#dedication — Public Fediverse posts
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The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan #books #literature #dedication
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Little Big Bully by Heid E. Erdrich #books #literature #dedication
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/483502/ Birmingham Museum of Art director to step down after 20 years #art #ArtDirector #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Birmingham #BirminghamMuseum #boettcher #ceo #Dedication #Design #director #Éire #Entertainment #GrahamBoettcher #IE #Ireland #joy #leadership #leaving #Massachusetts #Museum #NormanRockwellMuseum #Passion #People #stockbridge #Wednesday #year
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The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John CarlyleMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle
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The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John CarlyleMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle
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The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John CarlyleMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle
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The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John CarlyleMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle
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The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John CarlyleMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
For the Scepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-19), “The Hero as Man of Letters,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82548…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #belief #commitment #dedication #meaningoflife #motivation #passion #skepticism
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
For the Scepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-19), “The Hero as Man of Letters,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82548…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #belief #commitment #dedication #meaningoflife #motivation #passion #skepticism
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
For the Scepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-19), “The Hero as Man of Letters,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82548…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #belief #commitment #dedication #meaningoflife #motivation #passion #skepticism
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
For the Scepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-19), “The Hero as Man of Letters,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82548…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #belief #commitment #dedication #meaningoflife #motivation #passion #skepticism
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"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll
I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!"
In that context, sometimes your greatest small achievements come up against a bold realization. For me, today marks a unique milestone in a long-running personal project—3,500 days of consistent, quiet effort toward a goal that few people actually see. It's a significant step in a long journey, yet another link in a chain that grows stronger each day.
Progress and success always come from commitment to the cause. Wins are often not instant, dramatic, or bold - instead, they are quiet, barely noticeable, forgettable at moments - until suddenly, they collide with a marker of significant success.
Today is one of those days.
And with this comes an important realization about the work I do. I often tell clients that successful innovation doesn't always involve a big, dramatic breakthrough; it’s usually a messy, squiggly line of effort where the ultimate moment of success is eventually reached. In the same way, personal success on a big goal is often about the small steps, not the big leaps. Managing any major life goal isn't just about reaching the finish line; it’s about the mindset pivot you maintain along the way.
I've often said that you are the total of all your highs and each of your lows, and you must own the quiet, repetitive, low parts of the process for the highs to mean anything at all.
As I look toward my next milestone (like my upcoming tee time at St. Andrews!) I’m reminded that success is about patience.
It’s about trading the immediate dopamine of a "quick win" for the long-term guarantee of a life well-lived.
3,500.
Pretty fucking awesome!
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Futurist Jim Carroll plans an early-morning walk today, immediately after writing this post, to see if he might spot the sun rising in splendour.
**#Commitment** **#Milestone** **#Progress** **#Success** **#Patience** **#Goals** **#Consistency** **#Journey** **#Dedication** **#Quiet** **#Perseverance** **#Achievement** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Focus** **#Growth** **#Mindset** **#SmallSteps** **#Determination** **#Purpose** **#Winning** **#LongGame** **#Celebrate** **#Awesome** **#Onwards**
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"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll
I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!"
In that context, sometimes your greatest small achievements come up against a bold realization. For me, today marks a unique milestone in a long-running personal project—3,500 days of consistent, quiet effort toward a goal that few people actually see. It's a significant step in a long journey, yet another link in a chain that grows stronger each day.
Progress and success always come from commitment to the cause. Wins are often not instant, dramatic, or bold - instead, they are quiet, barely noticeable, forgettable at moments - until suddenly, they collide with a marker of significant success.
Today is one of those days.
And with this comes an important realization about the work I do. I often tell clients that successful innovation doesn't always involve a big, dramatic breakthrough; it’s usually a messy, squiggly line of effort where the ultimate moment of success is eventually reached. In the same way, personal success on a big goal is often about the small steps, not the big leaps. Managing any major life goal isn't just about reaching the finish line; it’s about the mindset pivot you maintain along the way.
