Here are my sample test prompts for the latest Flux.1.1[Pro] update.  It's amazing and finally we are back to getting an accurate Mickey (seems the Flux lawyers haven't been located yet), and the rest of the results are best in class.

Flux.1.1[Pro] Update

Working on LORAs to replicate the BONK!!! mascot for use in a variety of situations.

Bonk!!! Shib LORA

A touching scene of a Cowboys fan's loyalty during a tough game, captured through his oversized hat.

Noggin Boss Cowboys Fan

Some experimentation with the latest AI tools to create images, video and even a spooky Halloween song.

Halloween 2024

An unforgettable evening with my wife at the Starlight Soirée benefiting the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum.

Starlight Soirée at The Domain

Advanced 3D printing techniques demonstrated through unique promotional items for Texas's top ad agencies.

Showcasing with Stratasys J750 3D Printer

Last weekend, my wife and I had the chance to experience an Austin FC game from the Lexus Suite, and it was every bit as luxurious as it sounds.

Austin FC Lexus Level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCEw6cp3ouk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aR0WzGuf4

Long before Portlandia captured the quirkiness of Portland, there was Austin Stories.  It captured the Gen X weirdness of Austin during the post Slacker age.

Austin Stories OG

It's not personal to the man.  He's the coach of my team and he hasn't gotten it done.  No excuses.  Resign.  Go fishing.

Fire Mike McCarthy - For Real This Time

Just before the first game of the year for my beloved Cowboys, Dak Prescott signed the most lucrative contract in NFL history.

Diamond Dak Prescott

Low-Rank Adaptation (or LoRA) makes it easy to fine-tune LLMs for specific tasks without having to retrain the complete model.

Pumping Pixels with LoRA and AI

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/2013/la-zona-rosa-austin-tx-1bd8bdd4.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sxsw-2013-prince-closes-festival-with-epic-concert-113161/
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-mar-17-la-et-ms-sxsw-2013-prince-throws-a-party-to-end-all-parties-20130317-story.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/prince-delivers-funk-filled-finale-at-sxsw/
https://ew.com/music-festivals/2013/03/17/sxsw-prince/

At SXSW 2013, Prince threw the party to end all parties, it was 3.5 hours long, had 5 encores, and I WAS THERE.

Prince SXSW 2013

I wonder about this as more and more people I see try to be an influencer over just being a proficient craftsman.

Do I Have To Be A Brand?

Explore how I used MidJourney and RunwayML to bring historical and modern cities to life through AI-generated images and animations.

MidJourney + RunwayML Workflow Magic

Transform your tech presentations with our dynamic Rotato MacBook Pro templates—now available for free!

Download Free Rotato Templates

Time is a cruel beast.  A big garage cleanup brought back some memories of a summer job I had 30 years ago.

My Summer at Steve Jackson Games

I received a box filled with branded swag from Zapier today.  Such a fun campaign to promote their Zaps! and new AI enhanced capabilities.

Ummm ... Thank You Zapier?

Exploring the incredible Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a world-class facility in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Crystal Bridges is America’s Artistic Gem

Exquisite Creatures was unforgettable visual journey, deeply profound and visually overwhelming.

Exquisite Creatures -  A Feast for the Eyes

Stick a fork in MidJourney 6.1 because there's a new sheriff in town, and it's called Flux.1[pro]. Brought to you by the brainiacs at Black Forest Labs, Flux.1[pro] is here to whisk you away to picture-perfect realms faster than you can say prompt adherence.

Flux.1[pro] Doesn't Play Around

Bentonville is known as Mountain Bike Heaven and easily one of my favorite places on Earth. Rented an amazing Trek electric bike to ride its impressive trail system.

Three Days in Mountain Bike Heaven

This AI tech is moving so fast.  So tonight I generated an AI Wolverine action figure.  Took 3 minutes in total.

3D Generated Models

As a guy who sits and types for a living, and being an aging guy who sits and types for a living, I have to make a real effort to get off my butt.

My First 1000 Miles

Things are moving in generative AI imaging at such a speed where updates come almost weekly. Mergers are beginning to happen (Leonardo got acquired by Canva just today).  And I'm excited where we are going with all of this tech.

MidJourney 6.1 Update

Relive the exhilarating experience of facing off against Shroud in PUBG before his move to Mixer, capturing a moment of gaming history that has since vanished.

