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Peter Beens 🍁📷🏍️
@pbeens.bsky.social
Retired Computer Tech/CS Teacher | Ex-Education Officer—CS & Tech Ed | Veteran | Volunteer work—Secretary-Treasurer, RCL Branch 138; Chair, OTF Curriculum Forum Steering Committee; Past-President, ACSE | Hobbies: Photography, Motorcyclist, Playing with AI.
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Explore College Success in a whole new way with Google’s #NotebookLM!

🎧 Audio overview
🎞️ Video breakdowns
💬 AI-powered Q&A to explore the book interactively

Perfect for students + educators.

Start here: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/766...

#NotebookLM #OpenStax #CollegeSuccess #EdTech
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September 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Need to summarize an article? I wrote this GPT for Obsidian (and named it so) but it will of course work for any note software you use. (requires a #ChatGPT account)

Obsidian Notes chatgpt.com/g/g-6887932a...
ChatGPT - Obsidian Notes
A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges
chatgpt.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I built two custom GPTs that streamline note-taking in #obsidian Find Keywords, which extracts Obsidian-formatted keywords, and Obsidian Topic Page Generator, which turns those keywords into structured topic pages with summaries and context.

Read more here:

tinyurl.com/3y4n385d
Free Tools for Obsidian Users: Keyword Finder & Topic Page Generator | Beens' Blog
I built two custom GPTs that make note-taking in Obsidian faster and more structured: Find Keywords, which extracts Obsidian-formatted keywords from any text, and Obsidian Topic Page Generator, which ...
www.beens.ca
September 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve been experimenting with #GoogleAIStudio text-to-speech voices for short data analysis tutorials, so I made a video (<3 min) to compare them.

It includes chapter markers to make it easy to bounce back and forth between voices.

youtu.be/dFE7TPF8Uu4?...

#TTS #VoiceAI #AI #TextToSpeech
Google AI Studio TTS Voices | Which One Sounds Best?
YouTube video by Peter Beens
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Gemini-CLI Prompt Creator is a Custom GPT I created that converts unstructured issue descriptions into concise, command-line-ready prompts for tools like Gemini CLI.

Usable by all ChatGPT users, including free-tier.

chatgpt.com/g/g-688bb6eb...

#AI #DevTools #PromptEngineering #GeminiCLI
ChatGPT - Gemini-CLI Prompt Creator
Helps create shortened, command line-friendly prompts for Gemini-CLI (or other similar AI programming tools)
chatgpt.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@pythonbytes.fm Not posting your new episodes to the socials anymore?
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Anyone using Google Alerts? I'll bet most people don't know about it. I love it -- custom news alerts straight to your inbox.

"Monitor the Web for interesting new content"

google.com/alerts
Google Alerts - Monitor the Web for interesting new content
google.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm obviously an idiot when it comes to dictation mode in #Perplexity. What am I doing wrong? (1 minute video)

youtu.be/b5ulhk3YYmE
Perplexity Dictation Issue
YouTube video by Peter Beens
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I just created a new Custom GPT that will create TLDR content with options, such as for slides, educators, lower reading levels. Can even create slides for #PowerPoint or #GoogleSlides. Would love your feedback! (Requires a #ChatGPT account)

TLDR (w/ Options) chatgpt.com/g/g-6877cf76...
ChatGPT - TLDR (w/ Options)
TLDR summarizes content with clarity and precision, offering formats like educator mode, action items only, detailed bullets, or PowerPoint-ready slides. Choose how you want your TLDR—fast, structured...
chatgpt.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I built WebTimer—a clean timer + stopwatch (with laps!)—by crafting ChatGPT prompts for Gemini CLI. It’s a single-page JS app—no install required.
▶️ Launch it here: pbeens.github.io/WebTimer/
ℹ️ Info icon links to the code.
#GeminiCLI #ChatGPT #GitHub #OpenSource
July 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
July 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New tool! 📄🔍
Find Keyword in PDFs scans folders of PDFs, finds any word (case-insensitive), shows context, and exports clickable HTML reports.

Check it out → github.com/pbeens/Find-...
Feedback welcome!

#Python #PDFTools #GitHub #OpenSource #TextExtraction
GitHub - pbeens/Find-Keyword-in-PDFs: Find every mention of a word in a folder full of PDFs—quickly scan, preview context, and save results to a file.
Find every mention of a word in a folder full of PDFs—quickly scan, preview context, and save results to a file. - pbeens/Find-Keyword-in-PDFs
github.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Historically, junior devs learned through trial, error, and mentorship. Over-reliance on LLMs may erode these learning opportunities, stunting professional growth.

True? False? Or it doesn't matter?

#AI #CS
July 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just after leaving East Point Lighthouse in PEI, we came across a pair of foxes near the roadside. Here's one of them, posing calmly, perhaps waiting for a food handout.

#PEI #PrinceEdwardIsland #EastPointLighthouse #WildlifePhotography #ElbowsUp
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM