Hello

I am business person, writer, and sometime entrepreneur based in Northern California with my wonderful wife and two great kids. I have been lucky enough to work at the intersection of art and technology alongside incredible people who reshaped how we do business, communicate, and enjoy art. What I write about here reflects my professional experience and current interests: entrepreneurship, M&A, context engineering, endurance training, and the future of work.

As a still aspiring music writer trying to finally make use of my University of Tennessee Bachelor of Communications in Journalism, I also write a lot about music and the industry and technologies that shape our culture. about-mike-tatum

Research Topics

These are the areas where I am building and collecting knowledge. Clippings, videos and blog posts on these subjects are collected here:

  • AI - Bots, voice assistants, algorithms, and the future of intelligence (since 2016!)
  • Music - The artists, industry, and culture that shaped me
  • Entrepreneurship - Building, acquiring, and grinding through startups
  • Photography - Getting back behind the lens after years away

Posts and Clippings

Collections of what I’m reading and writing.

  • Blog Posts These are blog posts I’ve made over the years, either posted under this domain , or on other sites I’ve written for previously. post
  • Clippings Daily clippings that are tagged with context for later reference. Come back del.icio.us

Current Vibes

Applied AI to projects I want to exist…but could never build on my own.

  • Goat Rodeo Club: An AI-powered endurance training platform with Claude coaching, Garmin integration, and SMS notifications. First major vibe coding project to help me train for ultramarathons and long term fitness. vibe
  • Workbus: Thinking in public about the future of work by building a project hub and community for non-developers to build things with AI. Very early development. vibe

Reads and Feeds

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Email: mike at this domain

Disclaimer

Anything written, linked or designed here is personal and does _not_represent the views of any of the companies I am associated with in any way. All thoughts are my own or one of the many LLMs helping me build this stuff. I try to credit where possible.