Local AI
Is It Just Semantics about Gen AI and Privacy?
Over on Mastodon, PLB (initials only, although you can read the conversations via Mastodon) makes this point: My
Ollama Cloud and AI ROI
A few days ago, an email arrived from Ollama announcing Ollama Cloud. It wasn't until a free moment that I had the chance to try it out. I had a collection of audio transcripts fro
DIY AI: Running Powerful Models Locally to Save Money and Protect Privacy
Break free from subscription based AI! In this hands on workshop, educators will install and configure Ollama, Page Assist to run powerful AI models directly on their devices. Yo
Exploring OpenThinker:7b ollama GenAI AI
While much of my experiments on the desktop with GenAI have been disappointing (Gemma3:latest is one model that works well after a pause), I have found that models like tinyllama,
AI Privacy for Various Scenarios AI EdTech GoogleGemini
Working on a presentation, I wanted to share these levels of safety from a question I asked Google Gemini. This is research, so if you know better, feel free to drop a comment. I'v
Create Your GenAI Assistant: Ollama and PageAssist
Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Bot using
Analysis and Revision
Running local AI (Ollama with Gemma 3 via PageAssist in browser), I asked it to critique the argument I made in this blog entry
Exploring Ollama with Page Assist
I thought it might be fun to revisit what local AI solution I'm using and what graphical user interface (GUI) am I using to interact with Ollama. That GUI is Page Assist
Exploring Google Gemini and Ollama
A knowledge stack I have handy on my machine is comprised of high effect size instructional strategies. That is, lists of evidence based instructional strategies that can turbo cha
Finding a GUI for Local AI Ollama
In a not so surprising twist, I decided to drop other GUI platforms for interacting with local AI solutions. Two things became clear: I needed to optimize for speed and complicated
Exploring Ollama and Open WebUI AI
Realizing I must have missed something about Ollama (a whole bunch, actually), I decided to take another look at it. The results I have been getting from Msty and Hugging Face mode
Local AI Model Comparison (Updated)
I tested several local AI models and mapped my thoughts in this chart. It may not be definitive, but it reflects my experience. Msty is my 2 choice. Ollama
Exploring Ollama and Msty
A chunk of my evening was spent exploring two tools, Ollama and Msty. The first is a text only local AI running on my machine. Mst