A QUICK WORD FROM JEFFERSON: If this page looks like your browser is broken, don't worry. It's called an RSS feed, and it's a tool that lets you take back control from the algorithms trying to control what you read. For a full explanation, check out the "About Following Me" article on my About page. Or you can cut and paste this URL here: https://creativityhacker.ca/nav/about/artifacts/2025-03-26_191111/ (Sorry, URL links aren't clickable inside RSS feeds.) https://creativityhacker.ca/tags/email/ Recent content in Email on Creativity Hacker Hugo en-us jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:38:50 +0000 https://creativityhacker.ca/projects/higgins/ -projects Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:57:48 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/projects/higgins/ <p>Henry Higgins did not wait for Eliza Doolittle to ask for help. He simply kept correcting her until the problem was solved. This project takes the same approach.</p> <p>Running on your own hardware, Higgins will interrupt you several times a day (over a messaging app of your choice) by sending a spontaneous conversational question in your target language. This is not some dry grammar exercise, but the kind of thing a curious and friendly stranger might actually ask at a dinner party. You respond when you can, and then Higgins will reply with a thumbs-up, or an improved version of your response, if one is necessary, and with errors clearly marked.</p>