Alfie | ChatGPT Training & Mentoring
Bring your questions, a task or just your curiosity. We can explore what ChatGPT can do together, starting with what you already know.
Training formats
Whether you're new to ChatGPT or already using it every day, you're welcome. You don't need a project or a plan. Come on your own or with your team, bring your curiosity, and we'll explore at your pace.
If you're more experienced, bring the workflows you've built and the harder questions you want to work through. I'll start with what you already know and what you'd like to try.
Come with questions, something to work on or just curiosity. We go at your pace, from your first conversation with ChatGPT to the features you have been meaning to try.
A$220/hour including GST. Most sessions take 1.5–2 hours (A$330–440).
We'll agree the length beforehand.
Your team might have a task in mind or simply want to explore. We start with what you already know, try things together and talk through where ChatGPT helps, where it struggles and what needs checking.
Get in touch for a quote.
We'll work out the format and timing together.
Try things between sessions, then bring back your questions. We can work through what got stuck, test new features and keep building on what is useful to you.
A$220/hour including GST. Most sessions take 1.5–2 hours (A$330–440).
We'll agree the length beforehand.
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Portfolio
Apps, automations and a training guide. Have a look through the pictures, then open a project to see what went into it. These are some of the things I draw on when we work together.
Featured project
I built this surf-planning app to bring weather, marine conditions and maps into one place. I use AI while researching, writing code, testing and working through problems.
A surf-awareness game I'm building, with paddling, timing and giving way to another rider. It gives me a different way to experiment with AI-assisted coding and explain an idea through something you can try.
I worked with a buyer's agent on using ChatGPT for property research, client briefs and follow-up. We put the approach into a guide to use after the session.
A personal workflow I designed and implemented to streamline my own annual financial administration, from collecting and organising documents through to reconciliation, schedules and evidence preparation.
A private AI agent setup using Hermes and local Ollama models over Tailscale. It includes sandboxed execution, independent model review, and Discord and Telegram interfaces for research and community workflows.
An experimental trading platform for testing strategies, monitoring positions, reviewing risk, and tracking system health.
A personal and small-business finance app for tracking clients, projects, revenue, expenses, and spending categories. Its informal Australian voice is designed to make routine money management feel less intimidating.
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In our sessions
Here are a few things I've helped people learn. Each session started with what they wanted to do and what they already knew.
This team was already using Claude in their SEO work. We explored how ChatGPT compared and where it could fit into the way they worked.
We practised giving ChatGPT useful context, compared models and talked through when to use Chat, Codex or Work. We also explored plugins and how tokens are used, so the team could make more informed choices about the tools they already knew.
New to technology, this learner wanted to explore an education project for a cultural community. We started with tools they could try for themselves.
We used ChatGPT voice to talk through ideas and explored recording meetings with Granola, then connecting those notes to ChatGPT. From there, we looked at other plugins and browser automation with Facebook Marketplace, keeping permissions and human review part of the conversation.
We worked through property research, client briefs and follow-up, then captured the approach in a guide the agent could keep using.
We practised giving useful context and asking ChatGPT to interview us for the missing details before starting a task. The guide shows how voice or regular chat can start that conversation, with connected apps, browser tools and files in ChatGPT Work supporting the work.
It also covers saving repeatable instructions and using tasks and notifications for reminders and follow-up, so there is something practical to return to for the next property or client brief.
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Connected apps and browser actions need the right permissions and a person checking important steps.
Between sessions
I'm dabbling with ChatGPT dot and Spaces, trying them on my own tasks.
I asked my dot to create its own picture and suggest a name. A little back-and-forth later, meet Kelpie: a surfing octopus inspired by my time in the ocean.
About Alfie
I like hearing what people are trying to do, what they've already tried and where they're getting stuck. You might be learning the basics, finding a better way to work or exploring an idea you care about. That's where we start.
I've worked in software engineering, enterprise integration and application security, including at HP and Swyftx. I've also trained as an HP instructor. That experience helps me explain how the tools work, troubleshoot with you and talk through what information is safe to share.
I use ChatGPT in my own projects and regularly try new models and features, so I can bring what I learn into our sessions. That includes the things that didn't work and what I tried next.
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Have a question, a project or just a bit of curiosity? Tell me a little about yourself or your team, and we can take it from there.