I've often said that you are the total of all your highs and each of your lows, and you must own the quiet, repetitive, low parts of the process for the highs to mean anything at all.
As I look toward my next milestone (like my upcoming tee time at St. Andrews!) I’m reminded that success is about patience.
It’s about trading the immediate dopamine of a "quick win" for the long-term guarantee of a life well-lived.
3,500.
Pretty fucking awesome!
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Futurist Jim Carroll plans an early-morning walk today, immediately after writing this post, to see if he might spot the sun rising in splendour.
**#Commitment** **#Milestone** **#Progress** **#Success** **#Patience** **#Goals** **#Consistency** **#Journey** **#Dedication** **#Quiet** **#Perseverance** **#Achievement** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Focus** **#Growth** **#Mindset** **#SmallSteps** **#Determination** **#Purpose** **#Winning** **#LongGame** **#Celebrate** **#Awesome** **#Onwards**
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"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll
I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!"
In that context, sometimes your greatest small achievements come up against a bold realization. For me, today marks a unique milestone in a long-running personal project—3,500 days of consistent, quiet effort toward a goal that few people actually see. It's a significant step in a long journey, yet another link in a chain that grows stronger each day.
Progress and success always come from commitment to the cause. Wins are often not instant, dramatic, or bold - instead, they are quiet, barely noticeable, forgettable at moments - until suddenly, they collide with a marker of significant success.
Today is one of those days.
And with this comes an important realization about the work I do. I often tell clients that successful innovation doesn't always involve a big, dramatic breakthrough; it’s usually a messy, squiggly line of effort where the ultimate moment of success is eventually reached. In the same way, personal success on a big goal is often about the small steps, not the big leaps. Managing any major life goal isn't just about reaching the finish line; it’s about the mindset pivot you maintain along the way.
I've often said that you are the total of all your highs and each of your lows, and you must own the quiet, repetitive, low parts of the process for the highs to mean anything at all.
As I look toward my next milestone (like my upcoming tee time at St. Andrews!) I’m reminded that success is about patience.
It’s about trading the immediate dopamine of a "quick win" for the long-term guarantee of a life well-lived.
3,500.
Pretty fucking awesome!
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Futurist Jim Carroll plans an early-morning walk today, immediately after writing this post, to see if he might spot the sun rising in splendour.
**#Commitment** **#Milestone** **#Progress** **#Success** **#Patience** **#Goals** **#Consistency** **#Journey** **#Dedication** **#Quiet** **#Perseverance** **#Achievement** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Focus** **#Growth** **#Mindset** **#SmallSteps** **#Determination** **#Purpose** **#Winning** **#LongGame** **#Celebrate** **#Awesome** **#Onwards**
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"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll
I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!"
In that context, sometimes your greatest small achievements come up against a bold realization. For me, today marks a unique milestone in a long-running personal project—3,500 days of consistent, quiet effort toward a goal that few people actually see. It's a significant step in a long journey, yet another link in a chain that grows stronger each day.
Progress and success always come from commitment to the cause. Wins are often not instant, dramatic, or bold - instead, they are quiet, barely noticeable, forgettable at moments - until suddenly, they collide with a marker of significant success.
Today is one of those days.
And with this comes an important realization about the work I do. I often tell clients that successful innovation doesn't always involve a big, dramatic breakthrough; it’s usually a messy, squiggly line of effort where the ultimate moment of success is eventually reached. In the same way, personal success on a big goal is often about the small steps, not the big leaps. Managing any major life goal isn't just about reaching the finish line; it’s about the mindset pivot you maintain along the way.
I've often said that you are the total of all your highs and each of your lows, and you must own the quiet, repetitive, low parts of the process for the highs to mean anything at all.
As I look toward my next milestone (like my upcoming tee time at St. Andrews!) I’m reminded that success is about patience.
It’s about trading the immediate dopamine of a "quick win" for the long-term guarantee of a life well-lived.
