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Operations Series – No Agenda Donation Committment

In the morning! With the start of the publication of the Operations Series, I wanted to share my plan for donations.

I have decided to donate Ten Percentage of all royalties from the Operations Series to No Agenda. How much gets donated is dependent on how it sells. I was inspired by the No Agenda Shop and others. For this series, this is in lieu of traditional marketing. I expect that the No Agenda Family is better than paying Amazon or Google for ads.

Before Adam and John get their hopes up, know that I am not giving up my day job any time soon.

If Tom Cruise decides to option this series for new movies or a new Amazon Prime series, I will negotiate to get a cameo for John and Adam.

@Adam@noagendasocial.com; @Johncdvorak@noagendasocial.com

AI Messiah

There is a very old Jewish proverb that goes:
If you are planting in the field and someone runs from the village yelling the Messiah has come and is in the village, finish your planting and then go see the Messiah.

This comes from a time when many people showed up claiming to be the Messiah. Similarly, artificial intelligence is the new messiah. There are lots of claims, but little progress has been made on the investment.

After decades of work, we now have chatbots that can pass a Turning test. These same bots can create images, music, and short videos from text prompts.

With the billions of dollars sunk into this, we can now simulate things that groups of people have been doing for years.

So what should we do? Finish your planting, then go see the new AI.

Operations Book 4 Writing complete

Working Title: The Observer

Operations Book 4 is completed. The story wraps up the Operations series. Initially, this was planned to be 3 stories, but as the story laid out, I took the call to carve off the silly and the useless parts. The final product handles what happens after Book 3 and gives a glimpse into just how large this world of operators really is.

I expect to focus on editing this book and getting feedback from early readers through the end of the year. The plan is to have this published by Early next year.

Operations: Lucy Update

With Book 4 completed, I was 90 percent through Book 5 and forced to make the tough choice to throw it out. The story was not working and deviated from the Operations Series’s core. It was also unfun to read.

When I was in college for my Computer Science Degree, My Programming Mentor said, “Never be afraid to punt.” It is a good thing to remember when coding, especially when writing.

If the story is not working, throw it out and start over.

Small pieces may be usable for something else, but the idea and plot are gone overall.

The next three books will be delayed as I start over on Book 5, but it will be better than releasing a bad story that kills the franchise.

Failing Faster Revisited – Now Available

My creative writing took a break for the past couple of months as I revisited my previous publication of mine, Failing Faster. Instead of just restating and updating, I took an axe to the whole process and used the last decade’s experience since it was originally published in “Peer to Peer” Magazine.

This is a deep dive into the Iterative approach to problem-solving. If you are familiar with an iterative approach, you will likely enjoy the examples and anecdotes spread throughout.

If Iterative Problem solving is new to you, you will get a lot out of this.

Most business writing is just reminding you of things you already know. In that respect this book is no different. It is just pulling the ideas together in one place.