What I'm learning about AI and how I'm using it every day.

Articles and diagrams on writing code and solving technical problems.

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Playlists, recordings, and learnings about music and sound.

Music

Learning to tell stories in videos with human and AI art.

Stories

Technical designs and discussions about cloud-based systems.

Architecture

Software

Running a company and working with teams of engineers to deliver quickly.

Management

Videos and music, graphic design, original and AI-generated art.

Creativity

Technical diagrams and specifications on demand for AWS-based solutions.

Solutions Architecture

Leadership of tech teams, project implementiation and planning.

Technical Lead

Senior-level, full-stack development services focusing on Node.js, Typescript, C#, SQL, NoSQL, REST, GraphQL, CDK, React, Next, Tailwind and AWS

Software Engineer

All aspects of MVP development, planning, design, branding and product development.

End-to-End MVP

Promotional, creative and social media videos produced with AI tools.

Video Production

Director

Creator / Editor

Mixed Media Art

I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process—an integral function of the universe.

Your thought structure and your actual physiological framework are limited, but life itself is not.

In solving problems, technology creates new problems, and we seem to have to keep running faster and faster to stay where we are.

The fragmentariness of personal experience creates problems at an accelerating rate.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

The universe is at root a magical illusion and a fabulous game.

One of the highest pleasures is to be more or less unconscious of one’s own existence, to be absorbed in sights, sounds, places, and people.

The age of writing has passed. We must invent a new metaphor, restructure our thoughts and feelings.

Nothing on earth can be distant at the speed of light.

Objective reality is a synthetic construct dealing with a hypothetical universalization of a multitude of subjective realities.

If artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.

David Bowie - Space Oddity

The Civil War - Ashokan Farewell

Babylon - Coke Room #hollywood #aiart #stablediffusion

PM Dawn - I'd Die Without You

Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries

Kordhell - Murder In My Mind #f1 #formula1

Ray Charles - America the Beautiful

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Shanghai

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Wu Tang Clan - Triumph

Jay Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris

Drake - Nonstop

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (pt 1)

Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit

AC/DC  - Let There Be Rock

Jay Z ft.  Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Post Malone - Sunflower

Radiohead - There, There

Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up

Gorillaz - 5/4

Star Wars - Imperial Death March

Eminem - Lose Yourself

Sublime - What I Got

Mount Westmore - Big Subwoofers

Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Wu Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

Prince - Purple Rain (String Version)

Nirvana - Lake of Fire

Gorillaz - 19-2000

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

John Denver - Fire and Rain

Tupac - Holla If Ya' Hear Me

Queens of the Stone Age - Smooth Sailing

The Mars Volta - Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt

The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone

Björk - Army of Me - NDJ Psy Remix

Radiohead - Go to Sleep

Alice In Chains - Them Bones

Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

Wu Tang Clan - Reunited

The Temptations - Get Ready

Beastie Boys - So What'Cha Want

Audioslave - Show Me How to Live

James Brown - Living In America

Johnny Cash - Big River

Pink Floyd - Childhood's End #aiart #stablediffusion

Bernice Johnson Reagon - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder #aiart #stablediffusion

Kanye West - Jesus Walks

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust #ai #rockstar

The Nutcracker: AI Meets The Sugar Plum Fairy

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

Alabama Shakes - Always Alright

Grateful Dead - Morning Dew

Sublime - Badfish #shorts #ai #deforum

Radiohead - Separator #aiart #stablediffusion #shorts

Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game #shorts #hawaii #aiart

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit #stablediffusion #aiart

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb #stablediffusion #aiart

Rival Sons - Open My Eyes #stablediffusion #aiart #sdxl

Beck - Nicotine & Gravy

Massive Attack - Teardrop #deforum #aiart

A Fairy Tale in Middle Earth #lotr #fantasy #aiart

Kid Rock - Cowboy #ai #musicvideo

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive | Tiktok Trend | #shorts #viral  #viraltiktok #viralreels #aiart #ai

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion #aiart

Daft Punk - Da Funk #stablediffusion #aiart #tiktok #dancevideo

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive #viral  #ai #dance #shorts

Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved?

