About Des Donnelly
From 2011 to 2023 I was a Google Cloud Partner. I was also a Top Contributor, one of 3 in the world who were also Partners. Over the time I was also a Trusted Tester for ‘products’ that may never see the light of day.
I am now more or less retired and have the luxury of being able to spend an entire day reading about tech as opposed to fighting with it. What a relief / luxury!
2. My ‘People’
Perhaps some people may agree with my view that information should be free / freed. I've had a serious interest in and monitored AI/ML/Robotics for years. I started playing with OpenAI in the winter of 2022. I wrote my own prompt manual, launched it in the spring of 2023, and offered it as a free course.
On the writing front, I have an amount of creative writing, technical papers, essays and analyses for clients over circa 40 years..
My view of Substack is that those who are tired of ads, plugins and SEO vicissitudes are gravitating here. I think the essential attraction is to engage with like-minded people.
3. Roll Out Specificity
I intend to post some in-depth research / viewpoint articles. In the medium term, I plan to settle down to one article ranging from once a month (a year in AI/LLM development time ) to once a quarter (previously a year in internet development time).
Free vs. paid is an interesting aspect. In the first instance, I will offer everything for free. Down the road, it may become attractive to offer specific long-form articles to paid subscribers as a newsletter.
Personally, I've been writing on nearly all the 'platforms' over the years. With so many updates on terms and so much to learn as platforms change, now I just want it as 'vanilla' as I can get.
4. Social Media
I worked feverishly on social media years ago, but I have no faith in it and actually think it is a form of virus. Although I have a couple of accounts dating back to 2007 or so, I don't think it's constructive to use those. I'm primarily a Substack-centric user. You can find me here now.
5. My Output
I have a degree of output by virtue of being sort of retired. I sometimes ask myself, "Am I really retired?" lol. The 'current projects' I am generating content for encompass the following:
Substack
Commentary: ‘more or less long form’ AI articles on LLM aspects.
The Site for My Book: Housekeeping for Hallions - https://hallions.ie/
Primary Site: Anything else will mostly link back to my primary dd.ie.
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