Downing the Legend Shroud

<pre><code>&#x3C;h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-3">Flashback to Flash: My Thoughts from 2003&#x3C;/h2>
&#x3C;p class="text-base mb-4">In March 2003, I was quoted in an article about the controversial redesign of Macromedia's website. This redesign drew significant criticism largely because it relied heavily on Flash, which wasn't compatible with several browsers at the time, including Apple's Safari.&#x3C;/p>

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&#x3C;p class="text-base mb-4">The article, titled &#x3C;em>"Revamped Macromedia site irks customers"&#x3C;/em>, discussed how Macromedia's decision to build their site entirely in Flash alienated many users. Not only did this choice lock out users of browsers like Safari and Opera, but it also raised questions about the usability and accessibility of web content. At the time, I commented:&#x3C;/p>
&#x3C;blockquote class="border-l-4 border-gray-500 pl-4 italic mb-4">"I definitely believe that Macromedia is alienating their core developer superstars with their latest Web site offering. It is too slow, a bandwidth hog, and doesn't work with a browser that many of these Flash developer superstars are using. Whether this is 'a lot' of people I'm not sure, but surely they are the alpha developers that so many of us read and trust."&#x3C;/blockquote>

&#x3C;h3 class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Reflecting on the Web Then and Now&#x3C;/h3>
&#x3C;p class="text-base mb-4">It's fascinating to look back at how web development has evolved since then. Flash, once a cornerstone of dynamic web content, has been retired, largely due to its limitations in performance, accessibility, and security. The web has moved towards more open, standards-based technologies that ensure greater accessibility and functionality across all devices and browsers.&#x3C;/p>

&#x3C;h3 class="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Why It Matters&#x3C;/h3>
&#x3C;p class="text-base mb-4">The story from 2003 serves as a reminder of the importance of forward-thinking in technology. We must consider how our decisions affect a diverse range of users, including those with disabilities. Accessibility and compatibility should be at the forefront of web design, not an afterthought.&#x3C;/p>
&#x3C;p class="text-base mb-4">This journey through a past article is not just about reminiscing but also about learning from the past as we continue to build more inclusive and functional digital experiences.&#x3C;/p>
&#x3C;p class="italic text-base">Flash might be gone, but the lessons remain as relevant as ever.&#x3C;/p>
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Discovering an old quote of mine in a 2003 article discussing Macromedia's website redesign, highlighting the challenges of web accessibility and browser compatibility in the era of Flash.

Remember Flash?

I've been using AI generated images for quite a while, but video has finally caught up to the level of quality as images. I evaluated Krea, Haiper, Pixverse, and Runway GEN 3. Each video was created using specific prompts tailored to showcase different themes and styles.

AI Generative Video Comparison

Explore how the Tesla Cybertruck is revolutionizing the automotive industry and beyond, providing a massive platform for software development.

Software Continues To Eat the World

Learn how to run powerful AI models like Llama on your own computer, keeping your data private and secure while exploring the world of artificial intelligence.

Running AI In Your House

Could you save time, money, and relax in your Tesla as you drove across the country, if you connected to other Teslas going in the same direction?

Pulling the Tesla Train

I've always prided myself in my love and knowledge of pop culture.  I considered it an American currency on high and being deeply fluent in a broad swath of it is an advantage to having a real engagement with another American.  It's a short hand.  It's a secret handshake.  My ability to gain someone's trust quickly has been based on finding commonality with others through pop culture and it's odds and ends.

Pop Culture Dilemma

We are almost at the mid 2024 point and I wanted to take a look at generated images and the states of the art when it comes to half a dozen services.  I evaluated MidJourney, OpenAI (DallE), DaVinci, Leonardo AI, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion.  I passed in the exact same prompt into all of them and you can see the results.

MidYear Generative Images

Visiting the ESPN campus in Bristol were experiences I'll never forget, thanks to Anthony Mormile. When I arrived, we had several highly productive meetings, underscoring why he was such an influential executive at ESPN.

Thank You Mr. Mormile

Every year my wife runs a salsa contest at her work.  This year I finally got off my butt and finished the trophy design that I've always promised.

Salsa Trophy

SXSW offers more than tech innovations—it brings internet memes to life. Meeting "Success Kid" in person, alongside his parents, is a surreal and unforgettable experience, merging digital fame with real-world encounters. Read more about this unique moment and how SXSW captures the spirit of our internet-driven culture.

I am meme lord

https://web.archive.org/web/20220415200835/https://www.stars.handshake.de/gossip.htm

We celebrate May The Fourth, but I wanted to document an Austin urban legend that hasn't been well documented (or documented at all).

Mark Hamill Crash Happened in Austin?!?