3,500.
Pretty fucking awesome!
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Futurist Jim Carroll plans an early-morning walk today, immediately after writing this post, to see if he might spot the sun rising in splendour.
**#Commitment** **#Milestone** **#Progress** **#Success** **#Patience** **#Goals** **#Consistency** **#Journey** **#Dedication** **#Quiet** **#Perseverance** **#Achievement** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Focus** **#Growth** **#Mindset** **#SmallSteps** **#Determination** **#Purpose** **#Winning** **#LongGame** **#Celebrate** **#Awesome** **#Onwards**
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"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll
I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!"
In that context, sometimes your greatest small achievements come up against a bold realization. For me, today marks a unique milestone in a long-running personal project—3,500 days of consistent, quiet effort toward a goal that few people actually see. It's a significant step in a long journey, yet another link in a chain that grows stronger each day.
Progress and success always come from commitment to the cause. Wins are often not instant, dramatic, or bold - instead, they are quiet, barely noticeable, forgettable at moments - until suddenly, they collide with a marker of significant success.
Today is one of those days.
And with this comes an important realization about the work I do. I often tell clients that successful innovation doesn't always involve a big, dramatic breakthrough; it’s usually a messy, squiggly line of effort where the ultimate moment of success is eventually reached. In the same way, personal success on a big goal is often about the small steps, not the big leaps. Managing any major life goal isn't just about reaching the finish line; it’s about the mindset pivot you maintain along the way.
I've often said that you are the total of all your highs and each of your lows, and you must own the quiet, repetitive, low parts of the process for the highs to mean anything at all.
As I look toward my next milestone (like my upcoming tee time at St. Andrews!) I’m reminded that success is about patience.
It’s about trading the immediate dopamine of a "quick win" for the long-term guarantee of a life well-lived.
3,500.
Pretty fucking awesome!
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Futurist Jim Carroll plans an early-morning walk today, immediately after writing this post, to see if he might spot the sun rising in splendour.
**#Commitment** **#Milestone** **#Progress** **#Success** **#Patience** **#Goals** **#Consistency** **#Journey** **#Dedication** **#Quiet** **#Perseverance** **#Achievement** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Focus** **#Growth** **#Mindset** **#SmallSteps** **#Determination** **#Purpose** **#Winning** **#LongGame** **#Celebrate** **#Awesome** **#Onwards**
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I am Achieved dedicated to all my supporters. Thanks public and my supporters for 4k + views and engagement on my Status on WhatsApp. This is a huge and remarkable support for me.
#whatsapp #whatsappbussiness #whatsappanalytic #whatsappengagement #whatsappstatusviews #statusviews #wapp #whatsappdashboard #apnakamaal #socialmedia #socialmediainfluencer #fame #hardwork #dedication #passionate #sociaomediaengagement #engagement #influencer #creator #blogger #yourdude #yourfavouritedudesmj
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I am Achieved dedicated to all my supporters. Thanks public and my supporters for 3.2k + views on my blogs and writings and posts on Quora. This is a huge and remarkable support for me.
#quora #views #viewssupport #thankspublic #publicsupport #quoraanalytic #quoragrowth #quoraviews #quorastrategy #socialmedia #socialmediainfluencer #fame #hardwork #dedication #passionate #sociaomediaengagement #engagement #influencer #creator #blogger #yourdude #yourfavouritedudesmj #yourfavouritedude
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"Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
It's often about the small steps, not the big leaps.
The quiet progress you make, not the noisy success you relish.
The effort you put in daily, not the audacious stretch goal you choose to chase once.
Showing up all the time, not just when it suits you.
Measuring your progress by what really matters - not by what you think matters.
Some people chase success with reckless abandon, thrashing about with wild activity.
Others just show up.
And put in the work.
Success is about patience.
It's often quiet, slow, and deliberate.
Unseen.
But it's there.
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Futurist Jim Carroll is working on a longer-term timeline these days!