Queens of the Stone Age - Carnavoyeur #stablediffusion #aiart

Rob Zombie - Dragula #ai #apocalypse #godzilla

Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances #viral #ai #dance #shorts

Viagra Boys - Sports #vintage #hipster #disco

Radiohead - Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene Remix)

Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle #stablediffusion #aiart

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary #aiart #musicvideo

Time-Traveling Tunes: Grandmaster Flash & George Washington's Smoke Session (The Message)

King Curtis - Games People Play #aiart #musicvideo

Alice In Chains - Don't Follow #stablediffusion #aiart #musicvideo

Pink Floyd - Mother #stablediffusion #ai #musicvideo

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine #viral #ai #musicvideo

Naughty By Nature - O.P.P #stablediffusion #hiphop #musicvideo

Grateful Dead - Althea #4k #ai #musicvideo

I enter the underworld | AI vs Original | #stablediffusion #ai #musicvideo

The Weeknd - Take My Breath #stablediffusion #ai #musicvideo

Name All 25 Celebrities Generated by AI

Irish Poetry Volume 1: The Double Vision of Michael Robartes by William Butler Yeats

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

A black dog sings Black Dog

Smashing Pumpkins Live at Tower Records (1993) - 33 Minutes of Enhanced Audio, 4K 60 FPS AI Visuals

I'll Be Missing You - A Tribute in Visuals 🌟 | Puff Daddy & Faith Evans

Soulshine Magic - A Visual Symphony | Allman Brothers Band 🎸

Stunning AI Anime Art in 4K - 'I Need You Tonight' INXS Tribute

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore | The Lord of the Rings | Music Video

The field of software development is on the cusp of a significant transformation, driven by the integration of AI into our development processes. As engineering managers, we have the exciting opportunity – and responsibility – to shape this future.

Engineering Management: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Software Development

AWS multi-tenant auth system using Cognito, Lambda, and DynamoDB. Supports federated and direct login, custom workflows, and scalable serverless backend. Handles multiple orgs, identity providers, and auth flows.

Scalable AWS Multi-Tenant Authentication: A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers

electron-polly-audio

Source code for an Electron Text-to-Speech app using AWS Polly is presented and discussed in detail. The Electron framework is discussed in detail in relation to cross-platform app development.

Electron: A New Tool for Cross-Platform App Development

Describes a natural evolution when creating videos with Stable Diffusion Deforum whereby self-hosting and managing compute resources with robust graphics cards are explored as a cost saving mechanism to managed services.

Running Stable Diffusion in AWS

Soliciting Jobs for My AI Voice

I apply for a narration job using a demo created using ChatGPT and my synthesized voice. Let's see if I can get a job through a video of me saying words I never said.

I discuss creating and testing YouTube Shorts and the first video to pass 24 hours of watch time. I reflect on analytics and the process of creating videos.

24 Hours of Watch Time

A comprehensive dive into AWS AppSync with examples of different features and query designs. Learn how to use Lambda, DynamoDB, and HTTP data sources and chain them all together in pipelines.

AWS AppSync Explained

Here's a link to my Midjourney portfolio. You can check out all the images I'm creating for use on this site and my YouTube channels.

My Midjourney Profile

A collection of links to begin generating AI art both in the cloud for free and locally on your computer. Follow along with the links I used to go from generating my first images to mind-blowing videos in just a few months.

Generative AI Art Links

Real World Observations on CI/CD

Describes the transformation that happens in software development teams when CI/CD is embraced, developers own code through to production, and releasing frequently, failing fast, and lowering the blast radius of code changes are the driving principles.

