James Burchill
@jamesburchill.com
Bestselling Creator & Technologist 🚨 WARNING: Content created by a human in a facility that also processes AI. May contain traces of nuts.
I’m not just a tech or AI guy.
Like you, I’m a whole stack of things.
I’m into communication models, psychology, cooking, motorcycles, entrepreneurship, events, software design, and building systems that help people free up their time.
So here’s my question…
Like you, I’m a whole stack of things.
I’m into communication models, psychology, cooking, motorcycles, entrepreneurship, events, software design, and building systems that help people free up their time.
So here’s my question…
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m not just a tech or AI guy.
Like you, I’m a whole stack of things.
I’m into communication models, psychology, cooking, motorcycles, entrepreneurship, events, software design, and building systems that help people free up their time.
So here’s my question…
Like you, I’m a whole stack of things.
I’m into communication models, psychology, cooking, motorcycles, entrepreneurship, events, software design, and building systems that help people free up their time.
So here’s my question…
If today has reminded of anything in the wacky world of social media is that any audience you earn on a platform is rented and transient. That platform can suspend you at any time for any reason. Today it happened to me twice. All false positives mind you. But still. A real WTF moment. StayFrosty 😎
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If today has reminded of anything in the wacky world of social media is that any audience you earn on a platform is rented and transient. That platform can suspend you at any time for any reason. Today it happened to me twice. All false positives mind you. But still. A real WTF moment. StayFrosty 😎
I have two posts on Instagram and for the 2nd time today my account has been suspended for goodness knows what. Seriously meta?
I’ve had to upload a short selfie video of myself twice now. This is getting silly.
I’ve had to upload a short selfie video of myself twice now. This is getting silly.
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have two posts on Instagram and for the 2nd time today my account has been suspended for goodness knows what. Seriously meta?
I’ve had to upload a short selfie video of myself twice now. This is getting silly.
I’ve had to upload a short selfie video of myself twice now. This is getting silly.
And I’m back on Instagram and Threads … again.
Apology #2
Apology #2
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
And I’m back on Instagram and Threads … again.
Apology #2
Apology #2
In all the time I've been on Bluesky I've never had my account suspended (for a false positive (FP) or otherwise.) I recently decided to explore threads and needed to activate instagram too. I was FP suspended on day 1, and again just now! Seriously, meta wtf is up with your rules algorithm? 😵💫🤬🤪
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In all the time I've been on Bluesky I've never had my account suspended (for a false positive (FP) or otherwise.) I recently decided to explore threads and needed to activate instagram too. I was FP suspended on day 1, and again just now! Seriously, meta wtf is up with your rules algorithm? 😵💫🤬🤪
AI is creating a new confidence trap. Polished answers, big thumbs-ups, and a false sense of mastery.
People are doing better but judging themselves worse. More wrong while feeling more right.
Veteran devs see it. Newer ones don’t – that’s the problem.
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
People are doing better but judging themselves worse. More wrong while feeling more right.
Veteran devs see it. Newer ones don’t – that’s the problem.
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
The Confidence Trap: How AI Turns Beginners Into Believers and Veterans Into Cynics - The Vault
There’s a strange and slightly hilarious thing happening in the tech world right now. The people who most need to hear warnings about AI are the same people who are least capable of understanding them...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
AI is creating a new confidence trap. Polished answers, big thumbs-ups, and a false sense of mastery.
People are doing better but judging themselves worse. More wrong while feeling more right.
Veteran devs see it. Newer ones don’t – that’s the problem.
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
People are doing better but judging themselves worse. More wrong while feeling more right.
Veteran devs see it. Newer ones don’t – that’s the problem.
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
I hate math tests because all through the chapter it's like really easy and then you think you've got it and then the test is like ...
IF I THROW A TRIANGLE OUT OF THE CAR AND THE CAR IS GOING 20KMH AND WIND RESISTANCE IS A THING THAT EXISTS, HOW MANY CUPCAKES CAN PEDRO BUY WITH ONE HUMAN SOUL?
