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Brian Lee Smith
@brianleesmith.bsky.social
IT Director and Consultant 🖥️, Quaker, Space Aficionado 🚀, Professional Cat Wrangler and Rescuer 🐈📿, Fierce Defender of Equal Rights for All 🤺, Anti-Racist, Pro-Science 🧬🔬, Empathetic Leader
I launched my own consultancy – @technicalguru.bsky.social

After decades in IT leadership, I realized too many businesses are buried in noise—tech that doesn’t align, tools that don’t deliver, and decisions driven by urgency instead of insight.

Insight. Strategy. Impact.
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Helping businesses make smarter tech decisions... Insight. Strategy. Impact.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
And the winning continues! HP & Dell expected to lose almost all their net income due to #Trump #Tariffs. He seems to be a master of the #economy! Our retirement #investments are down over 3.2%. I guess we can secure a strong workforce for the future since I’ll be working into my 70s now! #MAGA
April 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I can smell the all winning over the last three months. (Winning smells like a #dumpsterfire, right? Or is that our retirement savings burning?) #Trump #ThanksTrump
April 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
After promising the staff that they would not follow Meta’s lead, Zuckerberg’s nonprofit has reversed course and not only ended DEI efforts, but they also stopped any philanthropy anywhere near it.

We are living in the age of oligarchs now…

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Mark Zuckerberg’s charity U-turns, ends DEI efforts  | TechCrunch
Mark Zuckerberg's charity has eliminated its DEI programs and efforts just weeks after assuring staff it would continue supporting DEI efforts, The
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February 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I love the power of charts and maps...
February 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Now that Google has changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, I was happy to be the first person to give it a review in Google Maps…😉 If I could have given zero stars, I would have.

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Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yep, turn off the spigot & find out what happens. For those who only care about money/jobs & not peoples lives, I'll limit your reading. THIS ALONE should be enough to convince you. It's actually REALLY simple math that the current administration can't seem to actually do. #NIH #FundNIH #DoTheMath
February 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Since I’ve had some people ask me about ChatGPT‘s memory and how to manage it, I thought I’d repost how I do it. It’s much easier in a chat than scrolling through unorganized memories in Settings.

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#AI #Productivity #Innovation #ChatGPT #MemoryManagement
Brian Lee Smith on LinkedIn: #ai #productivity #innovation #chatgpt #memorymanagement #aiinbusiness
Did you know you can refine ChatGPT’s 🤖 memories directly in a chat? 🙀 It’s a faster, more effective way to manage AI memory than digging through settings…
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January 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Our brains process at just 10 bits/sec, while Voyager beams data 16x faster from deep space! Yet we function brilliantly - our nervous system's preprocessing & compression is the real genius here. Future #AI might learn from nature: sometimes smarter filtering beats raw computing power. 🧠✨
When It Comes to Thinking, Our Brains Are Surprisingly Slow
Learn why our brains evolved to process only one thought at a time, and how multitasking is often misunderstood.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
@americanair.bsky.social it would be great if you added the ability to save a flight from the iOS (or Android) app to your calendar. Right now, I don’t see any way to make a calendar event from the app for an existing flight.
December 23, 2024 at 4:40 AM
I still have people complain to me about no one ever reads their important emails. Well, if people aren't reading them, you clearly need to change your approach. In that case, check out an article I wrote over four years ago that is 💯 still relevant!
How to write an All User email that people might actually read
The dreaded All User email. Nobody reads them.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
AI's ability to mimic experts poses risks. This struck me while evaluating MasterClass's AI mentors. When a $10/month AI like Gordon Ramsay seems real, when does it become a deceptive illusion? We're nearing the uncanny valley, where perfect imitation meets imperfect reality. https://buff.ly/3VGa57Y
December 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
@effinbirds.com I think I found a new word to add to your dictionary…

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December 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
"Stop treating AI like a tool." That's what I kept telling myself. Then I tried an experiment. I challenged @anthropic.com's Claude to analyze and learn my writing style. What happened next surprised even me.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #FutureOfWork #AI #LearningAndDevelopment
Rethinking AI Collaboration: An Unexpected Journey
Want to see what happens when you stop treating AI like a tool and start treating it like a thought partner? I recently went on an unexpected journey that changed how I think about AI collaboration - ...
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December 5, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Battering rams break, but empathy builds empires. See how Microsoft transformed understanding into $2T of value & why it matters for tomorrow's leaders. Check out my deep dive on LinkedIn 🚀
#Leadership #Empathy #FutureOfWork #Microsoft
Infinite Angles: The Strategic Power of Empathetic Leadership - Part 1
Do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons..
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December 4, 2024 at 4:36 AM
When Panasonic decided to resurrect their founder using AI, they opened a digital Pandora's box. Here's my take on the delicate dance between digital echoes and living legacies. 🤔

#AI #Innovation #DigitalEthics
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Artificial Intelligence meets Corporate Legacy According to Computerworld, Panasonic is bringing their founder back to life – digitally speaking…
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December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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