**#Progress** **#Patience** **#Consistency** **#Persistence** **#QuietSuccess** **#SmallSteps** **#ShowUp** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Growth** **#Dedication** **#Journey** **#Commitment** **#SlowAndSteady** **#Resilience** **#Focus** **#Determination** **#DailyWork** **#Mindset** **#Trust** **#Process** **#Invisible** **#Deliberate** **#Perseverance** **#Onwards**
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Heathwood Park Baseball Field renamed for fallen deputy https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/442449/ #Baseball #commission #County #dedication #deputy #elijah #fallen #Field #for #grew #heathwood #honors #Memorial #ming #park #playing #renamed #there #up #who #with #Wyandotte
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Heathwood Park Baseball Field renamed for fallen deputy https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/442449/ #Baseball #commission #County #dedication #deputy #elijah #fallen #Field #for #grew #heathwood #honors #Memorial #ming #park #playing #renamed #there #up #who #with #Wyandotte
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AI and the Cult of the Lazy Amateur
Reading Time: 6 minutes
We are all familiar with the phrase. We learn better when we write things by hand, rather than when we type them on the keyboard. For decades people have been against typing, saying "It's cold, it's dead, it's impersonal". Those same people will then say "you have awful handwriting" and yet still feel nostalgia for hand written notes. In the age of AI more is being lost.
Ten Thousand Hours of Practice
When people my age were growing up, if you wanted to sing, you needed to devote ten thousand hours to develop tone, timber and a good voice. I am not a singer, which you can tell by what I just wrote. The point is, to be a singer you needed to dedicate yourself to the craft.
Photography
Some might say that digital photography is much easier than analog, because if you make a mistake you see it instantly. You can also take plenty of photos until you get it right. With film cameras you have 36 photos per roll, and it's when you develop the film that you see if you made a mess or not.
Video
Years ago I had the VX-1E video camera, and it was replaced by the VX-2000, and then another after that. With broadcast cameras, and with video cameras from a different era the zoom was manual, not servo controlled. You could adjust aperture, focus, and the zoom manually. With newer cameras you lost more and more direct control. Control is now electronic, rather than tactile.
Now, with DJI drones, and other camera gear cameras pan and tilt automatically to follow the action and a single operator can control four cameras at once via a console. A human is no longer behind each camera.
We hear about AI taking jobs, but robotics replaced camera operators a decade or two ago.
As if that wasn't enough, editing tools do more and more of the work, with the aim of replacing the professional video editor with an amateur influencer. This is where we get into Andrew Keen's cult of the Amateur and AI topic.
Our mobile phones are now our cameras, and image stabilisation makes phone camera footage usable. This means we do away with the camera operator. With new video editing tools that automagically edit video, very badly for now, the need to learn Montage Theory is vanishing.
If you watch YouTuber content, it's recognisable. They all use the same sound effects, the same transitions, the same lazy approach to presenting to camera. If any YouTube content was shown within a university or film school setting, it would be panned as kitsch, cliché and worse. On YouTube, where the cult of the amateur reigns, the new sub-culture has become the norm.
I use the word sub-culture, because although I hate the style, it is popular, and those from newer generations than mine, appreciate and enjoy the style.
When I was growing up I read the Film Sense by Sergei Eisenstein, and I read books about basic betacam work, basic editing, and many other books. Because editing systems would cost 30,000 CHF for a player, and 30,000 CHF for a recorder deck, and then yet more for the edit controller I learned to edit on paper, and in my mind, impatiently waiting to have access to edit suites.
It's with the Miro DC 30+ and Adobe Premiere that I could really learn to edit, as well as with the DHR-1000 Sony edit deck. When I first bought Final Cut Studio it cost me 1600 CHF. A few years later I bought Final Cut Pro as an individual app for 300 CHF, and that license has been valid on every mac I have owned or used since then.
As I look on Threads especially I see amateur video makers, more flatteringly for them, referred to as influencers, or YouTubers speaking about how long editing takes, and how hard it can be. The more you edit as a professional, the faster, and more efficient you become as an editor.
