Canva vs. Gamma: Which AI Presentation Tool Actually Saves More Time?

As part of my ongoing work in AI, analytics, and instructional design, I recently spent time comparing two popular presentation platforms: 🔹 Canva 🔹 Gamma Both leverage AI…

AAEL Labs: Real Estate Analytics in Practice

One of the projects I’m currently developing for my upcoming book, Real Estate Analytics Playbook: Practical AI and Data Strategies for Agents and Lenders, focuses on a question…

What Comes First: Universal Healthcare or Universal Cloud Compute?

For most of human history, access to knowledge was limited by physical resources. Then the internet made information nearly universal. The next resource becoming democratized may not be…

Can AI Help Reverse America’s Declining Health Trends?

A recent study caught my attention because it touches on a challenge that extends far beyond technology, education, or healthcare alone. Researchers have found that Americans born after…

A Requiem for Computer Science? Not So Fast

This morning, The Economist highlighted two developments that seem contradictory at first glance: Universities are producing more Computer Science graduates than ever before. Artificial Intelligence may be reducing…

AAEL Labs | From 230MB MLS Dataset to a Multi-Model Forecasting Pipeline in 30 Minutes

Adding macroeconomic variables like the S&P Dow Jones Indices Case-Shiller Index, Freddie Mac weekly mortgage survey data, and CPI would absolutely make the model more defensible academically and…

The Housing Market’s Uneasy Summer

The housing market continues to send mixed signals as we head into summer 2026. Mortgage rates remain elevated, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage hovering around the mid-6%…

AI Researchers Were Warning Us About Context Back in 1992

One of the more interesting papers I read this week was: Cherpas, C. (1992). Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics, and Verbal Behavior. What stood out is how accurately it…

AAEL Labs: Building a Local AI-Powered Dissertation LMS with Moodle, Python, and Analytics

Today I officially launched the first local prototype of my AAEL-LMS (AI-Augmented Exploratory Learning – Learning Management System) for my doctoral research and textbook development project. Setup took…

Is This the Beginning of the End of Zillow?

For nearly two decades, brokers and agents handed Zillow the single most valuable asset in residential real estate: Their listings. Now the industry appears shocked that Zillow became…