Block (formerly Square) has open-sourced Berd, a local-first, Apache 2.0-licensed desktop application designed as a universal "daily work surface" for AI agents. Rather than forcing users into a single AI ecosystem or browser tab, Berd acts as an orchestration layer that unifies agents like Goose, Claude Code, and Codex across multiple foundation models. It prioritizes data privacy by keeping session history and credentials on your local machine, while bringing distinct visual personalities for your AI Agents (like animated "Gloopies") to make them instandly recognizable and manageable. This may be a way to assemble all your individual tools and AI agents with different capabilities under one roof. Use cases might be: Video creation, voice overs, content creation, social media posting all in a single harness running on your own machine. ​Key Features & Benefits ​Model & Harness Agnostic: Works seamlessly across proprietary and open-source models, letting you switch between Anthropic, OpenAI, or local runtimes using standard protocols (ACP/MCP). ​Local-First Privacy: Stores session history, conversation logs, and credentials locally on your computer (using the OS keychain), ensuring telemetry is off by default and your data isn't harvested by default. <--- don't lose your sessions over time. ​Persistent Workspaces: Organize files, tools, repositories, and context into persistent projects so you don't have to rebuild context for every new prompt. ​Visual Agent Personas: Assign distinct roles, skills, and visual character identities (such as "Gloopies") to agents so you instantly know which agent handles which task (e.g., code review, decision-narrowing, or writing style). It comes with 7 agents I understand...still experimenting! ​Enterprise Customization ("Distribution Seams"): Open-source (Apache 2.0) for macOS, Windows, and Linux—allowing companies to package custom, governed distributions with pre-configured models and tool permissions. ​Links ​Read the full VentureBeat article: Block's new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models...

As Skool gets better with discovery, I seem to be getting more "bots" wanting to join the community. I definitely don't want to turn anyone away, but I also want this to be a safe and intentional community so I try to determine if member requests are real, and if they are a good fit for the community. If you are starting your own Skool Community this is something you will most certainly see as well. On Back to Skool Saturdays, we talk about things like this and other strategies to help build and grow our communities. If you are thinking about starting a community come and join us! Here are a few things to look for when a new member request comes in: ✅ Do they have a profile pic? If so, is it AI generated? (Not a deal breaker, but once I see this I look further) ✅ Go to chat with the member to verify their location - Sometimes the location doesn't match their profile ✅ See how much activity they have on their profile - Are they active on Skool at all? ✅ How many communities are they in? Are they in 50+ communities? Are they all free? ✅ Is the email they provided in the form valid? - I use bulkemailchecker.com to verify ✅ How do the rest of the answers on the form look? Do they make sense, or are they random characters? ✅ Check the link below their name - It shows the original account name. Make sure these match. ✅ If they're in a bunch of free public groups, look their contributions - Are they spamming the same thing in every community their in? ✅ "How did you hear about us?" question - If someone says "Twitter" or "YT" and you aren't on these platforms, big red flag. The request will tell you where they came in from. Does it match? ✅ If you're about to decline someone, start a chat with them first - If they're a bot, you probably won't get a response or at least not a good one.

What is the ONE THING you want or need to get accomplished this week? Is is a new routine you want to start, or a project you want to finish? Saying it out loud to someone else makes it real. Makes you accountable. Makes it more likely to get accomplished. Write your ONE THING in the comments below and Let's get sh*t done!!!

I went to ChatGPT and put this in the chat... OK, I get three free 10 second videos on Gemini every day and I could be taking advantage of that to make shorts videos or Instagram videos for activate AI but I just don't know what 10 second videos would be good. I love my little Pixar avatar that it does making funny little gifts and and 10 second reels but maybe you could come up with 100 short ideas that I could go over and prompted it to create three a day and not waste that free resource. It gave me back a list of 100 easy prompts or ideas to use 3 a day so I will have a full month of cute short video clips to use. Try it! Comment below if you got good results or not. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_SxOzF6xNBSom2lkfwJVf7e9n9XHh0h9wKe19H0DVQ/edit?usp=sharing

My one thing Monday is a way to kick off the week with good intentions by publicly putting a goal out there for others to see and keep you accountable. But good intentions don't get things done. Actions do. The first step is setting the intention or goal. The second step is telling someone about it. The third is setting yourself up for success and taking action. Take Action this week!