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-CdmP6rSoo-joey-janisheck

While the Virtual Joey chatbot on this website is pretty amazing, I'm able to add even more data points with a few megabytes of text and image content for OpenAI to chew on.

Joey GPT Now Publicly Available

https://app.meshy.ai/preview?web=018eff2e-f487-77d6-a6fc-71dfebcae073
Napoleon.usdz

There are a handful of movies that never got made and ultimate "what ifs".  Stanley Kubrick was supposed to make a Napoleon movie starring Jack Nicholson as Napoleon.

Jack Nicholson as Napoleon

And if you look at my powerful work on Friday Night Lights, you can see my profile is definitely my best feature.

In my continuing series of posts and stories about my Forrest Gump-like life, here is the time I was an extra on the movie Sin City.  I definitely got a few wonderful stories out of my two day experience on the set.

I Was An Extra On Sin City

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping our world, generating an unprecedented volume of digital content. This explosion of data has resulted in a deluge of images and media, saturating the internet and often stripping away the context of truth. The authenticity of these digital artifacts is frequently in question, making it difficult to discern real from fabricated.
https://twitter.com/NathieVR/status/1775599977042981203
https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1778448863906443752

AI, blockchain, and devices like Apple Vision Pro are converging to ensure digital content authenticity and ownership, reshaping trust in our digital world. This trio addresses challenges of truth in the digital age, marking a significant evolution for all users.

The Convergence is Happening Now

Spectacular event for us in central Texas as well as a large swath of the United States today.  Truly amazing to see a full eclipse with our own eyes.  Photos don't do it justice.

Texas Eclipse 2024

Rotato is an essential tool for any tech professional looking to present application features with clarity and impact. It combines ease of use, affordability, and high-quality output, enabling me to showcase my work and the care I invest in each project with confidence.

Rotato is an Indispensible Product Tool

One of the organizations associated with the University of Texas' Sports and Media department created a new sportswriting award in Dan Jenkins name, and to honor excellence in sportswriting.  They engaged with me to create a medal or award that could be given out each year.

Dan Jenkins Award Prototype

More experiments in consistent image workflows and autogenerating text with images.  My goal with this was to create a visual style (something anime looking) with a consistent main character in a variety of situations.  And tie it all together with a personalized birthday message.

AI Consistent Images Examples

One of the hardest tasks when using prompts to create AI images is consistency from image to image.  For instance if you create a character or person, ideally you want to reuse visual elements of that character but put them in different situations or environments.

Consistency in AI Image Creation

I believe the children are our future.  Teach them well and let them lead the way.  Show them all the beauty you have left inside.

Career Fair 2023

I was interviewed on "The Index" podcast and primarily discussed the creation of bizqiz, an AI-powered web-based trivia game that rewards users with digital collectibles.

The Index Podcast

There once was a coach named McCarthy, Whose team in the playoffs did partly, But with each game they'd lose, Fans would angrily muse, Firing him would be a grand party!

Fire Mike McCarthy

Months after its launch, MONMONMON remains a groundbreaking NFT and game project on Solana, with its first month boasting over 1.2 million unique owners, 1.3 million unique cards, and fans in 86 countries.

MONMONMON

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-z0kBmAk45-funko-pop-creator

I have dreamed about creating a toy collection celebrating the greatest El Pasoans of all time.  Crosno, Jeep Jackson, Eddie Guerrero, Sandra Day OConnor, Cormac McCarthy, Debbie Reynolds and more.

Legends of El Paso

As the Chief Technology Officer and a developer at Darkblock, I'm excited to share my insights and experiences in our revolutionary partnership with OmegaRunners. This collaboration represents a significant milestone in our journey to redefine the narrative landscape in the web3 domain.

OmegaRunners

Discover bizqiz, the innovative platform redefining gamified marketing by blending AI-generated content, advanced analytics, and digital rewards for a new era of user engagement.

bizqiz

Midjourney continues to amaze me with its ever-improving capabilities; it's incredible how it keeps getting better and better. While we're still waiting for an official external API, the image quality it delivers is unmatched and truly superior to anything else out there.

Midjourney v6

Big fan of the DRiP Haus collections and was excited to get one of these Luna Grins.  My point of contention though is how they made it easy to snag the GLB from the marketplace.  I believe content owners should be the only people who have access to these kinds of assets.  Enter Darkblock.  One of these days more folks will get it.

Luna Grins Dance Man

Dive into how I spent an evening building CVRLTR, an AI-powered tool that revolutionizes the way you create cover letters.

