What I am doing now.
Updated March 13, 2026, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What I am Thinking About
Spring is nearly here. With it comes that time when the academic winter semester is coming to a close and students (and everyone in the Northern Hemisphere) looks ahead.
AI is sitting in the sightlines of what’s coming. The effects of AI on learning, production, and the job market is starting to be seen and more visible. I’m paying a lot of attention to how AI is being used, not the hype. What I am seeing are tired students, poor writing, and very simplistic thinking. This is over and above the slop, which I’ve been better at avoiding each month — to the degree that’s possible.
With Claude’s latest release, I’m seeing the potential for coding, app development and the opportunity to do different things with AI than just building text and rewriting things.
It’s going to change the market. Quality has never been more important because AI is challenging the idea that we can make great things and great things great. I’m not seeing it. It’s mass, not quality.
There’s a growing market for those who want to devote themselves to quality.
— Cameron
Projects
I’m continuing on with teaching at OCADU this term in the Strategic Foresight and Innovation program. The first is SFIN 6020: Innovation Research Methods.
I’m also teaching SFIN 6011: Understanding Systems once again. This time, I’m teaching the course solo, and, like the other course, it’s online. I love getting back to teaching systems thinking and action.
Speaking of that, The Design Loft continues to grow. I’ve been expanding the courses, learning programs, and activities—online—and will be looking to develop some of them for in-person programming, too. It’s shifted its focus to more design-oriented writing and less on techniques and tools. That foundation has been laid. Now, we shift into the thinking.
My client work continues and is expanding to include some great new clients.