Notes

Field notes from the work.

How we build with AI, what we’re learning, and the thinking behind the workflows. Practitioner dispatches, written by the faculty and students doing the work.

Feb 2026Mark Bole

AI moved into the spreadsheet. Now what?

For two years AI’s biggest impact was on coding. Now it’s in the tool that touches nearly every office worker on earth, and the skill is shifting from formula syntax to clear thinking.

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Jul 2025Mark Bole

Be Curious

The one skill that compounds in the age of AI isn’t prompting. It’s curiosity. On “what happens if I try this?” as a way of working.

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Jun 2025Stella Kane

Turning Sanibel recovery data into a live dashboard

How a team of six students consolidated ~40 scattered recovery metrics into one live dashboard, built in a weekend, presented to City Council.

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May 2025Mark Bole

Built a custom CRM and project board in two weeks with Replit Agent

Why we stopped paying for five tools that almost fit, and built the one that actually matches how we work.

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