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The 2026 AI Curriculum (UPDATED JUNE 2026)

Master Agentic AI in 30 Days (1-2 hours per day) Audience: Builders and operators who want to use AI to ship real workflows and tools (product, ops, marketing, CX, analytics, founders) This is the curriculum I d hand someone joining my team today. Every course on this list I ve personally taken and vetted. I m not sponsored [ ]

Life out of a Backpack (2023 Update)

It s time for a five-year update to my original POST as I m off to Thailand again! This trip is a little different though it s indefinite. Due to the longer time horizon, I m increasing my allowed weight limit from 30lbs (14kg) to 50lbs (23kg), a big jump I know! Knowledge is a process of piling up [ ]

What I’m Pondering – Loving Fate

Amor Fati Friedrich Nietzsche: “My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati, that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely to bear what is necessary, but to love it. We can t control everything that happens to us. This is one of the hardest concepts to accept, at [ ]

Arrival to the Homeland

Sicily, Italy Dedicated to my great-grandparents, Antonino Antonina Pidalá I ve always wanted to visit the small town up in the Sicilian mountains where my great-grandparents were born, and it could not have been a better place to top off my trip to Asia. The small town is called Longi, a picturesque little commune of under [ ]

What I’m Pondering – Remembering You Will Die

Memento Mori Is it crazy to say that I believe regularly reminding yourself I must die can be the happiest, most motivating and freeing exercise for positively influencing your life? Lucky for me, I am not alone in this thought! Remembering you must die, or in Latin, Memento Mori, is a key aspect of Stoic [ ]

Life on Koh Samui

Koh Samui will always be my home away from home, but it s time to move on to the next adventure! This post is part two of my time in Koh Samui and will wrap up with my remaining photos and captions. I will, of course, miss the beaches, but I will miss the people I met the [ ]

What I’m Pondering – End Goals vs. Means Goals

Have you ever reached a big goal and not felt as satisfied as you thought you would? Well, you re not alone. This is extremely common because humans love short-term goals, and it s easy to get caught up in them. A lot of times, the goals we strive for are only a means to reaching the goals we [ ]

Jumping The Border

Time for a Visa Run! What is a Visa Run you ask? Well, let me enlighten you on this funny little immigration loophole! As a background, all countries require foreigners to have some type of visa to enter their country. The most common visas for travelers in Thailand are 30-day visa exemptions, 60-day tourist visas, [ ]

What I’m Pondering – Finding Your Life Purpose

What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? John Green I learned a fascinating concept while traveling through Okinawa, Japan: the locals call it Ikigai, or translated, the reason to live. And if anyone has mastered how to live, it s the Okinawans. The island is know [ ]

From Coconut Island to Turtle Island

Whew, I need a vacation from my vacation (just kidding) I decided to check out a small island off Samui called Ko Tao, a tiny island with just one main road. While it s supposed to be a very relaxing island, I didn t get quite so lucky Right when I got to the ferry port in [ ]