Bethany Crystal
@bethanymarz
Teaching people how to build and making learning apps with Build First at buildfirst.ai.
UPDATE: ONE OF THEM IS NOW DOING PUSH-UPS
Office update... i am (still) largely working solo from my one-person cell on W 28th Street, but today's news is that a two-person AI startup moved into the shoebox across the hall, and they get to high-five each other every time something good happens.
So far today they have done 4 high-fives and 1 chest bump.
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Office update... i am (still) largely working solo from my one-person cell on W 28th Street, but today's news is that a two-person AI startup moved into the shoebox across the hall, and they get to high-five each other every time something good happens.
So far today they have done 4 high-fives and 1 chest bump.
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literally while the world is crashing and burning around us... the neighbors on my block still find the LITERAL tiniest things to complain to me about
Just got this email:
"A notice was pinned in my vestibule regarding help during the storm. The pin left a small hole in the wall. Next time a notice is posted, can som...
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you guys i just had claude code do a deep analysis on 5 closed lost deals in my sales pipeline and the feedback is SAVAGE
they say that AI is too sycophantic. but turns out when you tell it to grow a backbone for you, it can really step up and deliver
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A new thing about me is that I’m officially an SNL fan now
Had truly never watched a full episode through until my husband started on the sound team last season
Now I can’t seem to get through a week without it
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Cannot overstate the emotional fatigue of using AI to build a class to teach humans how to use AI where they use AI to help them iterate on real human problems
😵💫😵💫😵💫
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Week 2 of my AI studio class
Got 4.5 hours to see if I could teach a group of City College students how to think with AI in service of another entrepreneur’s business challenge
An exhausting and exhilarating afternoon. Everyone built a Gemini Gem to coach them through their project work and then a Replit app that vis...
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✅ One-click sales follow-ups
✅ One-click invoicing
➡️ On deck: One-click workshop materials 🤫
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OMG YOU GUYS SOMEONE MADE A NEW WEBSITE FOR MY BLOCK ASSOCIATION AND IT WASN'T ME
😭 😭 😭
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My 70-year-old neighbors are getting better at AI fliers for the block hehehe
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so i'm teaching a course at City College called AI Studio where I coach students to solve real entrepreneurial problems with AI tools
last week i found out there's a seeing impaired student in class. he pulled me aside after to ask for the slides in advance so he could read them on his own.
i said: "but what else wou...
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A little bit of optimism in NYC this Wednesday morning…
ITAP of the top of the Flatiron Building, which I’m seeing without scaffolding for the first time in 5 years
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Calling all New Yorkers -- The CS Fair is coming up again on April 21, which introduces 2000+ high schoolers to careers in tech.
I have been volunteering with this event for 5+ years and can confirm it's incredibly uplifting. A bunch of you joined me in years past to volunteers in the "emerging tech" room -- it'd be s...
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