Teacher → Tech. I test AI tools so you don’t have to. I train teams to get the most out of their technology.

Casper, WY
Joined February 2024
Aaron Makelky retweeted
How to connect Grok Bot to home machine and printer
if you are using @bot or a VPS hosted agent that gets blocked from using websites, connect it to a home device (always on desktop is best) via @Tailscale and turn on these 2 settings bonus: your bots can now print your morning briefing to your home printer while being hosted in a data center across the country
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Replying to @theaaron @jxnlco
Thanks Aaron 🙏 Forgot my fav keychain tho ✨ (made exclusively by @theaaron 😎🫶)
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Hey Underlord: use @claudeai Opus 4.8 to cut this 2 hr video down to only the best takes, add chapter markers, and remove silences of more than 2 seconds
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Three hours a week of my life used to vanish into analytics reports. Now I drop the files in a desktop folder, point Cursor at it as context, and it builds the whole report. All that's left is the storytelling. 15 minutes. That's the whole difference.
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
How media teams make a video podcast with one tool xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1mxPaLYAL…
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The publish button has no reason to feel that dramatic. It is a rectangle. And yet somehow it contains every insecurity you have ever had about your voice, face, pacing, lighting, idea, and whether anyone asked for this. Post anyway.
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Your captions look cool, but they don't actually match the audio How can you align them to be perfect? 📟 *paging* the word bar
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Replying to @descript
@descript has been working on making it easier to automate media editing workflows for teams trying to keep pace with the demand for video content. Here's a sneak peek at our @zapier integration (one way you can take advantage of the API). I'm pretending to be an editor for my fave podcast (@planetmoney) and I'm automatically creating clips every time a new file hits the RSS feed. What's cool about this is your prompt could be literally anything. We're looking for beta testers to build this with us - including testing out our MCP. Let us know if you're a media editor who has been looking for ways to automate tedious workflows!
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Introducing Fort Human, Descript’s new weekly newsletter about AI in creative work. I’m proud of this newsletter for a couple of reasons. First: we need better conversations about AI and creativity. Too much of the discourse swings between extremes - either breathless hype (“this generated video of a woman in a bikini just put a gun to Hollywood’s head and pulled the trigger”) or total doomerism (“every time a 5 second ai video is generated, four thousand acres of rainforest are incinerated”). It feels unserious to me. I want to create a platform for real conversation about AI in creativity. Second: I believe that in a world of automated content and collapsing SEO moats, simply having something interesting to say becomes a moat. When everyone can “grab the mic” with automation, one way to stand out is to actually say something worth listening to. Brandon Copple is the chief writer and editor of Fort Human. We won’t always agree. I have no editorial control over what he writes and I like it that way. We’re both always looking to connect with people who have interesting things to say about AI and creativity. Let us know if that’s you! descript921.substack.com/p/t…
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
New SOTA model in Descript, who dis? @GeminiApp 3 Pro 👀
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Stuck watching endless tutorial videos that don't answer YOUR questions? Join our Descript 101 live session tomorrow (10am PST) instead. Sign up here: luma.com/m4l5nkw4?utm_campai…
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How to be a thought provoking person on LinkedIn xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1lDxLBjWV…
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Learn Descript with actual humans, not a pre-recorded tutorial. This free 60-minute session covers everything new users need: interface basics, uploading & transcribing, text-based editing, Underlord AI, layouts, and exporting. Ask questions. Get answers. Leave ready to edit like a pro! Register here for the November 18th live event: luma.com/m4l5nkw4?utm_campai…
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Packed house at @a16z SF tonight for our panel on AI creative tools ✨ So fun to share the stage with @mjlbach and @burkenstocks (+ our fearless mod @RKRigney). I love talking about this space because everyone is interested - as a creator or consumer - which leads to great Qs!
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Supt. Degenfelder and Kelly Walsh High School Principal Mike Britt thanked Julie Mackey of the Jae Foundation for providing seniors with a pair of Jae Boots and sharing a message of mental health awareness through the High School Senior Boot Program. #WyDeptEd #WyoEdChat
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
I spent 50+ HOURS building an AI workflow that helps you post quality content on LinkedIn every day ⚡️ Leaders know they should be posting on LinkedIn more often, but they don't because they're locked in scrolling on X 😂 This @useplumb flow is the solution: → Give it your url and a writing sample one time → Exa scrapes your website and determines who your ideal customer is → Claude Sonnet 4 creates a list of questions your customers care about → One question and a winning LinkedIn formula are chosen at random every day → The flow emails you to ask if you have any thoughts on the topic → Then it conducts research on the topic, bringing back up-to-the-minute data → And emails you the perfect draft (including an image) using your voice, your initial thoughts, and the research → You can reply with feedback, have it publish straight to LinkedIn, or copy/paste and iterate on your own Turns what should take an hour into 5 minutes. The best part? You don't have to copy and paste this into n8n or some other platform that requires a PhD. You can just subscribe to it and I'll keep making it better for you every week. Want access to the LinkedIn Writer? Follow + comment "PLUMB" & I'll DM you the link to try it for free
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Comet is a rare product with Jaw Dropping Consumer Experience
The best part of sharing @PerplexityComet invites? I get hilarious DM's and texts back like this when people first use it! @perplexity_ai Welcome to the Comet Era my friends!
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Mobile app demo built in 6 hours vibe coding with @boltdotnew @EricSimons @gregisenberg #buildinpublic
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Congratulations to Jeff Makelky, Principal of Big Piney High School who has been named the 2020 State Principal of the Year by the Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals. Thank you for creating a positive school culture and helping to ensure every student succeeds.
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Aaron Makelky retweeted
Top 5 Rie or die tools for @theaaron 1. PostBridge - For scheduling content 2. Canva - 90% of my graphics are done with Canva 3. On the video side: Descript 4. ChatGPT 5. Perplexity
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