Darren Smith teaches entrepreneurship at Texas State, studies ADHD and hyperfocus in founders, and runs SparkFinder Labs, which helps teams with communication, collaboration, and creativity.https://dar.ren/https://dar.ren/posts/pixel-pete/https://dar.ren/posts/pixel-pete/I built a tiny cowboy who runs across my slides and makes jokes about grad school. Claude's version was awful. ChatGPT got it on the first try.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopmentAIhttps://dar.ren/posts/speedgrader-popout/https://dar.ren/posts/speedgrader-popout/A small browser script that moves the student's work into its own window, so SpeedGrader's rubric and comments get the whole screen.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTeachingDevelopmenthttps://dar.ren/posts/zotero-citation-macro/https://dar.ren/posts/zotero-citation-macro/One click turns a Zotero citation like (Smith & Jones, 2026) into Smith and Jones (2026), and Zotero still keeps track of it.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopmentResearchhttps://dar.ren/posts/innovation-feud/https://dar.ren/posts/innovation-feud/I ask 180 students a question in Top Hat, group their answers, and turn the results into a game-show board we play on the projector.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTeachingDevelopmentAI