Masonry Blog

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    The Presentation Deck They Never Saw
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    I like to believe most client–agency relationships start with good intent. You reach out looking for help. We listen. We all agree on the next steps, then we go do…

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    “Reimagine This”
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    At some point the word “reimagine” escaped a TED Talk and began lurking in every tagline. “Reimagine health.” “Reimagine banking.” “Reimagine the future of brackets.” You name it, someone is…

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    The future is life automation
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    Most people are afraid that AI will replace them. The fear is understandable. It’s a quiet tension under every meeting, every career decision, every creative choice. The tools are getting…

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    The Limits of Echoed Intelligence
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    Through my experiments with Humaners, I started to push the limits of LLMs and their ability to complete complex tasks and stay focused on the direction given. I noticed when I…

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    Dear Internet of the Late ’90s and Early 2000s
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    I miss you. You weren’t perfect. You were loud, clunky, and a little too obsessed with under-construction GIFs. But you were alive. Messy, chaotic, and full of raw energy. You…

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    The Bio Challenge
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    Most bios are word salad. You’ve seen them. “Strategic leader.” “Passionate innovator.” “Driving growth through synergy.” None of it means anything. I was reviewing resumes for a social media and…

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    The Silent Erosion of Language in the Age of Algorithmic Curators
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    Words are disappearing, and most of us haven’t even noticed. A recent study from technologist Richard Soares found that more than 11,000 common English nouns have dropped in usage by…

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    Writing Human: Stop Speaking in Acronyms
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    I’ve been in this industry a long time, and I’m trying to figure out if I’ve just turned into a grumpy old veteran or if acronyms have genuinely gotten out…

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    The Machine Watches, The Machine Waits
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    When E. M. Forster published The Machine Stops in 1909, the world had no internet, no digital assistants, no algorithms curating every desire. And yet, he saw us coming. His…

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    200+ Overused Words and Phrases in AI Generated Content
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    There’s something off about the way content reads lately. You’ve felt it. Your audience has felt it. Maybe they can’t name it, but it’s there. That weirdly polished, vaguely helpful,…

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