IF I THROW A TRIANGLE OUT OF THE CAR AND THE CAR IS GOING 20KMH AND WIND RESISTANCE IS A THING THAT EXISTS, HOW MANY CUPCAKES CAN PEDRO BUY WITH ONE HUMAN SOUL?
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I hate math tests because all through the chapter it's like really easy and then you think you've got it and then the test is like ...
IF I THROW A TRIANGLE OUT OF THE CAR AND THE CAR IS GOING 20KMH AND WIND RESISTANCE IS A THING THAT EXISTS, HOW MANY CUPCAKES CAN PEDRO BUY WITH ONE HUMAN SOUL?
IF I THROW A TRIANGLE OUT OF THE CAR AND THE CAR IS GOING 20KMH AND WIND RESISTANCE IS A THING THAT EXISTS, HOW MANY CUPCAKES CAN PEDRO BUY WITH ONE HUMAN SOUL?
Facebook memories reminded me today that 11 years ago Twitter was still fun ... and I had over 24,500 followers! #goodtimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Facebook memories reminded me today that 11 years ago Twitter was still fun ... and I had over 24,500 followers! #goodtimes
The AI-generated explainer videos made by Google's NotebookLLM are really impressive. Take a look at the one I created based on my 'How To Program People' book for programmers wanting to communicate better with 'organic systems' ... er, people 😉
youtu.be/bUJ1ln9nNnI
youtu.be/bUJ1ln9nNnI
How To Program People - A Software Developer’s Guide to Communication, Influence & Human Engineering
YouTube video by James Burchill
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November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The AI-generated explainer videos made by Google's NotebookLLM are really impressive. Take a look at the one I created based on my 'How To Program People' book for programmers wanting to communicate better with 'organic systems' ... er, people 😉
youtu.be/bUJ1ln9nNnI
youtu.be/bUJ1ln9nNnI
As a technologist fascinated by space, I’ve been meaning to see what I could dig up about the Voyager probes and the old claim that they still run on Fortran as they navigate the depths of space.
Turns out, I was right to question it.
Here’s the scoop:
Turns out, I was right to question it.
Here’s the scoop:
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As a technologist fascinated by space, I’ve been meaning to see what I could dig up about the Voyager probes and the old claim that they still run on Fortran as they navigate the depths of space.
Turns out, I was right to question it.
Here’s the scoop:
Turns out, I was right to question it.
Here’s the scoop:
A new discipline is emerging: Communication Intelligence.
VAKIETA unifies language, emotion, and intent so humans — and machines — can finally understand each other more clearly.
The white paper just dropped 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#VAKIETA #ComIQ #AI #Innovation
VAKIETA unifies language, emotion, and intent so humans — and machines — can finally understand each other more clearly.
The white paper just dropped 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#VAKIETA #ComIQ #AI #Innovation
The VAKIETA Communication Intelligence Model: A Multimodal Framework for Linguistic, Tonal, and Motivational Alignment
The VAKIETA Communication Intelligence Model introduces an applied framework for decoding and aligning human communication across seven measurable dimensions: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic (VAK) perce...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A new discipline is emerging: Communication Intelligence.
VAKIETA unifies language, emotion, and intent so humans — and machines — can finally understand each other more clearly.
The white paper just dropped 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#VAKIETA #ComIQ #AI #Innovation
VAKIETA unifies language, emotion, and intent so humans — and machines — can finally understand each other more clearly.
The white paper just dropped 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#VAKIETA #ComIQ #AI #Innovation
What a lovely sentiment.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What a lovely sentiment.
Just opened an email from another large retailer intent on calling Christmas the “shopping season.”
Ps. If you don’t celebrate Xmas, no worries. Just insert your preferred event and then replace it with “shopping season.”
Really?
Shopping?
Humbug 🎄🎅🎁🦌
Ps. If you don’t celebrate Xmas, no worries. Just insert your preferred event and then replace it with “shopping season.”
Really?
Shopping?
