TLDR: A women's leadership and entrepreneurship event where Kelly arrived an hour late, found the first workshop on "bad business ideas" unhelpful, switched rooms to a career narrative rewriting exercise, and sat through an AI 101 resume talk, with the main takeaway being two consecutive events telling her to replace "hope" with action.

TLDR: A disappointing AI workshop marketed as hands-on agentic AI building turned out to be lecture-only with no actual agent creation, leaving Kelly frustrated by the gap between marketing promises and delivery.

TLDR: Kelly attends an OpenAI workshop for small businesses and is frustrated that the content is extremely basic, noting that even the 70-year-olds in attendance already know how to use ChatGPT, while the mayor reads a ChatGPT-generated speech at the event.

TLDR: A bank-hosted small business panel covering FIFA World Cup economic preparation, access to capital, scaling strategies, and workforce development, combined with Kelly's "remote viewing" experiment where 13 of 16 predictions came true.

TLDR: Attending a friend's first speaking event about growing social media influence, covering identity shifting, overcoming fear of being on camera, video hook strategies, and how posting consistently for 20 minutes a day can lead to 10k+ followers.

TLDR: Kelly submits her final proposal to the White House AI innovation contest, pitching an AI-powered content awareness tool that teaches K-12 students to recognize digital manipulation in real-time rather than simply censoring content.

TLDR: Kelly watches GameStop's earnings call via YouTube livestream, reacting in real-time to strong financial results including record net income, a special dividend of warrants to shareholders, and significant operational improvements.

TLDR: Stream-of-consciousness reflections written on a budget flight to LA for the Mars Society annual conference, covering trip planning, entrepreneurial hustle on a tight budget, a packed schedule mixing Mars lectures with Venice Beach skateboarding, and personal goals for building educational content.

TLDR: A short Dress for Success webinar on salary negotiation and defending your hourly rate, with the key advice being to research thoroughly using websites and AI before interviews, and to aim high on wages because showing up happy and motivated is hard to replace.

TLDR: A poorly attended community college small business event near home that turned into an AI infomercial from a local "task force" member selling his $39/month platform, followed by a much more enjoyable solo night of bachata dancing.

TLDR: The author receives a free refurbished laptop from a women's nonprofit tech organization, reflecting on her journey as a low-income entrepreneur building her tutoring business, followed by attending a salsa/bachata dance social.

TLDR: Kelly visits the indie section of a downtown gaming convention, rating her top and least favorite games while reflecting on the need for more educational and value-centered game design instead of themes glorifying destruction and escapism.

TLDR: A women-in-AI panel discussion covering topics like model fine-tuning, AI startup costs, safety and compliance, and the growing importance of human-tech interaction design, though much of the technical content was hard to follow due to squeaky audio and fast-paced panelists.

TLDR: An event day featuring LinkedIn virality tips, a talk by an ex-big-tech founder building AI-powered personalized media and fashion tools, and a salsa dance social, with key insights on AI memory systems, UX trends, and the predicted death of text-based input.

TLDR: Kelly returns to an e-commerce conference covering online retail trends, sustainable foods, microinfluencer marketing, shipping logistics, and the shift toward authenticity and regenerative business practices in digital commerce.

TLDR: Kelly attends a Dress for Success event providing free professional clothing to underemployed women, reflecting on living frugally as a startup founder in Seattle while building her wardrobe and planning to give back to the nonprofit.

TLDR: Kelly juggles the 48-hour film contest while solo-parenting, creating an AI-assisted short film with severe constraints, alongside attending a seafood festival with skateboarding and a waterfront concert with her daughter.

TLDR: A gathering of YouTubers with millions of followers discussing monetization strategies, community building, taxes, and content creation tactics, revealing the business mechanics behind influencer culture.

TLDR: A non-event blog where Kelly pauses attending conferences to focus on building out her Kelly Tutors website, covering merch design, AI youth education classes, downloadable content, rewriting fairy tales, social media strategy, and blog reorganization after breaking all her old links.