Since the release of ChatGPT in November of 2022, I have been grappling with how, where, when, or why I will or will not use Generative AI (GAI). I am not a fan of it, and to-date it has been more WORK to use it than to continue with life as I know it. As someone who came of age before such tools existed, I am accustomed to thinking for myself and solving my own…
Normally I do not write about my “word of the year” until the time arrives to close one year and begin the next. But I find myself wanting to talk about this word today, a rainy Sunday morning in Izmir. We are in great need of rain and I am enjoying the mood and atmosphere. This afternoon Fatih and I will host friends at home to watch the Goztepe vs. Alanyaspor soccer match. But this…
I was fortunate to have my father, Ned, and his wife, Mary, come for a visit early this year during my two week semester break at the end of January. It was the first time for each of them to visit the country I have been calling home for seven years. For my Dad, with two of his children calling Türkiye “home,” I guess it seemed like a good time to make the trek around…