Humbug 🎄🎅🎁🦌
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just opened an email from another large retailer intent on calling Christmas the “shopping season.”
Ps. If you don’t celebrate Xmas, no worries. Just insert your preferred event and then replace it with “shopping season.”
Really?
Shopping?
Humbug 🎄🎅🎁🦌
Ps. If you don’t celebrate Xmas, no worries. Just insert your preferred event and then replace it with “shopping season.”
Really?
Shopping?
Humbug 🎄🎅🎁🦌
1 down 4 more to go.
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
1 down 4 more to go.
I write a lot - code, articles, training material, even the odd Haiku (and I mean odd 😱). For everything except code (that’s PyCharm), I use #SCRIVENER - my daily driver for word wrangling. One feature I love: TEMPLATES. I save everything I need in them and save tons of time starting new projects.
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I write a lot - code, articles, training material, even the odd Haiku (and I mean odd 😱). For everything except code (that’s PyCharm), I use #SCRIVENER - my daily driver for word wrangling. One feature I love: TEMPLATES. I save everything I need in them and save tons of time starting new projects.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Everyone’s hyping #MCP like it’s open tech’s next big leap.
It’s not.
It’s a velvet cage — looks friendly, hides chains.
“Open” until you notice who controls the client.
Freedom isn’t granted by vendors.
You build it yourself.
#CommandTheMachines
vault.jamesburchill.com/strategy/mcp...
It’s not.
It’s a velvet cage — looks friendly, hides chains.
“Open” until you notice who controls the client.
Freedom isn’t granted by vendors.
You build it yourself.
#CommandTheMachines
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MCP: Freedom or Fancy Shackles? - The Vault
TL;DR: MCP isn’t a revolution. It’s a repackaging of control. Cool tech, solid idea, dangerous narrative. Build your own stack, keep your autonomy, and don’t mistake convenience for freedom. Everyone’...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Everyone’s hyping #MCP like it’s open tech’s next big leap.
It’s not.
It’s a velvet cage — looks friendly, hides chains.
“Open” until you notice who controls the client.
Freedom isn’t granted by vendors.
You build it yourself.
#CommandTheMachines
vault.jamesburchill.com/strategy/mcp...
It’s not.
It’s a velvet cage — looks friendly, hides chains.
“Open” until you notice who controls the client.
Freedom isn’t granted by vendors.
You build it yourself.
#CommandTheMachines
vault.jamesburchill.com/strategy/mcp...
Are you a #solopreneur or #SMB? Ever wonder how much chaos is costing you? Get your CQ free at CommandTheMachines.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Are you a #solopreneur or #SMB? Ever wonder how much chaos is costing you? Get your CQ free at CommandTheMachines.com
It's ok to rent space in the cloud, just ensure you own the stack.
Use free open source software to automate your business systems.
Own your data, the process, the IP.
This is the Stack Freedom Formula.
#CommandTheMachines because the future is human.
Use free open source software to automate your business systems.
Own your data, the process, the IP.
This is the Stack Freedom Formula.
#CommandTheMachines because the future is human.
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's ok to rent space in the cloud, just ensure you own the stack.
Use free open source software to automate your business systems.
Own your data, the process, the IP.
This is the Stack Freedom Formula.
#CommandTheMachines because the future is human.
Use free open source software to automate your business systems.
Own your data, the process, the IP.
This is the Stack Freedom Formula.
#CommandTheMachines because the future is human.
Decorators are a secret #Python superpower — elegant, reusable, and often misunderstood.
They’re not just helper functions with a fancy hat; they’re how clean code stays clean.
#CommandTheMachines 👇
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
They’re not just helper functions with a fancy hat; they’re how clean code stays clean.
#CommandTheMachines 👇
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
Decorators: The Secret Sauce of Python Elegance - The Vault
When you first learn Python, decorators seem like a fancy way to confuse people.You see the @something syntax, you try to follow the flow, and suddenly you’re knee-deep in functions that call function...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Decorators are a secret #Python superpower — elegant, reusable, and often misunderstood.
