Tech-Neill-ogy #38 - 3 March 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
March 04, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #38!

I have been traveling in the Middle East this past week. First Abu Dhabi and then Dubai and now in Jordan. It is always rejuvenating to get on the road, despite the sacrifices back in Brazil. Of course, I’m blessed with tremendous support both at home and in the office, something I never take for granted. That said, take a look here for more details.

I stumbled upon this tool AI Comic Factory whereby you enter some simple prompts, and the software creates some comic book images. See below for my attempt. Maybe something cool for some group presentations???

Always feel free to drop me an email at [email protected]. And thanks to those of you who always do reach out! I always look forward to hearing from you!

The rise and fall of robots.txt

As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders

3 ways businesses should prepare for the AI transformation

Futurist David Shrier explains what businesses need to do to deal with the AI transformation and leverage the benefits of the technology.

thenextweb.com/news/3-ways-businesses-should-prepare-ai-transformation

ChatGPT widget for Android

I share these merely to appease my wife, an obstinate Android user, much to my chagrin.

www.theverge.com/2024/2/25/24083143/chatgpt-gets-a-homescreen-widget-for-android

5 AI Hacks to Know About in 2024

Despite its vast potential, the key to leveraging AI effectively lies in balancing automation with human oversight to avoid pitfalls and ensure that creativity and decision-making remain human-driven.

www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/5-ai-hacks-to-know-about-in-2024/469584

How Chatgpt Increases Productivity: A Comprehensive Guide

ChatGPT revolutionizes work, streamlining operations and boosting productivity across professions, becoming an indispensable tool in today's fast-paced business

www.neatprompts.com/p/how-chatgpt-increases-productivity-comprehensive-guide

Saner.AI

Save, auto-organize, get insights with calmness, speed & confidence. This is a pretty cool tool for aiding in your brainstorming. I jumped into a pretty wicked rabbit hole with this as I tested it with some ideas I have for some upcoming programming that I couldn’t quite resolve. All is settled now thanks to this app!

beta.saner.ai

FounderPal

Covering Marketing strategy, target audience, marketing ideas. I’ve been thinking about how I might use this with students as they consider how they are "marketing” themselves to universities through their applications.

founderpal.ai

BookPecker.com: books in 5 bullets

Discover your next read! Browse bullet point summaries of thousands of books, find books smilar to those you already own, and add new items to your reading list. Don’t love the name, but the tool is pretty great.

www.bookpecker.com

Chesski

Your personal AI chess tutor that coaches you in plain English! Maybe this will give me the training I need to get back to beating my 11 year-old, something I haven’t been able to do for 3 years…

chesski.lol

PamPam | Create simple interactive maps

Create interactive maps, powered by AI. See below for the simple map I made of the NESCAC colleges!

www.pampam.city

NESCAC · PamPam

The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), a collection of wonderful, small, liberal arts colleges in the northeast of the United States that more international students should explore! (Made with PamPam, the link above!)

www.pampam.city/p/2P2fknt7jo0R5mBmNP1U

I stumbled upon this prompt in one of the AI newsletters I review, but I cannot find it now to attribute its source. However, it is a pretty cool one to explore for those of you who travel for work! I cannot share a live example for obvious reasons, but this is an ingenious way to simplify your expense reporting. (I’ve only recently started snapping pictures of my receipts while traveling after an instance of some lost receipts, so this is perfect here!) 

<UPLOAD PICTURES OF RECEIPTS INTO CHATGPT>

Analyze each receipt and create an expense report based on the uploaded receipts. For each receipt, record the date, merchant, and amount, then categorize each expense.

I’m actually on a trip right now, but I plan to tweak this prompt to produce the exact spreadsheet that our business office requires as I think their software merely uploads the spreadsheet provided. Hopefully it works well! (Or, conversely, remember that you can ask ChatGPT to produce a CSV file of your expenses, depending on what you need!)

Some previous prompts are shared at this link. However, if you have any great prompts or questions about prompting, send me a note at [email protected].

In any case, lots going on around the world. So much in the news to keep track of, and so much to navigate in our world. Do yourself the favor of taking some time to relax this week!

And happy counseling,

Jeff