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Emmy-Award winning product & content innovator. Mom to teen and rescued Old English Bulldog. Ex-Netflix, Ex-Sesame Workshop

Los Gatos, CA
Joined January 2007
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Entirely animated with Claude Opus 5.5 + HyperFrames. Suno for music. My entire creation process is shifting.
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Real-time answers to "Is this video OK for kids?" on YouTube with Jev, YouTube API, and MobileCLIP. It costs ~$.60 per 1000 videos with .66 second median eval time. Built with Claude Fable 5.1 Low in about 4 hours. Limitations: Runs locally on my Mac. Chrome extension (web only). API calls. Rubric is based on my preferences. Possibilities: 🤯
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"G is for gun." Toy or not, that should never, ever happen. BabyGigglesNurseryRhymes has posted 70 "educational" videos in 30 days for 17m views on YouTube. Here's a sample. Which ones are too far?
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My relationship with Fable 5.1.
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Hit the session limit on Fable 5.1 Ultracode in 8 minutes. Like a 4Runner city gas mileage with a roof rack and 33s.
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Discovered 5 missing smoke detectors on check out of AirBnB (Vista, CA). Illegal and highly unsettling. We trusted our families with AirBnB, yet basic safety is missing? Five days after reporting, the support team still fails to address the concern. @AirbnbHelp @cityofvista
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Gemini showed up in my Google Maps CarPlay. ❌ Directions to Costco Gas. Instead empathized with long wait times ✅ Summarized one of my google docs ❌ How long the traffic jam near San Diego would last ✅ Summarized Chapter 1 of Brave New World w/ discussion question (1/2)
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✅ Checked the temperature in Pismo Beach ❌ Directions to a gym in Santa Cruz. Spelled the name of the gym ✅ Knock knock jokes. (With poor delivery) ❌ Open the Panera app but ✅ directions to nearest Panera ✅ Provided competitive research of butchers in the nearby town
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If you need a conversation starter for your kids (or grandparents)!
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Create a family podcast by sharing stories, interviewing each other, and discussing favorite topics. Talk about: what makes good questions, planning and coordinating interviews, the process of editing a podcast. #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #podcast #familytime
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Help kids host a virtual talent show with friends and family. Talk about coordinating and planning the show, the different talents displayed, and what makes each one special. This builds confidence and community. #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #talentshow #community
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Create a fan-fiction video of a favorite show or write your own, expanding imagination and storytelling skills. Talk about what inspired the story, the character development, and what they wanted to convey. #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #fanfiction #storytelling #creativity
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Make an instructional video for a favorite recipe with kids to enhance their communication and confidence. Talk about: What makes this recipe special? What challenges did you encounter? What makes a good cooking video? #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #cooking #confidence
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Screen Smart Summer #3: Ask generative AI to create customized coloring pages with favorite themes. Discuss how AI works, its creative applications, why they often can't use popular characters, and how they improved the prompt. #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #AI #creativity
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Screen Smart Summer Idea #2: Use a plant identification app to discover what's in the yard. Talk about the plants they found, why certain plants grow in specific areas, and/or keep a nature journal. #ParentingHacks #summerIdeas #kids #natureExploration #criticalthinking
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Thunder and some sprinkles in Los Gatos. #cawx
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Screen Smart Families Have This Agreement: if you come to me with a hard situation, you will never be in trouble. But if I find out about that hard situation (and I likely will…), you will be in trouble for lying.
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Sometimes the ideals of parenting lead us to wacky ideas... 🫣🤭😈
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7 year #twitterversary today. Seemed a worthwhile occasion to log in and tweet!