Author: Kai
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How Greece Retirement for Americans Works: Essential Guide to Living Abroad in 2026
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Back in July of 2025, I wrote a post discussing how I was changing direction on this site from Artificial Intelligence to retiring overseas for Americans. With the explosion of artificial intelligence tools making content creation much easier, I felt empowered to create YouTube videos, something I’ve enjoyed since the…
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Switching to a Focus on Retiring Overseas
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An AI Pivot at www.kaiponte.com I’ve been running the website kaiponte.com and its predecessor, perfectreign.com since the early 2000’s. I started perfectreign.com as a site to focus on project management. I did not stay focused and instead let it slide into information about Linux, computers, and how-to articles. As I’ve…
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The Dot-Com Crash Wasn’t the End — It Was the Beginning. Could AI Be the Same?
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Exciting Parallels Between Tech Bubbles and Future Innovation! I am old enough to remember the dot com boom and subsequent bust. Companies were valued simply because they “seemed edgy” not because they actually could turn a profit. The dot-com bubble burst in early 2001 and 2002, dramatically wiping out trillions…
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Defraud Your Business
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What Steps You Can Take to Protect Yourself: Exciting New Defense Strategies for 2025! Artificial intelligence has revolutionized how we do business, but it’s also given fraudsters powerful new tools. Today’s scammers use AI to create convincing deepfakes, draft persuasive phishing emails without grammar errors, and even mimic your CEO’s…
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You Can Build an AI-powered iOS App Empire!
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How I Created Profitable Mobile Applications Using Artificial Intelligence As many of you know, I’ve been in application development since the 1990’s. I dabbled in mobile app development about fifteen years ago, trying (unsuccessfully) to learn Java and create either an Android or iOS application from scratch. I really started…
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Five Businesses Completely Changed by Implementing Google Gemini Agents
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So, this morning, I saw a video from the Google I/O conference where Sundar Pichai gave a keynote about the Google Gemini Agents. Here it is: I’ve been reading about AI agents and Google Gemini. But this intrigued me. Gemini is quickly transforming how businesses operate in 2025, especially with…
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Use ChatGPT to Write Emails, Blogs, and Social Media Posts in Minutes
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A Quick Guide to Efficient Content Creation If you’ve been following me over the years, you’ll see that my posts are sporadic. That’s because writing takes time – a lot of time. But that doesn’t have to be the case anymore. I’ve discovered how ChatGPT can transform your writing process…
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Join Me as I Put the Top AI Contact Center Software to the Test: A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation
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I have been working with various contact center software solutions for years. I started as a junior programmer for a small point-of-sale software company many years ago. I was also the primary helpdesk analyst. (This was a company of five staff, including the owner.) I later moved into a position…
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From Manual to Millions: How These 5 AI Tools Transformed Small Businesses (With Real Results) – Success Stories from 2025
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I’ve been working for and with small businesses since the 1990’s. I’ve seen dozens of improvement processes from TQM to LSS. Small business runs on small margins and it is always an issue for small businesses to keep up with the latest, while struggling to maintain tight profits and keep…
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Can AI Stop Hackers in 2025?
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Advanced Cybersecurity Solutions Emerge I’ve always been interested in penetration testing. I am old enough to remember the early “I Love You” virus back in early 2000. I know there are groups, government-level organizations, individuals, and crime syndacites, who work 24/7 in an attempt to exploit companies and individuals. Hacking…