They’re not just helper functions with a fancy hat; they’re how clean code stays clean.
#CommandTheMachines 👇
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
They’re not just helper functions with a fancy hat; they’re how clean code stays clean.
#CommandTheMachines 👇
vault.jamesburchill.com/tech-with-a-...
Writers keep saying their voice is what makes them special. Wrong. You can still talk bollocks in your own voice.
AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook.
vault.jamesburchill.com/marketing/yo...
AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook.
vault.jamesburchill.com/marketing/yo...
Your Voice Isn’t the Value - The Vault
AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook. The Myth of the Sacred “Voice” Writers love to worship their “voice” like it’s some divine gift from the muses. They’ll tell you it’s what mak...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Writers keep saying their voice is what makes them special. Wrong. You can still talk bollocks in your own voice.
AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook.
vault.jamesburchill.com/marketing/yo...
AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook.
vault.jamesburchill.com/marketing/yo...
When is a browser not a browser?
When it's OpenAI's new #ATLAS
And Atlas is amazing.
That said, remember it's still new and using it to access BANKING or SECURE PORTAL sites is NOT RECOMMENDED by OpenAI at this time.
So explore, push boundaries ... JUST NO BANKING!
#CommandTheMachines
When it's OpenAI's new #ATLAS
And Atlas is amazing.
That said, remember it's still new and using it to access BANKING or SECURE PORTAL sites is NOT RECOMMENDED by OpenAI at this time.
So explore, push boundaries ... JUST NO BANKING!
#CommandTheMachines
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When is a browser not a browser?
When it's OpenAI's new #ATLAS
And Atlas is amazing.
That said, remember it's still new and using it to access BANKING or SECURE PORTAL sites is NOT RECOMMENDED by OpenAI at this time.
So explore, push boundaries ... JUST NO BANKING!
#CommandTheMachines
When it's OpenAI's new #ATLAS
And Atlas is amazing.
That said, remember it's still new and using it to access BANKING or SECURE PORTAL sites is NOT RECOMMENDED by OpenAI at this time.
So explore, push boundaries ... JUST NO BANKING!
#CommandTheMachines
This is just one of many ways I use #Scrivener ~ as my idea lab. It's perfect for content management.
Each folder tracks projects, drafts, and content by date or theme. It’s where half-formed thoughts turn into finished articles.
Nothing gets lost, and everything eventually finds its place.
Each folder tracks projects, drafts, and content by date or theme. It’s where half-formed thoughts turn into finished articles.
Nothing gets lost, and everything eventually finds its place.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is just one of many ways I use #Scrivener ~ as my idea lab. It's perfect for content management.
Each folder tracks projects, drafts, and content by date or theme. It’s where half-formed thoughts turn into finished articles.
Nothing gets lost, and everything eventually finds its place.
Each folder tracks projects, drafts, and content by date or theme. It’s where half-formed thoughts turn into finished articles.
Nothing gets lost, and everything eventually finds its place.
Thread 1/4
🚨 [QUICK PSA] Testing #Atlas... but not trusting it (yet) 🚨
I've downloaded and begun using ChatGPT Atlas - and it's impressive. The integration between AI and the browser is a big leap forward.
#CommandTheMachines 🤖
🚨 [QUICK PSA] Testing #Atlas... but not trusting it (yet) 🚨
I've downloaded and begun using ChatGPT Atlas - and it's impressive. The integration between AI and the browser is a big leap forward.
#CommandTheMachines 🤖
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thread 1/4
🚨 [QUICK PSA] Testing #Atlas... but not trusting it (yet) 🚨
I've downloaded and begun using ChatGPT Atlas - and it's impressive. The integration between AI and the browser is a big leap forward.
#CommandTheMachines 🤖
🚨 [QUICK PSA] Testing #Atlas... but not trusting it (yet) 🚨
I've downloaded and begun using ChatGPT Atlas - and it's impressive. The integration between AI and the browser is a big leap forward.
#CommandTheMachines 🤖