Years ago I watched an editor called Jesus, editing on Avid Media Composer and he was really fast and efficient with the edit suite. He knew the edit suite inside and out. For him that edit suite was part of him. I have seen many professional editors who are like that, who know the tool inside and out.
In contrast, with CapCut, and GoPro's edit suite, and Virb, and other editing packages, the edit suite does the work for people. They shoot material, and then the edit software prepares the rough cut, and they fine tune it.
In some cases they use AI to tidy it up rather than learning how to do this themselves. They use AI to colour grade, and to add AI generated music, and more. In the end the art, and auteur aspect of editing is being lost, and replaced by something more generic.
Books and Audiobooks
I noticed on Audible that a lot of books that are included within the subscription have AI narration. For some, this might be welcome, but for me, if we pay as much as we do for audiobooks, they should be narrated by human beings, rather than AI.
When I see that books are written by AI I don't see a point in paying for them. To me, the point of paying a person, is to have their vision and creativity, rather than paying for something generated by an LLM. If I wanted to read something generated by an LLM, I would pay for the LLM and provide it with my own prompts, and fine tune them.
Why would I pay for content generated by an LLM, if I can provide similar prompts and generate it by myself, for myself.
AI Content Farms and Spam
A few weeks ago we saw posts about people generating podcasts and blog posts with AI. When people wanted to create blog farms, in the past, they were immediately flagged as spam. For some reason today, the desire to generate blog posts and podcasts with AI is acceptable and yet the question I ask is "If you can't take the time to create content with humans, then why should humans read, or listen to it? We are already innundated with human created content, without adding AIGC to the mix. AI Generated Crap.
In the age of information overload it doesn't make sense to use AI t add to the noise. It makes sense for the opposite. No one benefits from AI adding to the noise.
AI for Recommendations
When I look at YouTube, and Google News, and other sites AI is used to recommend stories, but I feel that AI looks at the lowest common denominator, for everyone, rather than within our content niche. It would make sense for AI to learn from my habits, and recommend according to my interests, without using the interests of others to recommend content. Too often the recommendations are awful. At other times it's too narrow. It's not as tailored as it could be.
AI for Upscaling videos
In the early days of YouTube we uploaded videos that were as light as possible to YouTube because we lacked the bandwidth to upload bigger files, but also because people lacked the bandwidth to download larger videos. We have forgotten the times when we waited for videos to load.
Sometimes we would press play, and then pause, and let the video load while we went to get something to drink or a snack, and then come back once the download was finished.
One way to save time was to upload low resolution videos. The material might have been shot in 720*576 (SD), but we downscaled it for the sake of sharing on YouTube. People like me have our first videos dating to 2005 or so. Things have changed in 20 years.
In broadcasting upscaling has been around for years, for SD footage to be broadcast today. Look at Fasier, Friends, and other series. Plenty of old series were shot in SD, and are now broadcast in HD, after being upconverted.
YouTube is using AI to upconvert their back catalogue and although some people hate the idea, I see the value. A 240, or 320 video, on a 4k screen is a stamp. Some of my videos, by being upscaled, will gain a new lease of life.
For me, upscaling is a good use of machine learning/LLM/AI technology because it fills a niche that, as humans, we would spend months or even years, trying to do manually.
There is a chance that LLM/Machine learning will hallucinate and distort what people see, but at the moment low res videos can't be played full screen. In an ideal world we would revert to the edit files, and re-export them in higher resolutions using new technologies, but as things stand, YouTube requires less returning to archives.
Archive Restoration
When I used to listen to MacBreakWeeely I found it interesting to hear about how machine learning was being used to compare every frame of certain films, in order to do a digital restoration of old films, as well as their film archives.
I have over a hundred tapes that I should digitise, and then restore. Beta SP, MiniDV, DVCAM and other tapes are great because information is stored on tape so if part of the tape fails, more of it is left. The drawback is that if you play old Beta SP tapes the sound is played more slowly than originally so it has to be cleaned up. The same is true of dropout with all of these tapes.
