In this episode of The AI Chefs, David and Kevin serve up two flavorful tips to help you get better results from AI, whether you’re refining your projects or diving deep into creative problem-solving!

David’s Tip – “Expert Sear”: Sometimes, AI gives better answers when it “plays a role.” David shares how asking AI to take on a specific persona—like a marketing expert, historian, or teacher—can lead to richer, more focused responses. It’s a great way to sear in that extra layer of expertise when you need a deeper answer.

Kevin’s Tip – “Layered Bologna Cake”: Not everything deserves a sugarcoated response! Kevin shows how to ask AI to critique your work honestly. By allowing AI to be constructively critical, you can improve your projects, like fixing a “bologna cake” idea which needs serious help.

These tips will help you fine-tune your AI interactions to get honest, actionable insights and more tailored responses.

In this episode I take a look, and listen, to the Logitech Zone Headset (available in wired and wireless).

Photographers, graphic artists, anyone working with digital images must wonder at some point if their monitor is faithfully displaying their work. How can you trust yourself to get the brightness, gamma, contrast, saturation, hue, and all the other settings exactly right?

In this episode I review the SpyderX, which automates the calibration of your monitors. See how easy it was to set up and how happy I am with the results.

https://spyderx.datacolor.com/

LDV Podcast 62: In this episode, Kelly Perkins shares a quick unboxing of the new VDO360 USB webcam. It is on the shelf and ready to order!

LDV Podcast 63: In an effort to promote Google Meet, they have changed the workflow of Google Calendar to automatically add a Google Meet button to calendar invites, even if they contain links to other meeting services.

As a result, my meeting guests get an invite with multiple links to different meeting services and people have been missing my meetings because they join the wrong room.

In this video I show how it happens and how to disable it.

LDV Podcast 61: Every streamer I know is either using the Elgato Stream Deck, or seriously considering getting one. With everyone remote working these days I thought I would share how I set up my Stream Deck to manage my Zoom calls!

LDV Podcast 60: Zoom is responding to the recent security concerns in a number of ways. One is their new "Security Button".

In this episode I go over how to use the new Security Button and share four tips that I think will be particularly helpful for teachers using Zoom to teach from home.

Please also see my previous video for more tips on protecting your Zoom meeting from Trolls. https://youtu.be/d4Ck7y42N-w

LDV Podcast 59: In this episode we talk with Jim Recker, Director of Product Marketing for Highfive. With all the recent uptake in video, people are starting to ask questions about the security of their video meetings. Jim takes us through Highfive's approach to video security and explains what customers should be concerned about when it comes to meeting security.

A video troll is someone who joins a Zoom meeting uninvited just to disrupt it. Several recent news stories talk of meetings ending early because of video trolls. In this video, I will show you how to deal with them by...

- Blocking trolls from sharing screen
- Muting troll audio
- Muting troll video
- Muting everyone but the host
- Removing trolls
- Setting up a "Waiting Room" to prevent trolls from joining
- Setting up authentication to know exactly who joins
- Locking the meeting
- Enabling cohosts to help bounce trolls
- and more!