Christopher Penn
@cspenn.com
Co-founder & #AI #DataScience @TrustInsights , ninja, @mktgovercoffee cohost, keynote speaker, #IBMChampion. #FullyVaxxed. #lgbtq ally. He/him. 🇺🇸🇰🇷🇺🇦🏳️🌈
Company: https://www.trustinsights.ai
Newsletter: https://almosttimely.substack.com
Company: https://www.trustinsights.ai
Newsletter: https://almosttimely.substack.com
PSA: NOW is the best time to go through your stuff and give away good condition items to thrift stores. This year, more folks than ever are shopping secondhand. Make someone's holiday with stuff that no longer serves you.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
PSA: NOW is the best time to go through your stuff and give away good condition items to thrift stores. This year, more folks than ever are shopping secondhand. Make someone's holiday with stuff that no longer serves you.
If everyone is invited, by definition it is not exclusive.
(after the 382762th email pitch for an exclusive invite to some rando event)
(after the 382762th email pitch for an exclusive invite to some rando event)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If everyone is invited, by definition it is not exclusive.
(after the 382762th email pitch for an exclusive invite to some rando event)
(after the 382762th email pitch for an exclusive invite to some rando event)
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
If everyone is invited, by definition it is not "exclusive".
September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If everyone is invited, by definition it is not "exclusive".
Reposted by Christopher Penn
If you want to take your AI skills in marketing to the next level, consider the @trustinsights.bsky.social 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 course taught by @cspenn.com.
Christopher covers 21 use cases across 7 categories. You'll think of a whole whack more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
Christopher covers 21 use cases across 7 categories. You'll think of a whole whack more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
How to use AI for marketing: 7 categories, 21 examples | Richard McClurg posted on the topic | LinkedIn
That’s me and my dog on a rocky overhang.
Many marketers are standing on a similar cliff with AI right now — staring at the view, reluctant to dive in deep.
Why? Because they still think “generative...
www.linkedin.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you want to take your AI skills in marketing to the next level, consider the @trustinsights.bsky.social 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 course taught by @cspenn.com.
Christopher covers 21 use cases across 7 categories. You'll think of a whole whack more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
Christopher covers 21 use cases across 7 categories. You'll think of a whole whack more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE
Learn the 48 foundation principles of generative AI in my new book, Almost Timeless: cspenn.gumroad.com/l/almosttime...
Almost Timeless : 48 Foundation Principles of Generative AI
Are you trying to drink from the AI firehose?You blink, and a new model is announced. You’re buried in "secret" hacks that are obsolete tomorrow. Chasing fleeting tactics in a field that moves this fa...
cspenn.gumroad.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Learn the 48 foundation principles of generative AI in my new book, Almost Timeless: cspenn.gumroad.com/l/almosttime...
System wide Google outage as of 1433 EDT.
June 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
System wide Google outage as of 1433 EDT.
Make a batch of your favorite coffee and freeze in ice cube trays. Then use that to make iced coffee. Doesn’t get watered down.
June 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Make a batch of your favorite coffee and freeze in ice cube trays. Then use that to make iced coffee. Doesn’t get watered down.
You appreciate the luxury of a simple bed once you’ve tried to sleep in an economy plane seat on a redeye.
June 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
You appreciate the luxury of a simple bed once you’ve tried to sleep in an economy plane seat on a redeye.
PSA:
Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in service of the nation.
Veterans Day honors those who served the nation in the past.
Armed Forces Day honors those who serve the nation now.
Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in service of the nation.
Veterans Day honors those who served the nation in the past.
Armed Forces Day honors those who serve the nation now.
May 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
PSA:
Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in service of the nation.
Veterans Day honors those who served the nation in the past.
Armed Forces Day honors those who serve the nation now.
Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in service of the nation.
Veterans Day honors those who served the nation in the past.
Armed Forces Day honors those who serve the nation now.
Gemini Flash 2.5 0520 is perhaps the greatest bargain in API-based generative AI ever.
