end of the line

In 2014 I started the first of the online PKM workshops, based on a model of three activities per week over six weeks to be done as a cohort with a common start and finish date. I would be available to respond to participants and provide support as required, including video calls.

It’s now the end of the line.

The workshop has hosted hundreds of participants from around the world. The activities have been modified each year so the current version looks fairly different from the first. The last workshop will start on 5 October 2026. As always, previous participants may attend at no extra cost. But there will be no more online PKM workshops.

The rampant rise of Gen AI tools is one of the reasons I will be shutting down this workshop series after the October cohort. I need to figure out how we can individually and collectively make sense as we wallow in the AI slop. I am thinking of a series of live sessions for small groups of inquiring minds, but nothing is firm yet. In addition, I feel unqualified to talk with any authority on Generative AI (though I have written a few posts) and that is another reason to close this workshop, as I know it will likely need more of a focus on AI and I am not willing to invest the effort at this time — the technology and the business models around it are changing too fast. So I need to pivot if I wish to promote sensemaking in the current environment. This may take some time.

Please join us for one last ride before the end of the line.

VIA Rail passenger train travelling through Sackville, NB, Canada