Although the cult of the Amateur might say "We don't want our footage to be upscaled, because of hallucinations, upscaling so much footage will help train the models use to do a better and better job, and as we digitise and salvage raw footage from old digital video tapes, and analogue tapes, so we recover historic artifacts that could have been lost, or hard to watch.
And Finally
For me Ai/machine learning and large language models should be used to streamline the tedious parts of video, photography and more, without replacing human creativity. I don't think that writing a prompt is creative.
With Photoprism, and Immich, we see how machine learning can be used to help sort and catalogue gigabytes of photos with locations, names of people, names of mountains and recognising colours, and seasons and more.
I will value human generated content over AIGC anytime.
#AI #craft #dedication #devotion #experience #iteration #kitsch #laziness #passion #skill #sloppy #stamina #technology
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Cat vs Parrot
See more https://trendverse24.blogspot.comvideo Credit:@cat_funny2025
#CuteCat #CatLovers #FunnyCats #Pet #CatMoment
#cat #catsofinstagram #vacation #cats #catstagram #instacat #catlover #dedication #catoftheday #catlovers #cats_of_instagram #education #ilovemycat #catsagram #lovecats #catlife #blackcat #cutecat #catlove #catering #kittycat #instacats #caturday #vacations #instagramcats #catalunya #bestvacations #ilovecats #catsofig -
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
#SuccessDriven #HardWork #Dedication #Motivation #NeverBackDown
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https://youtube.com/shorts/gWSSe58I3qQ?si=QLk402j4XrWqvUzV
Lil Wayne's Mixtape Magic: Da Drought & Dedication Drop on Apple Music!
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Linktr.ee/562AlexD#LilWayne #AppleMusic #DaDrought #Dedication #HipHop #RapMusic #MusicNews #Streaming #Goat #NewRelease #Mixtape #CashMoney #YoungMoney #HipHopLegend #MusicUpdate
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The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Essay (1891-03), “Mr. Kipling’s Stories,” Contemporary Review, Vol. 59Sourcing, notes: wist.info/barrie-james/78213/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jmbarrie #author #dedication #effort #publicopinion #selfrestraint #writing
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Warning: Photographers at Work
Some members of Blarney Photography Club as they worked with their cameras just off the beach in Youghal, Co. Cork last night.
Apertureƒ/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length172mmISO100Shutter speed5s#BlarneyPhotographyClub #cameras #Community #Cork #dedication #eveningLight #goldenHour #goldenSky #hobby #Ireland #landscapePhotography #passion #Photo #photographers #Photography #silhouette #sunset #tripods #Youghal
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Others, craven-hearted, said disparagingly, that “he threw his life away,” because he resisted the government. Which way have they thrown their lives, pray? — such as would praise a man for attacking singly an ordinary band of thieves or murderers.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1859-10-30), “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” Concord, MassachusettsSourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #goodcause #death #dedication #gooddeath #lifeanddeath #rebellion #resistance #worthwhile
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"It's all fairway when you put in the work!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
If you golf, you know instantly when you hit a great tee shot. And as a speaker, you know instantly when one moment has suddenly changed some lives and an industry. As a golfer and speaker, I've had both moments.
Let's start with golf. In my last few rounds - including yesterday - I've been hitting 100% of fairways consistently. This is a good thing, but it's only happening because I've put in the work. My irons are also, as the vernacular goes, 'dialled in,' pretty consistently hitting within 10 or 20 percent of my target. Golfers obsess over stuff like this.
As a futurist and innovation speaker, I also obsess over the quality of my work.
If you golf, you will know that today is the opening round of the PGA of America golf tournament.
