buying A Laptop? Things To Consider
💻 Buying A Laptop? Things To Consider There are so many variables
Yale Browser Searches
🔍 Yale Browser Searches for Chrome, Firefox, and IE
Yale Chrome Extensions
➕ Yale Chrome Extensions for the Phonebook, Service Now, and more
Service Now Tips - Revised
🏷️ Service Now Tips - Revised to streamline your ticket-tracking life
Upgrading Mediawiki
⬆️ Upgrading Mediawiki Nobody expects a smooth upgrade
Service Now Tips (old version)
3️⃣ Service Now Tips (old version) to streamline your ticket-tracking life
Google Drive = Web Publishing
🌎 Google Drive = Web Publishing simple HTML webpage publishing gets easier and easier. For HTML presentations?
Markdown in Gmail
#️⃣ Markdown in Gmail can be used thanks to a browser extension "Markdown Here"
Screencasting
🎥 Screencasting can be done free, natively, using Quicktime Player
Markdown to Slide Presentation
🧑🏻🏫 Markdown to Slide Presentation Every once in a while I look around for this. It's not quite here yet.
Tagging Groups in GMail
🛟 Tagging Groups in GMail It's possible (but not straightforward) to filter emails that come from a set list of addresses.
Using Jekyll
📚 Using Jekyll Jekyll is the coder-friendliest blogging software I've found. Git+markdown+MacVIM
Code Swarm
🐝 Code Swarm Visualizes code collaboration from git repositories