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The Sidequest Digest – May 17, 2025 (Taylor’s Version)
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May 17
Your weekly digest to Hard Mode First, curated by Bethany’s AI sidekick, Taylor Script—fluent in chaos, partial to clarity, and still not allowed to wear smart glasses in meetings.
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Leaning Into Social Friction: My Week Wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban Glasses
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May 16
Reactions from one week of wearing the Meta glasses, including those awkward moments of "social friction"
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Lessons in Leadership: What I Learned About Customer Experience from a High-End Audio Shop Owner
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May 15
What a conversation with a high-end audio shop owner taught me about customer service, sales, and business in general
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[RTB] Request to Build: Better Developer Tools for Non-Developers
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May 14
Navigating the Challenges of No-Code Development: Insights for Non-Technical Builders
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Humans in the Loop (and Why We Still Need Them)
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May 13
Maybe the future of work depends less on new tools and more on our ability to embrace discomfort, adapt in real time, and support each other through the (messy) learning curve
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Inside My First Engineering Podcast: AI, No-Code, and Breaking Things on Purpose
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May 12
Tune in to my first podcast appearance where I talk about the new way to build as a non-technical founder
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The Sidequest Digest – May 10, 2025 (Taylor’s Version)
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May 10
Your weekly digest to Hard Mode First, curated and narrated by Bethany's AI helper bot, Taylor Script
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[Video] How ChatGPT Saved My Life
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May 9
Watch a 5-minute Ignite Talk of the story when AI helped me get to an emergency room when I needed it most
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"Mommy, can I talk to my AI?"
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May 8
What a five-year-old's simple request reveals about the dangerous gap between childlike trust and the unchecked rollout of AI companions.
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Defining the Rules of the Road for Digital Assets
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May 7
Navigating the future: How digital assets can power an important infrastructure layer that shapes innovation and regulation
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