One of my career highlights was back in 2010 when I keynoted the annual general meeting of the PGA of America, the organization that hosts this tournament. Most folks don't understand who the real 'PGA' golfer is who would be a member of this association, and who were at my talk. The folks in the room were not the Rorys and Brysons and Xanders- it was the hard-working local club pro at your golf club. The one who teaches lessons and runs the pro shop, who joins you on Mens Day or Ladies Day, manages the golf course, and hires all the other professional golf staff. Some of them might have competed on tour as a PGA Tour player (a different association!), but many simply love the game of golf and have built a career out of successfully running your local golf club.
And back in 2010, unlike today, the industry they were working in was facing a reckoning.
And somehow or other, I was selected to be the opening keynote speaker for their AGM. My job was to come in and provide insight into the trends that might provide them with opportunities for growth in the future. And that was the entire focus of this AGM - the meeting tagline was 'Grow the Game.' Not only that, my marching orders were to help shake them out of their complacency and encourage them to make innovative thinking the core of what they do.
I piped it.
Read more.
#Preparation #Success #Work #Growth #Dedication #Resilience #Innovation #Adaptation #Excellence #Opportunity #Fairway #Golf #PGA #Practice #GrowTheGame #Handicap #GolfPro #TeeShot #GolfIndustry #ClubPro
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/05/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-its-all-fairway-when-you-put-in-the-work/
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After some serious trouble and research, a long pause thinking how bad I am at tying knots, and a lot of YouTube tutorials, I managed to get this done and I am not even sure how bad it is, because a voice inside my head is telling me it’s not right😅🥺
#Hakama, the black long skirt pants we wear in Aikido, and other martial arts, is the symbol of #maturity, #responsibility, #dedication and #humility. It is of course reserved for the higher ranked practitioners (Dan ranks) but in #Algeria, in some Dojos, we still wear it as part of the traditional outfit and also for girls as a modest and honor way to cover up, again not all Dojos do that.
Aaaaaanyways, back to the matter at hand, did you know, that in #Asian and #Japanese culture, before wearing your Hakama for the first time, you absolutely have to fold it!! And you know why? It’s actually a believed that only the dead get to wear unfolded clothes, meaning, when someone dies in Japan, they are dressed in a newly sewn garment that has never been folded before. So, folding the Hakama isn’t “just a tradition”, it’s a symbol of life, continuity and fresh new starts, I believe.
Of course every school ties it in a different way, I am not sure what I did here, but at least the strings aren’t hanging there, I guess I could call it a mini win, a cute win, a me-win 😁😅 so, here I present to you my Kari-hakama-fold 🙆♀️😁😅🤣🥺🙆♀️#aikidodz #aikidolife #martialarts
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It's Student Nurse Day
Studying so hard today
Learning to save you#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Nurse #Nursing #Student #NationalStudentNursesDay #May8 #Superhero #Life #Medicine #Science #Education #Learning #Care #Dedication #Health #Nurses
May 8, 2025
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School Nurse Day today
Celebrate their devotion
To your wild urchins#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Nurse #Nursing #NationalSchoolNursesDay #May7 #Superhero #Life #Medicine #Science #Education #Learning #Care #Dedication #Health #Nurses
May 7, 2025
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Celebrate nurses
National Nurse Day May 6
Superheros all#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Nurse #Nursing #NationalNursesDay #May6 #Superhero #Life #Medicine #Science #Education #Learning #Care #Dedication #Health #Nurses
May 6, 2025
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We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1863-11-19), “Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg [Gettysburg Address],” PennsylvaniaSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7581…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bless #burialground #casualties #cemetery #consecration #dedication #hallow #sacrifice #sanctification #war #lincoln
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We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1863-11-19), “Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg [Gettysburg Address],” PennsylvaniaSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7581…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bless #burialground #casualties #cemetery #consecration #dedication #hallow #sacrifice #sanctification #war #lincoln
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We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1863-11-19), “Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg [Gettysburg Address],” PennsylvaniaSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7581…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bless #burialground #casualties #cemetery #consecration #dedication #hallow #sacrifice #sanctification #war #lincoln
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Congratulations to Antoinette, 'The Hawker That Doesn’t Quit!' and who is taking the @lily Rose Collection places🏅👏 Her unwavering dedication and work ethic are truly inspiring. No challenge is too big, and no obstacle too tough. Her 'never quit' mindset not only drives her success but also motivates the entire team to keep pushing forward. Truly an inspiration to us all! 💪🔥🌟
#BabyYumYum #BYY #Unstoppable #Dedication #TeamHero #Congratulations #Neverquit -
CW: What I wear and use for my running - Day 1966/2000
Not getting sponsored for this but thought I'd do some Free brand promotions @Sony @tommyhillfiger @goodr @Adidas @samsung @puma @asics I'm almost 1 month till 2000 days of running at least 5 km per day. Should I continue with the running streak?