CVRLTR.com

Designing a collection to help explain various use cases and collectibility of digital assets on chain.

Digital Collectibles

One of my favorite activities as being CTO of Darkblock was my livestream interactions with developers and creators.

30 Weeks of Livestreaming

Mogrilla is a mobile wallet application that integrates Darkblock technology to offer unlockable content and features secure, on-chain encrypted data. This allows users to access exclusive content through their mobile devices, ensuring privacy and security in their transactions and digital interactions.

Mogrilla

Collaborating with the folks at MonkeDAO, Holaplex and Immutable Studios, we built a scavenger hunt where party attendees claimed custom MonkeDAO NFTs via a QR code.  Once an attendee mingled or found each of the core MonkeDAO founders, they were awarded a prize.

NFTNYC MonkeDAO Party

Twitter sometimes amazes with simple access to some of the best minds on the planet.

The Big Dog Barks

Here are my top 3 predictions about Apple's headset announcement. It is going to be mixed reality's defining moment and unleash a ton of software development.

Apple Headset Prediction

Embedded within an NFT as a Darkblock and exclusive digital asset. The purpose was to show how valuable 3D digital files can be protected while being stored on the blockchain.</

Darkblock Dancing NFT

About 7 months ago I began to experiment and learn MidJourney, now with the 5th version release, I'm revisiting some of my initial prompts and seeing the new results.

Midjourney V5

I have a Crocs obsession and a 3D printer that has some rubbery resin.  So here is a print ready model of the Darkblock logo for you.

Darkblock Logo Gibbet

I have fallen in love with the power of Midjourney and how it lets you think imaginative things and have them realized on screen.  It isn't perfect but it is so much fun.

Midjourney Fun

The ultimate vanity toy for the real Mayor of Austin.  One of these days I'm going to print this out and make this a real thing.

El Jefe Toy Pack

If you want to know how I got to be so good at shipping world class software and managing teams of people much smarter than me, it all began with a killer project management course that Dick Costolo customized for me and the team.

Dick Costolo Taught Me Project Management

This photo was taken during SXSW on March 11, 2016.  I was lucky to hear the Winklevoss twins talk about their stake in crypto.

Winklevii & Bitcoin

Famous designer Frank Chimero tweeted a few months ago that he was a fan of Commander Mark growing up.  I responded to let him know that Commander Mark still lives(yes!) and his library of drawing videos lives on YouTube and he even streams on Twitch.  Commander Mark rules.

Commander Mark Rules

https://apnews.com/article/6ebebf1a3acb4851b214f7af74479d10

What was the best concert you've ever seen?  It is a question that I've asked friends for years as I'm curious about their tastes in music and things they've seen with their own eyes.  My friend Kate has the ultimate answer that no one will ever be able to beat.

The Greatest Answer to This Question ...

Three NFTs to promote Caleb De Casper's new album "Femme Boy". First NFT is a voucher for a physical pink vinyl album sent to the holder of the NFT. The second and third NFTs are exclusive animations featuring snippets of songs from "Femme Boy".

Caleb De Casper Promotion

https://app.spatial.io/rooms/61d9e76db4a12e00018bc931?share=6503885287553934051

Herman had the idea to create Hall of Fame-type busts of ex-athletes that would be used at university alumni facilities to help recruit new players to their school.  You see, everyone wants to be immortalized but the fact is those Hall of Fame busts in Canton are very very expensive and quite exclusive.

Herman's Great Idea

I've probably built wallpapers for desktop and mobile by hand for years and finally decided to automate it somewhat.  Just use this Sketch file (who still uses Sketch right?), place your wallpaper image on the Symbol layer and it will export nicely sized desktop and mobile wallpaper with ease.  This is my most self serving post ever.

Easy Sketch Wallpaper Generator

In the heart of the pandemic, we helped Austin's best local record label with a fun holiday promotion.  Five unique and punny NFT animations were created and minted as 500 free digital collectibles available for fans and customers of Chicken Ranch Records.

Holiday NFT 2021

My buddy Fred reminded me of the time that I waited to see Anne Rice at Book People here in Austin many years ago.  He wanted a signed copy of her latest book and I waited in line for hours for a 10 second hello and signature.

Anne Rice Signature

Designed and built the model for Houston Rockets desk paperweight orb thing.  It was a great idea that I was lucky enough to create. The model was built to be 3D printed in full color and with transparent resin on a Stratasys J750. Material print costs would make this resin orb cost around $800.  Not cost effective but the idea that a high end beautiful one-off can be done in less than a day was spectacular.

Houston Rockets Prototype

Another interesting project was doing a 3D model from just a series of architectural drawings years before the building actually got started.

Indeed HQ 3D Model

I really liked the cartoon logo for iDisclose and their LawBot identity.  Having the privilege to work with them years ago on a website and an explainer video, it was fun to work on taking their 2D character and bringing it into 3D.

LawBot 3D Model

This blog is turning into a "remember when" article generator.  I have done a lot of interesting projects and promise I continue to do them now.  Here is an old one I did for Hugh Forrest at SXSW back in 2004.  The problem to solve was realtime session information on a big screen TV for attendees.  Now it is common place, but in 2004, it was pretty remarkable.

SXSW Interactive Schedules

About a decade ago I had an opportunity to fullfill a childhood dream.  Well, I'm not exactly sure it was something that I even knew I could do as a job as a kid, but I got to create and design baseball cards.  Not just a few cards, over 3700 of them.  And a few of the card collections were for players that never had a card for themselves.

A Precursor to NFT Madness

One of the real benefits of high-end 3D printing is the ability to take an idea and get to an initial prototype that you can feel in your hands in a short amount of time.  For this project, our goal was to create a collectible James Harden figure.

James Harden Prototype

The best partner swag that I've ever received came from our friends down in San Antonio at Rackspace.  They gave us a tour of their amazing facilities and at the end let us hit up their swag room.  A dedicated store in their building with Rackspace branded swag.

Rackspace Swag

One of my absolute favorite projects was the opportunity we had to deeply innovate POS (point of sale) systems for airlines.  Specifically overseas airlines where duty-free luxury good sales inflight are common and our goal was to make it easier for flight attendants to sell more product.

Bringing Innovation to Airlines

About 30 years ago I had an amazing opportunity to spend a few hours talking with Molly Ivins as she came through El Paso to promote her book. I used to work at a book store and would help out as authors set up their wares and managed the crowds.

My Afternoon with Molly Ivins

Working on a fun project in Akron, I decided to pitch an idea about how to engage with one of LeBron's charities and the local hospital. The original 3D model wore a yellow and green "LeBron James Foundation" jersey.

LeBron James Model

16 years ago I got an opportunity to completely rebuild and redesign one of the most famous movie sites on the Internet.  With over 30,000 articles at that time and hundreds of thousands of community members, it was a juggernaut.  Because of it's notoriety, the site was spoofed in pop culture.

My Design in Pop Culture

15 years ago I got to realize a personal dream of mine and got to design an album (CD really) cover for a band here in Texas.  I got to do something fancy and they trusted me with their passion project.

Fate Lions 3D Album Cover

It is hard to believe that Steve Jobs died 10 years ago today.  I remember pretty clearly where I was when I read the news.  I was on the train back from downtown and looking at some geek website when the headline was that Steve Jobs had died.

Steve Jobs 10 Years

It is hard to believe that it has been 2 years already since the last Oculus Connect conference.  Things have gone fully metaverse even if Zoom became the killer app of the pandemic.  And yet, all of us have mostly only existed as pixels on someone elses video call.  VR revolution is finally being distributed to the masses.

Oculus Connect 6

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The future of marketing and loyalty rewards will be completely digital.  In the past people would do anything for a free tshirt, and now they do it for a differentiator for their online presense.

ScreenDuet Promo NFT

10 years ago the Longhorn Network was started.  With all of the changes coming to the Texas Longhorns and joining the SEC, I dug out this great photo of the Exhilent crew sitting on the Longhorn Network set.  A team of absolute geniuses that I miss very much.

Longhorn Network in Austin

I'm fascinated with team chemistry and how a mix of different backgrounds and personality types can somehow congeal into a winning product or development team.  I've been lucky to build and be a part of some amazing groups of innovative workers.  How do you quickly understand what each person needs to do their best, feel rewarded and be respectful of work/life balance?

Insights Profile

What would the ultimate NBA season ticket holder in-arena fan experience look like?  How about a 3D scan of yourself or family, then at a later date you are presented with a commemorative full color branded 3D Lego of yourself?  I got an opportunity to prototype just that kind of promotion.

Rockets 50th Prototype

Designed and built this model prototype for a custom wine stopper.  Meant to be printed on highend 3D printers like the Stratasys J750 where clear resin transparency and opaque colors live side-by-side.

Golden State Warriors Wine Stopper

I've spent much of my career as a catalyst for change and one to push the envelope not only of what an organization can do but doesn't belive they can.  It is hard work changing a culture rooted in "old ways" and in some cases indecisiveness.