Bob Berry's Bulletin - For our country, finding new insights on how we got here and what's next. Researching and reporting on the impact of A.I. on creators, the creator economy, and human-machine relationships

bob April 23, 2025April 27, 2025

Most of our campsite on the Grand Mesa in Western Colorado is surrounded by young aspen trees, 5 to 10

bob February 12, 2025April 27, 2025

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

bob February 6, 2025April 27, 2025

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

bob January 19, 2025April 27, 2025

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

bob January 18, 2025April 27, 2025

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

bob December 16, 2024April 27, 2025

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

bob December 14, 2024April 27, 2025

[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 November 26, 2024April 27, 2025

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

bob November 23, 2024April 27, 2025

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

bob October 14, 2024April 27, 2025

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

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 September 28, 2024April 27, 2025

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

a raging volcano against a storm gray sky

bob September 27, 2024April 27, 2025

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

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

bob May 27, 2024April 27, 2025

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

a single woman hiking in the distance on a treeless trail against a gray sky

bob May 27, 2024April 27, 2025

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

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

bob July 6, 2023April 27, 2025

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, 2023April 27, 2025

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

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

bob April 16, 2023April 27, 2025

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, 2023April 27, 2025

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, 2023April 27, 2025

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

bob December 17, 2022April 27, 2025

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

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

bob November 2, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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

three ring circus filled with performers and elephants

bob May 4, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2022April 27, 2025

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, 2019April 27, 2025

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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