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title: "Thoughts — Essays & Series"
description: "Essays and series on personal AI, embodied AI, commerce, and building consumer products people love."
author: "Kelly Nyland"
url: "https://kellyny.land/thoughts"
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# Thoughts — Essays & Series

> Essays and series on personal and embodied AI, consumer hardware, and what it takes to make strange technology feel obvious.

- [My Story](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/my-story) (2026-05-20)
- [Lifelogging paves the way for Embodied AI](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/lifelogging-paves-the-way-for-embodied-ai) (2026-05-15)
- [The Invisible Emotional Tax of Talking to Computers](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/the-invisible-emotional-tax-of-talking-to-computers) (2026-04-01)
- [SelfieBot Was a Joke. The Prophecy Wasn't.](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/selfiebot-was-a-joke-the-prophecy-wasnt) (2026-04-01)
- [Bridging the Skill Gap between Digital and Physical AI](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/bridging-the-skill-gap-between-digital-and-physical-ai) (2026-02-01): Bridging the skill gap between digital and physical AI requires solving how we unlock, canonize, and act on our own personal data.
- [ A Single Digital [portable] Self](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/a-single-digital-portable-self) (2025-09-01)
- [The Go-to-Market Guide for Acquiring SMBs](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/the-go-to-market-guide-for-acquiring-smbs) (2025-08-02)
- [What I Learned during my first Windup](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/what-i-learned-during-my-first-windup) (2024-10-01)
- [Blind Data Podcast](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/blind-data-podcast) (2023-05-31)
- [Payment Landscape Podcast](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/payment-landscape-podcast) (2023-03-31)
- [Tactics on Setting Up a Successful Venture Capital Fundraising Process](https://kellyny.land/thoughts/tactics-on-setting-up-a-successful-venture-capital-fundraising-process) (2021-11-01): Six short video lessons walking through how to qualify investors, run a tight process, prepare documents, and turn rejection into insight.


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