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Lee Drozak's avatar

Gemini is definitely part of my stack too, and this...

This is the key: guide the AI. Don't just accept its first attempt.

Pure gold and perfect advice.

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Kim Doyal's avatar

Thanks, Lee,

It really is about testing, tweaking, trying... it's not like you're going to break anything. It's fun to push the limits (our own self-imposed limits!)

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Denise Wakeman's avatar

Everytime I read one of your posts like this, I feel like I'm behind! 😲 While I too use Google Workspace, I've never used Gemini but looks like I need to up my repurposing game.

And nano banana? WTF?

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Kim Doyal's avatar

HAHA....

I need to do a whole series on Gemini. It keeps blowing me away.

This weekend I created some "Gems" - which are basically custom instructions for different content types.

Working on a post & video about those this week.

There's not enough time in the day, lol.

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Natalie's avatar

I am a fan of Gemini too, I know a lot of people are all about ChatGPT but I use Google Workspace & love how Gemini is integrated with everything I do. The feature you have shared here opens up a lot of possibilities, and I like your tip about talking rather than typing to refine the output. I came across a GitHub project the other day which has an huge library of example prompts and outputs for Nano Banana and some of it is actually mind blowing.

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Kim Doyal's avatar

Thanks, Natalie,

It really feels like Google was just secretly working away, and all of a sudden, they've poured the gas on things. I also use Google Workspace, and I love that everything is integrated.

I'd LOVE to see the GitHub project if you have the link? 😉

*Sidenote: I LOVE nano banana and tried Seedream 4 this past weekend. I was blown away with the image it generated (gave both the same prompt).

I used LMArena to try it out. Here's the article that walks you through that"

https://medium.com/ai-meets-ui/seedream-4-the-ai-image-tool-youve-been-waiting-for-b4e80f655cb8

Or you can go directly here: https://deevid.ai/model/seedream

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Natalie's avatar

I totally agree that Google has been and is doing a lot behind the scenes & we are reaping the benefits now. I can’t even imagine what else is coming, I am sure we are only scratching the surface. Have you made much use of NotebookLM? I’m also a big fan and find it insanely powerful.

Here is the GitHub project

https://github.com/PicoTrex/Awesome-Nano-Banana-images

Thanks for these other links too.

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Kim Doyal's avatar

Thanks, Natalie,

I do use NotebookLM- not as much as I'd like to, but I really love that all of Google's products work together.

I've created a few study guides for myself with some of the more advanced AI stuff I'd like to go deeper with.

Appreciate the GitHub project!

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