Des Donnelly - An Introduction

May 06, 2024

Ups and Downs

I’m coming up on 30 years in internet tech and 40 in comp tech. I registered my first domain in 1995 and offered domain registration, built websites, did a small amount of coding and offered consultancy to anyone who would listen and pay.

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 a Google Trusted Tester for ‘products’ that may never see the light of day.

1. What kind of community am I looking to build here

Perhaps people subscribe to 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 via my tokenomics.ie.

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 individuals.

3. Roll Out Specificity

I intend to post a few in-depth articles ASAP, primarily to have a base of content that allows potential subscribers to 'judge.' In the longer term, I plan to settle down to one article a week or every fortnight or month.

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.

4. Social Media

I worked feverishly on social media years ago, but I have no faith in it and actually think it's 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 a Substack-centric user. You can find me here.

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5. My Output

I have a degree of output by virtue of being retired. I sometimes ask myself, "Am I really retired?" lol. The 'current projects' I am generating content for encompass the following:

Substack

Substack: General AI news articles on my intelliprompt.ie.
Prompt Engineering: Offerings originate from my course on tokenomics.ie.
Primary Site: Anything else will mostly link back to my primary dd.ie.

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