Bob Berry's Blog - Researching and reporting on the impact of artificial intelligence on creators and the creator economy, human-computer interactions, and the UX profession

bob December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

As I build a new venture focused observing, experiencing, analyzing, and reporting on the impact of A.I. on the entire

bob November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

All human endeavors have always had unique risks, benefits, expressions, uses, and methods. They have mostly been local and specific

bob October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

I’ve been posing this problem in the UX community, and I would love comments, perspectives, opinions, etc: Mobile devices, content

bob October 18, 2023October 19, 2023

My friend, who only has a passing knowledge of AI and its many recent developments, forwarded me an article about

bob October 16, 2023October 19, 2023

[Author’s note: the following was researched with the help of various LLMs, but the content was written by me.] When

bob October 14, 2023October 19, 2023

[Author’s note: I research and write about the impact of AI on the human condition and civilization at large. My

older man in a cluttered office looking thoughtful

bob September 26, 2023October 19, 2023

How much of my knowledge of this massive artificial intelligence shock should I share? As all the power, risks, and

bob September 23, 2023October 19, 2023

Every age has its great writers – and historians, poets, novelists, scientists, mystics, journalists, essayists, playwrights, naturalists, technologists, and business

bob August 14, 2023October 19, 2023

Music provides the background for my life. I write to music. I drive to music. I fall asleep to music.

look here in this crowd to find, to master an online audience

bob July 6, 2023October 19, 2023

We need an audience. As the Kinks said in their 1972 hit, Celluloid Heroes, “Everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a

long dirt road fading into a distant stormy sky on totally flat open empty plain - a compelling experience for sure

bob June 28, 2023August 14, 2023

I’m obsessed with compelling experience. My shtick in life is to maximize experience, for others, for myself, and to raise

the quote from Shakespeare, "Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine", against a background of aspen trees and blue sky

bob June 28, 2023October 19, 2023

Art is a mystical process. Writing or any creative act is a spiritual or mystical process. Every capacity or ability

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bob May 27, 2023October 19, 2023

Today, in early 2023, new AI platforms and capabilities are causing shockwaves through the creator economy and creators’ lives. But

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bob May 27, 2023October 19, 2023

Creativity, life, and the creator economy have leaped out of the frying pan of COVID into the fire of A.I.

a small person on a distant mountain ridge against the rising sun - tag common creator mistakes to avoid

bob April 16, 2023October 19, 2023

With the next recession underway, succeeding in the creator economy is more challenging than ever. A record number of creators

an old two story mountain lodge of stone and logs with people and bicycles hanging out upfront - deep appreciation for Earth

bob March 6, 2023October 19, 2023

When astronauts go to space and see for the first time that dramatic view of their planet suspended in the

a small stream running through a narrow green forested mountain valley

bob January 4, 2023October 19, 2023

Our lives and my life become consumed by virtual experiences. The digital, simulated, artificial, streamed, and recorded consume our attention.

bob December 17, 2022October 19, 2023

Atlases and their maps are the most truthful books. They offer as well endless untold stories and mysteries for a

young man standing the desert in a white t shirt with a VR headset on, against a cloudy sky and distant desert mountains

bob November 27, 2022October 19, 2023

Covid drove us all inside to go contactless and rely on our digital devices. Those digital and virtual solutions performed

a small person on a distant mountain ridge against the rising sun

bob November 2, 2022October 19, 2023

I write constantly. My writing demons help. Usually, I write with my expensive fountain pen collection, occasionally at a keyboard on

toppled life guard stand on a beach with a massive suspension bridge in the background and a sign that says 'no lifeguard'

bob November 2, 2022October 19, 2023

The internet is crowded with gurus and programs selling digital success. But they may divert your path to digital stardom.

a single seven-leaf marijuana stem against a hazy setting sun in the background

bob July 23, 2022October 19, 2023

When Colorado became the first state to legalize pot in 2016, I was proud! I wanted to beam myself back

a simple desk in a well lit room with a typewriter and big windows looking out on green trees

bob July 23, 2022October 19, 2023

Photo by Nathan Van Egmond on Unsplash Virginia Woolf wrote in 1929 about A Room of One’s Own and spoke to writers through the ages.

a movie board against a desert background

bob May 6, 2022October 19, 2023

As business researchers, we seek knowledge and insight necessary to drive customer outcomes and our own success. It’s what I

hands on an old typewriter on a wooden desk

bob May 5, 2022October 19, 2023

Creators come together! You all share in the same work: creating experiences. Those who create digital art, music, fiction, and

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bob May 4, 2022October 19, 2023

Perhaps you’ve been at this online business game long enough that you’re no longer interested in or motivated by all

winding two land road in a fall forest zig zagging into the distance

bob May 3, 2022October 19, 2023

I’m a UXR, a user experience researcher. My work includes Google, Facebook, Amazon, HP, Apple, Twitter, FedEx, GE, and many

a young well dressed couple in an old sepia photo - Mel and Dorothy Berry, circa 1947 the parents of the author

bob May 3, 2022October 19, 2023

In the last year plus, I’ve found my voice and the intrinsic motivation to write, and constantly. I’ve been a

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bob May 3, 2022October 19, 2023

Along the Colorado front range, the Rockies rise abruptly from the treeless and flat High Plains. The mountains provide a

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bob April 27, 2022October 19, 2023

You only have about 1.3 seconds for these five steps So, you write content to help others. You’re focused on

Humphrey Bogart in the famous scene in Casablanca, 'of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine'

bob January 29, 2019October 19, 2023

I’ve researched consciousness and the human experience for the last 3 decades. I’m convinced: Among the thoughts that crowd the

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Dear Writers, Artists, and all Creators and Creatives: you’re not in charge, despite what you think

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An innovative approach for creators’ biggest challenges in the midst of a down economy and the explosion of A.I.

14 not-so-common Creator mistakes to avoid – any one of them will sink you

How to feel the earth turning beneath you and find deep appreciation for Earth, our home

In a world gone digital, virtual, and artificial — my quest for authentic analog experience off the grid

Homeless on my 12th birthday, Rand McNally showed me wilderness

The necessity of analog experience in an increasingly digital world

How my writing demons point the way forward

Three brutal lessons on your path to digital stardom

The Ballad of Woody, the Stealth Bong

Virginia Woolf was only partially right: get a room, yes — and you’ll need many spaces

Researchers, Consider your Craft as a Movie Production — With One Critical Twist

The single undeniable common denominator and equalizer for all Creators: we all create experiences

The hype and inauthenticity of online business has become exhausting in its tedium

The Critical Mindset that most aspiring UXRs miss when trying to break into UX — and how to create it

Overcoming a Legacy of Smallness to Be With the Universe in Ecstatic Motion

Optical Illusions of the Evening Mountains Suggest Crossing Horizons in the Mind

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Of all the illusions in all the minds in all humanity, you stumbled into this one

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