Synthesizing My Voice

I use ElevenLabs Speech Synthesis tool to synthesize my voice in minutes. Now I have a vocal clone I use to read my articles and say whatever I don't want to say.

The Wu Tang Clan, AC/DC, and Jay Z show up in 3 more YouTube shorts created with Stable Diffusion Deforum, the Rev Animated model, and 2D/3D motion effects. I like how things turned out.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 6

I continue to post YouTube Shorts using Stable Diffusion Deforum. Here I set them against Pink Floyd, Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West. The channel is gaining a little traction.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 5

Today I created 3 more videos with Deforum in RunDiffusion. I used the RevAnimated model, DPM++ SDE Karras Sampler and 3D motion effects to once again produce some cool videos set to awesome songs.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 4

More videos created with Deforum, Stable Diffusion 1.5 and RevAnimated 1.2.2 models, Euler A and DPM++ SDE Karras samplers, and both 2D and 3D oscillating motion effects.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 3

I use Stable Diffusion Deforum, Run Diffusion, and ChatGPT to generate YouTube shorts with incredible visuals and licensed music.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 1

I continue using Stable Diffusion Deforum with the RevAnimated model. Here are a few videos of ocean animals, Valkyries, and Formula 1.

Deforum YouTube Shorts 2

I use the InsightFace analysis library bot in Midjourney to add my face to any image I generate.

Swapping Faces in Midjourney

Today I installed Stable Diffusion locally, launched the web UI, and used a model I trained previously on my own face to generate pictures of me in different styles.

Running Stable Diffusion Locally

I use Dreambooth, Google Colab, and Hugging Face to train Stable Diffusion on my face so I can generate pictures of myself in different worlds and styles.

Stably Diffusing Myself

Here is the soundtrack I created for the Supercars video I posted to my children's YouTube channel. I did everything in single takes. So I just came up with the core beat, added the synth and starting looping it. I plugged in the ukulele and hit record.

Supercars Soundtrack

Here are some YouTube Shorts I've created the past few weeks that utilize licensed, popular music available when uploading a Short from your phone.

YouTube Shorts with Licensed Music

I created a YouTube channel on artificial intelligence that includes facts, fears and thoughts on the future presented by an AI child's voice. It is interesting to hear complex ideas on AI spoken by AI posing as a child.

Kids Talk AI YouTube Channel

I use ChatGPT and Pictory to create a video with quotes and lyrics from Jay Z. I'm able to finish the 4-minute video in 40 minutes. Check out the video and my process.

Presenting Jay-Z with Pictory

I've started a YouTube channel called Rise and Shine Quotes that aims to resurrect the words of forgotten thinkers and present them in digestible videos. My first subject was great teacher of personal responsibility and self-awareness Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Some Wisdom from Jiddu Krishnamurti

I use Pictory AI to create a four-minute video in under an hour. Now I can focus on testing different niches for my videos more quickly with the help of Pictory and spend more time brainstorming and creating rather than editing.

Using Pictory to Present McLuhan

Here are some sci-fi themed outputs from DALL-E. With the right prompt, it can produce some very interesting images. And until Midjourney is available via API, I will use DALL-E to generate images like this at scale programatically.

Sci-Fi Art with DALL-E

I used Midjourney to create background images, YouTube banners, and landscapes for videos, channels and games. I'm learning about animation and creating the illusion of movement with these assets.

Midjourney: Banners and Landscapes

I used Midjourney to create images of Supercars in an anime vaporwave style for a children's video. I wanted to see the cars at night in the rain street racing in an anime vaporwave style. Check out the results.

Supercars Video

I used Midjourney to create some interesting mashups of letter and word for a children's video on the ABCs. Check out the video and some of the pictures.

ABCs Video

Here are some of the raw DALL-E images that became assets in my video "Animals In Clothes". I was trying to generate old-looking paintings in the style of Johannes Vermeer with animals in strange costumes.

It's a long way to the top

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