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Eight key shifts from Mary Meeker’s 2025 AI report — from capital flows and agentic teammates to vertical adoption and the return of infrastructure as a strategic lever.

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What Ivanti’s 2025 workplace tech report reveals about shadow AI, digital presenteeism, and why trust—not tools—is the real unlock for modern work.

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I rebuilt a stock market simulator I first made in b-school — not to launch, but to learn. This post is about vibe coding, building with flow, and why every GTM leader should prototype something real.

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A new MIT-Stanford study shows AI tools are boosting productivity and pay—without cutting hours. Here’s what it really means for leaders rethinking teams, KPIs, and the future of work.

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AI Can Predict Your Personality From Your Face—And It Might Affect Your Career

What if a single photo could reveal your personality traits—and even influence your professional future? This raises intriguing questions about privacy, bias, and the role of AI in hiring. Dive in to find out how a simple image might reveal more than you ever imagined—and why that matters.

Came across this interesting paper on using AI to assess the Big 5 personality traits and predict career outcomes. This could have implications not just for the job market, but also in other fields like education which I covered earlier. via https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/ai-personality-extraction-from-faces-labor-market-implications.html For more details, take your…

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Expanding the online footprint

While the blog continues to be my primary posting format, I have setup accounts (under the “AB’s Reflections” name) on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music to host some of the podcast and video content that I’ve been producing of late. Here are the links where you can find them: YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@ABsReflections Spotify –…

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Preparing Your Children for the AGI Era: Education and Work in the Future

A podcast discussing the way AI & AGI will transform education and the ways of working, and how we can prepare our children for this future.

As a father of a soon to be teenager the question I keep asking myself is whether we are preparing our children for the future and equipping them to manage the AI induced disruption. My recent experience with NotebookLM made it quite clear that the way we learn is going to change dramatically, and this article on how university education will change by Hollis Robbins really echoes my…

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Coping with outrage fatigue

Dealing with outrage fatigue which is all too common these days thanks to the always on nature of our lives on social media.

Came across this interesting article on Scientific American which talks about outrage fatigue. Converted into a short podcast using HeyGen: Here’s the NotebookLM version for comparison which has a more emotive take on things: Are you feeling emotionally exhausted by the constant barrage of depressing news about political events, wars, and climate disasters? You might be experiencing outrage…

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[Sponsored] Revolutionizing Links: The 7 Best URL Shorteners for 2025

A comparison of some of the newer URL shorteners (sponsored post)

Long and messy URLs are a challenge in today’s fast-paced digital world. Whether you’re promoting on social media, email, or print campaigns, shortening and customizing URLs not only makes them visually appealing but also enhances their functionality with tracking and targeting options. Here’s our curated list of the top URL shorteners for 2025. At the top is TNYL.link, a cutting-edge tool…

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Exploring DeepSeek's R1

A podcast discussing the significance of DeepSeek R1 along with some interesting conversations.

The new model from DeepSeek has been making waves over the last week thanks to its competitive performance against GPT-o1 while being open source. It is also able to transparently share its thought chain. I took it for a spin in LM Studio which allows you to run the model locally, and created an overview podcast that touches upon the model’s capabilities, pros & cons (NotebookLM talking about…

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The S-Pen update on the S25 Ultra - It's the magnets

The latest in the Galaxy Ultra series trades off advanced stylus capabilities like remote camera shutter in favour of faster wireless charging.

Looks like the S-Pen is losing the air gestures and Bluetooth capabilities that allow it to act as a remote camera shutter on the latest Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. I suspect it is due to the requirement of magnets in the new Qi2 wireless charging feature that’s being added. The earlier editions of the Ultra series used to have stylus detection issues with magnet based accessories (like this…

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DoomPDF

Playing Doom in a PDF file. Enough said!

Looks like this is a month for novelty Doom spinoffs, and this time it is a playable version of Doom in a PDF made possible due to JavaScript support in PDFs. Here’s some gameplay footage that I put together where you can appreciate it in all its ASCII glory: You can play it here – https://doompdf.pages.dev/. Note that it only works on Chromium based browsers (Chrome & Edge for ex.) for now,…

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Decoding Pharma Analytics: Customer Segmentation and Engagement Strategies

Sharing a podcast overview of an online session that I took for a group of MBA students around pharma marketing & analytics with a focus on customer segmentation.

I recently had the opportunity to share a fascinating online lecture to a group of MBA students about Pharmaceutical Analytics, specifically focusing on customer segmentation and engagement strategies. I have created a summary podcast using presentation, sources and audio recording from the session which you can check out below: Also sharing the presentation from the session. Building…

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The Moon in 2024 through the S23 & more

Looking back at some of the photos taken over the last year, and appreciating the progress in smartphone photography. #photography #photos #moon

It’s been a while since I posted about my photography activities and the phone reviews, and what better time than the new year to look back at some of the memories created over the last year. Here’s a couple of moonshots taken last year with my current phone – the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra that I got back in 2023. I’ve put the 30x zoom versions first followed by the regular wide angle photo to…

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Doom: The Gallery Experience

Can you imagine the Doom guy wearing glasses, sipping wine & taking a tour of an art gallery? That's what the latest Doom parody is all about. Checkout the gameplay & maybe give it a shot yourself. #fun #doom #games #parody #art

A playthrough of the new Doom parody that reimagines the first level as an art gallery with sections for different regions & eras like Greece, Egypt, Japan & Renaissance. Health is literally wealth in this version, with armour replaced by cheese and a bunch of drinks to pick up & sip instead of guns. And yes, the Doom guy is wearing glasses. You also have a few secrets to discover. You can…

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My NotebookLM a-ha moment

My a-ha moment with Google's NotebookLM and its audio overview feature that took a bunch of exhibit images & turned it into a full fledged deep dive podcast. #AI #Google #NotebookLM #podcast

I have been trying out Google’s NotebookLM over the last few days, and I thought of taking a shot at generating a podcast from the “What if” exhibit images that I had come across during my visit to the Birla Science & Technology Museum in Kolkata last month. I had created a PDF from the images I had taken from the exhibit and uploaded it to NotebookLM as a source. Below is the audio overview…

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From Data to Decision: AI Assistance in the Agile Workplace

An overview of the recent online talk that I gave in the Business Analytics conclave to a group of MBA students emphasizing the importance of data literacy in an organization and how AI can help in speeding up & improving the quality of execution with NBA

I recently had the privilege of presenting online at the Business Analytics and Decision Sciences Conclave to a group of enthusiastic MBA students. The session, titled “From Data to Decision: AI Assistance in the Agile Workplace,” focused on how AI and analytics are revolutionizing the workplace and how students can prepare for these changes. Key Takeaways from the Session Data Literacy One of…