#run #running #fitness #health #dedication #sony #tommyhillfiger #goodr #adidas #samsung #puma #asics
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There is nothing in which Men more deceive themselves than in what the World calls Zeal. There are so many Passions which hide themselves under it, and so many Mischiefs arising from it, that some have gone so far as to say it would have been for the Benefit of Mankind if it had never been reckoned in the Catalogue of Virtues. It is certain, where it is once Laudable and Prudential, it is an hundred times Criminal and Erroneous; nor can it be otherwise, if we consider that it operates with equal Violence in all Religions, however opposite they may be to one another, and in all the Subdivisions of each Religion in particular.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-10-02), The Spectator, No. 185Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/53093…
#quote #quotes #quotation #commitment #dedication #enthusiasm #fanaticism #holywar #intolerance #onetrueway #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #sectarianism #truebeliever #vice #virtue #zeal #zealot
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This is the kind of dedication I like 😂
@writers @writingcommunity @writing @humour
#WritingMemes #Memes
#Dedication #Dedicated
#Author #Authors #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AmWriting #Writerdons #Writers #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writinglife #WritersOfMastodon
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𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.
#dedication #explorerpage #sunday #expensivelifestyle #bossbabe #motivation #millionairemilestone #bossupyourgame #millionairemindset #mindsetmatter
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#President #JoeBiden Out, #Endorses #KamalaHarris: A #Champion for #LGBTQ+ #Rights.
Harris's long-standing #commitment to #LGBTQIA+ #rights, from supporting #samesexmarriage to #advocating for #transgender #equality, underscores her #dedication to #civilrights and #justice.
https://www.transvitae.com/biden-out-endorses-kamala-harris-a-champion-for-lgbtq-rights/
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Latest custom art for now, done for another Goulwen!
#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #nautilebleu #owncharacter #teddybear #bear #ourson #characterart #clientheureux #digitalart #happycustomer #customerservice #dedicace #dedication #fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots
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It has been a long time since I did an X-woman! And it’s the first time I draw Polaris so I thought doing a process was a nice idea
#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #magnetism #nautilebleu #owncharacter #storm #xfactor #artistsupportingartists #characterart #xmen #xwoman #polaris #dedicace #dedication #fediart #process #processvideo #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots
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It has been a long time since I did an X-woman! And it’s the first time I draw Polaris so I thought doing a process was a nice idea
#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #magnetism #nautilebleu #owncharacter #storm #xfactor #artistsupportingartists #characterart #xmen #xwoman #polaris #dedicace #dedication #fediart #process #processvideo #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots
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It has been a long time since I did an X-woman! And it’s the first time I draw Polaris so I thought doing a process was a nice idea
#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #magnetism #nautilebleu #owncharacter #storm #xfactor #artistsupportingartists #characterart #xmen #xwoman #polaris #dedicace #dedication #fediart #process #processvideo #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots
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It has been a long time since I did an X-woman! And it’s the first time I draw Polaris so I thought doing a process was a nice idea
#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #magnetism #nautilebleu #owncharacter #storm #xfactor #artistsupportingartists #characterart #xmen #xwoman #polaris #dedicace #dedication #fediart #process #processvideo #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots
