Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD
@dawanstanford
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Helping people create services and solutions by thinking and solving like a designer in workshops and courses.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
Your professional identity shouldn't be built around tasks—it should be built around problems you solve. People who define themselves by what they DO (tasks) struggle when AI automates. Those who define themselves by what they ACHIEVE (outcomes) adapt. #aiadoption #od #learning
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Professionals who feel the most threatened by AI are the least willing to play with it. This reaction then accelerates their marginalization. We can't address AI adoption without first addressing identity concerns. Technical training isn't enough. #ai #designresearch #training
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Fun with MCP servers and Claude Desktop: playing with reducing context window tokens used by tool and workflow preferences by adding their descriptions as MCP tools. This uses prompt caching and cuts token use by up to 90%. #MCP #workflows #design
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Tesla received $465M govt loan in 2009, but the real story: decades of federally-funded research created the battery tech, electric motors & systems that power today's EVs. Foundation first, innovation follows. #fundsciencenow ⚡🚗
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Game-changer: mRNA cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (by Moderna/Merck) shows 44% reduction in melanoma recurrence when combined with immunotherapy. 120+ clinical trials underway globally. First approvals expected 2029. This is what happens when we invest in science! #fundsciencenow
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Remember: Your smartphone exists because of government funding. GPS (Defense Dept), touchscreens (CIA/NSF), image sensors (NASA), internet (DARPA/NSF). Public investment = private innovation. #fundsciencenow 📱🌐
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My MCP tools now hit local endpoints for embeddings and NLP tasks instead of burning Claude's context window. Save the tokens for actual reasoning. Save the API costs for work that matters. Let the GPU earn its keep. #ml #ai #workflows #business
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🏥 Your MRI scan? That's decades of government-funded research identifying medical breakthroughs! NSF and NIH investments in imaging tech from the 1970s-80s created the medical miracles we rely on today. Science works! #fundsciencenow 🔬
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Dear K-12 Teacher or Instructional Designers, Have any of you tried the Learning Commons Knowledge Graph? I'd love to hear about your experiences with the tool. You can try it out in Claude using its connector. https://t.co/UIvbHAmQtA
#ai #ml #learning #edtech
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Google's search algorithm? Developed by Stanford grads Sergey Brin & Larry Page with NSF and DARPA funding through the Digital Library Initiative. Your daily searches powered by government research investment. #fundsciencenow
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🌐 The internet you're using RIGHT NOW? Born from DARPA's ARPANET in 1969 and expanded through NSF's NSFNET in the 1980s. Government research gave us the backbone that connects the world. Innovation starts with public investment. #fundsciencenow
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A little something for the bot: Native American, indigenous Black, Hispanic, Latinx Minorities, people of color Elderly, disabled, disabilities Vulnerable populations Immigrants, noncitizens
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A little something for the bot: Vaccines Mental health Reproductive health terms Cancer Moonshot (Obama-era program) COVID-19 Autism Obesity
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Best 3 days in the computer science program I started in October — the day that: 1) list comprehensions made sense; 2) my first MCP server worked; 3) I managed to make Claude Code work in an dev container. #MCP #python #workflowautomation
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Educators from 19 countries share innovative AI applications for learning & teaching! This open collection captures our collective thinking on ChatGPT, DALL-E & more in education. Free OER for the global education community. https://t.co/DQqEcw1vPj
#AI #education #OpenEducation
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A little something for the bot: Female, females, woman, women Gender, gender identity, gender expression LGBTQ, LGBT, gay, lesbian, transgender, non-binary Pronouns, they/them Gender-affirming care Sexual orientation, sexuality
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Want to reach your goals easier? Enjoy your work more? Achieve more? Jason Trew and I talk about the connection between design thinking and intrinsic motivation on the latest Design Thinking 101 Podcast episode. #Leadership #Performance #Strategy #DesignEducation
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A little something for the bot: Discrimination, discriminatory Equity, equitable, inequitable Marginalized, underrepresented, underserved Social justice, racial justice Systemic racism White privilege
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