Followup from the previous episode:

• AI design and dev tools - AI image generation is actually valuable. 
• AI pessimism and DeepSeek - Censorship is overrated. 
• Design systems - Designers and devs working together beats any system. 
• Early morning rising - Never going to happen. 
• Podcast network - The why behind it. 

Topics

• 10x/day AI prompt challenge
• Superwhisper vs writing
• New podcast idea
• The endgame of my career
• Tips for starting a blog

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

I'm not all that excited about the future of AI tooling, and less excited about DeepSeek. I've been sick too, but now I'm feeling Pretty Good™.

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

In this episode Joshua followed  up on the goals topic and AI design tools from the previous episode. 

New topics:

• R1 from DeepSeek is like M1 from Apple Silicon
• Design systems for designers

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

What even is a goal, anyway?

https://diggingforfire.blog/posts/compasses-over-maps/

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

Followup from previous episode:

• Leaning into my personality so that AI can't take me
• Goal setting and why I reject goals

Topics

• Running on a bum knee
• When should I upgrade my hardware?
• AI design tools in 2025

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

We still haven't found the killer app for AI.

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A blast of an episode. 

Followup items:

• Trusting your experience
• Don't be scared of Git
• Writing a book one blog post at a time
• FTP and viruses
• VR gaming
• Auphonic and AI voice replication
• Digital frugalism and mac apps

New topics

• JoshuaWold.com writing tear
• Should I have goals?
• Testing AI tools for designers
• iCloud Mail for the win
• Focusing on your strengths

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

There's usually a way to make it free.

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

In this episode I talked about:

1. Writing a book - My process for writing into the dark, and how I've found ways to do and ignore my inner critic. 

2. Testing Buttondown as an email service. 

3. Why I'm now thinking a guide would be better than an everything app. 

4. My struggles with Git when trying to build a website. 

5. The open web and my thoughts on it, and why I ultimately think it matters. 

6. The technical quality of something versus the value it provides regardless of technical quality. 

7. Gaming as an adult and what that looks like for me now. 

8. Limiting my subscriptions

9. Essentialism - Focusing on less. 

Two related articles:
https://joshuawold.com/cheap-is-fine/
https://joshuawold.com/everything-at-once/

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

So many topics this episode! Mostly, though, it's about blogging and the open web.

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.