My Creative Everyday

The 2023 Superbowl half-time music performance did not disappoint and Rihanna's performance reflected our modern world, where visually stunning made for social media images came together with her massive music hits.  The timezone difference was much easier this year since I am currently in Australia. It was 12.30pm Melbourne time, when it finally came on.  I tuned in from 12pm. Twitter, as always was a useful tool and I checked recent posts to see that others were awaiting the show to come on and I had not missed it. When Rihanna sang Umbrella, it reminded me of New York. I always am reminded of that trip when I hear this song. It played everywhere we went. It is probably is my favourite of all her songs. ESPN has posted a video of the 2023 Umbrella performance on TikTok and at the time of writing this, three hours after it was posted, it was viewed by 2.7 million, had 296k likes, over 2k comments, 11.9k saves and more than 4.4k shares. The numbers are climbing every minute. On In

@mycreativeeveryday on TikTok Yesterday I posted about What is the fuss over ChatGPT, the AI Chatbot? I encountered an error message and gave up, but today I thought I would give it another go. I discovered how to create new streams of chats and how to look at my archive of questions. I still encountered the error message and had problems, but I managed to work around it and not get stuck.  This second attempt to understand how ChatGPT can be a useful tool was definitely more fruitful. This morning I entered maybe two dozen questions on different topics. I felt that the most helpful were those around TikTok, which I am trying to learn more about this year.  So far I have more than 200 followers on TikTok and recently I have started posting a few times a week. In fact, I posted a new video this morning which you can check out here . It is a series of three photographs of white swans on the London Thames River foreshore. The cool thing about experimenting with TikTok is that it develops

I became curious about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that has had 100 million users worldwide users in two months. Google has now announced in will launch its own AI chatbot, Bard. So I figured this morning that it was time to see what all the fuss was about. I signed up and here are some of the questions that I asked and the answers the chatbot came up with.   Question 1 -  What should I do today? As a language model AI, I don't have access to your personal information, preferences, or location, but I can suggest some general activities that you can consider doing today: Exercise or go for a walk Read a book or a new article Try a new hobby or recipe Spend time with friends or family Visit a museum or art gallery Volunteer or donate to a cause you care about Relax and do some self-care Learn something new Take on a new challenge or task Reflect on your goals and plans for the future. Remember, the most important thing is to do what makes you happy and brings you joy! Question 2 - What i

Did you know?  Black swans are native to Australia. They weigh up to 9kg (19lbs).  Their wingspan is between 1.6m (5ft) & 2m (6ft). Black swans live up to 40 years. They fly 18 mph (28 kph), reaching speeds of 50 mph (80 kph), needing at least 40m of unobstructed waterways for take-off & landing.  Their divorce rate is 6%. Since the 1st century CE, “black swan” and “rare bird” became common phrases in several European languages, describing something that defied belief, as Europeans assumed, based on their observations, all swans were white. The first recorded European sighting of black swans is probably 1636, by Dutch mariner Antonie Caen.  Black swans were introduced as an exotic ornamental species in Japan, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Black swans never established large populations in the wild after being brought to Europe, possibly because black animals were considered bad omens, in league with witches & devils, thus they were often driven away or k