Mike McQueen

Librarian & author of THE AI TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARIANS

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

HUGE NEWS - After more than two years of planning, researching, writing, editing, and revising (countless times), my new book with Bloomsbury USA, THE AI TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARIANS, has an official release date - JUNE 11! Check it out - https://t.co/GrN4KgnAD4.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

I can’t believe it’s here!!
https://t.co/hxbhF6YUu5.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

BIG NEWS! I’m excited to introduce my upcoming podcast, “FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES.” I already have about 30 extremely popular and highly respected guests lined up. Thanks to Erin Mote for being first :-). Stay tuned for more info.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

BIG NEWS: I’m honored to announce that I just signed a contract with R&L/Bloomsbury for the book, THE AI TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARIANS.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

I opened Gemini this morning and look at the announcement that popped up - the ability to access textbooks through @OpenStarx. Wow.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Programming is changing so fast... I'm trying VS Code Cursor + Sonnet 3.5 instead of GitHub Copilot again and I think it's now a net win. Just empirically, over the last few days most of my "programming" is now writing English (prompting and then reviewing and editing the generated diffs), and doing a bit of "half-coding" where you write the first chunk of the code you'd like, maybe comment it a bit so the LLM knows what the plan is, and then tab tab tab through completions. Sometimes you get a 100-line diff to your code that nails it, which could have taken 10+ minutes before.

I still don't think I got sufficiently used to all the features. It's a bit like learning to code all over again but I basically can't imagine going back to "unassisted" coding at this point, which was the only possibility just ~3 years ago.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

PLEASE HELP: Click the link below, visit the “details” for my presentation, and share with anyone that might be interested. It’s free!! I speak at 3:00 PM Central Time. #library20 https://t.co/WKPEH7CQsg

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

@BeMyEyes I LOVE Be My Ai and use it all the time with students and staff at my school, Missouri School for the Blind. Thanks for all you do for our community!

[Be My Eyes @BeMyEyes]

Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that Be My Eyes has launched its award-winning app on Windows and it is available NOW through the Microsoft Store, for free! 🎉

https://t.co/1hbVlab41a

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Is 20% enough? How does that compare to the competitors?

[Sam Altman @sama]

a few quick updates about safety at openai:

as we said last july, we’re committed to allocating at least 20% of the computing resources to safety efforts across the entire company.

our team has been working with the US AI Safety Institute on an agreement where we would provide early access to our next foundation model so that we can work together to push forward the science of AI evaluations. excited for this!

finally, we want current and former employees to be able to raise concerns and feel comfortable doing so. this is crucial for any company, but for us especially and an important part of our safety plan. in may, we voided non-disparagement terms for current and former employees and provisions that gave openai the right (although it was never used) to cancel vested equity. we’ve worked hard to make it right.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

16,000+ LIBRARIANS at this years conference. Wowza!!! #ALA.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

@aneill2018 @zumprogress Awesome :-)

[Dr. Mary Howard @DrMaryHoward]

LOVE this from Patrick Allen:

Don’t do capital g guided reading (mandated); Do guided reading with a small g guided reading (as needed)
#ncte19 #G2Great

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Love this interview from @MaxOnMovies - https://t.co/GnEc03dJ9O. Oscar's review of Wonderpark has inspired me to see it :-)

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

I love seeing ads that help make our world a better place, especially ones that inspire men to be great fathers (a serious problem in our country). https://t.co/8tZZhLh0tM

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

As a visual/kinesthetic learner, I’ve grown to appreciate IKEA directions. Concise, accurate, and visual instruction is not easy to develop, but vital. Let’s strive to empower all of our learners through less-talk / sit & get and more hands-on, visual learning.

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Love The Lou. Love the Cards. Love #EdwardJones, Love my Bestie!

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Join me April 18 for the #ATDSTL April luncheon. I can't wait to learn about INSTRUCTIONAL GAMING from Joe Totherow (department leader at #EdwardJones). Register here - https://t.co/ONZU76rGvQ

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Tough news / prayers needed:

Please visit Jeanne McQueen’s Caring Bridge page: https://t.co/AIUasKj8iA https://t.co/AIUasKj8iA

[Mike McQueen @MikeMcQueen]

Thank you @JohnDeWalle, @cmcgee200, @MehlvilleSD, @ Dr. Scott @MOSAIC_STL. #EdcampSTL impacted me today more than you know!