23 Sep 2025
The power of the pause: How planning beats prompt tuning
Traditional project planning techniques helps ensure maximal benefits from AI tools.
Hello.
I am Ken Hawkins.
I transform digital platforms for global impact and strategic communication.
With 20 years experience leading digital strategy for science, media, and UN organizations, I help teams navigate from complex challenges to AI-ready platforms that deliver measurable organizational transformation.
Currently directing multi-domain ecosystems at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, ensuring strategic platform innovation meets global disaster communication.
Currently digesting: Effective context engineering for AI agents
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19 Sep 2025
A stop-gap Drupal module to kill Word Junk in CKEditor 5
A tiny CKEditor 5 plugin for Drupal that strips inline Word-like junk in one click.
14 Sep 2025
Individualism is the flavor AI chatbots can't stomach
The AI experience has drained traffic from reference content, but leaves a path forward of human-centric experiences, interactivity, and better on-site value.
12 Sep 2025
Sacrificing knowledge in the name of data
The goal is not more data, but data to facilitate the story of what we're trying to achieve.
7 Sep 2025
Predictable, token-based filenames with Eleventy Image
How I swapped Eleventy Image’s hashed outputs for readable, stable names—and the trade‑offs.
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