May 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gemini Flash 2.5 0520 is perhaps the greatest bargain in API-based generative AI ever.
I rebuilt Pepperoni Hug Spot using Veo 2, Eleven Labs, Suno, and Premiere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf7O... So much has changed in just 2 years.
Pepperoni Hug Spot Mid 2025 w/Veo 2, Eleven Labs, Suno
YouTube video by Christopher Penn
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May 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I rebuilt Pepperoni Hug Spot using Veo 2, Eleven Labs, Suno, and Premiere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf7O... So much has changed in just 2 years.
If AI development stopped today, Gemma 3 and Qwen 3 would suit 90% of your needs forever more.
May 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If AI development stopped today, Gemma 3 and Qwen 3 would suit 90% of your needs forever more.
PSA: Mexico's independence day is September 16, not May 5.
May 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PSA: Mexico's independence day is September 16, not May 5.
Was secretly replacing the fine dining coffee with Folger's crystals a testament to their quality or an indictment of people's complete lack of situational awareness?
May 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Was secretly replacing the fine dining coffee with Folger's crystals a testament to their quality or an indictment of people's complete lack of situational awareness?
Somehow Qwen3 30B is 30% faster than Gemma 3 27B. Both Bartowski GGUF static quants. Gemma 3 at q5_k_l, Qwen3 at Q6_k_l. What the heck? How did they pull that off? Its reasoning is really good too.
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Somehow Qwen3 30B is 30% faster than Gemma 3 27B. Both Bartowski GGUF static quants. Gemma 3 at q5_k_l, Qwen3 at Q6_k_l. What the heck? How did they pull that off? Its reasoning is really good too.
Sitting in the airport and literally half the people in the terminal are using their phones at full volume on speaker. Calls. Video games. Videos. Music. Is the economy so bad that no one owns earbuds or headphones any more?
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sitting in the airport and literally half the people in the terminal are using their phones at full volume on speaker. Calls. Video games. Videos. Music. Is the economy so bad that no one owns earbuds or headphones any more?
The new benchmark for laptop battery tests should be running an LLM at full tilt. My fancy new Macbook lasts about 60 minutes on Gemma 3 27B IT served via koboldcpp.
April 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The new benchmark for laptop battery tests should be running an LLM at full tilt. My fancy new Macbook lasts about 60 minutes on Gemma 3 27B IT served via koboldcpp.
PSA: It's April 2. Mark read and archive everything, else you'll be falling for April Fool's content for some time.
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
PSA: It's April 2. Mark read and archive everything, else you'll be falling for April Fool's content for some time.
Reposted by Christopher Penn
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care.
This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.
This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.
April 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care.
This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.
This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.
PSA: if you see a great software/SaaS April fools joke and you want it to be real, fire up some AI coding tools and make it so. Don’t let a good idea go to waste.
April 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
PSA: if you see a great software/SaaS April fools joke and you want it to be real, fire up some AI coding tools and make it so. Don’t let a good idea go to waste.
For April Fool’s Day this year, I resurrected an idea that the Opera browser company made over a decade ago, but has since vanished from the internet: a choose your own corporate 💩 press release.
www.trustinsights.ai/interactive-...
Have fun making it progressively more and more unhelpful!
www.trustinsights.ai/interactive-...
Have fun making it progressively more and more unhelpful!
Choose Your Level of Corporate 💩 Press Release
www.trustinsights.ai
April 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For April Fool’s Day this year, I resurrected an idea that the Opera browser company made over a decade ago, but has since vanished from the internet: a choose your own corporate 💩 press release.
www.trustinsights.ai/interactive-...
Have fun making it progressively more and more unhelpful!
www.trustinsights.ai/interactive-...
Have fun making it progressively more and more unhelpful!
PSA: Believe even less you see on the Internet today than you already do... and most of it is already fairly unbelievable. #AprilFoolsDay
April 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
PSA: Believe even less you see on the Internet today than you already do... and most of it is already fairly unbelievable. #AprilFoolsDay