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$330 per session including GST.
We'll agree the session focus 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$330 per session including GST.
We'll agree the session focus 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.
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I built and run this live surf-planning app, bringing weather, marine conditions, maps and personalised surf alerts together. I use AI throughout delivery, from research and code to testing and security review.
Private app · synthetic dashboard dataI built this private portfolio and withdrawal-planning dashboard, then added a Research Lab for crypto and stocks. The preview uses entirely synthetic sample data.
Private prototype · recorded app footageI built a private 3D portfolio city with rooms, hand gestures and objects that react as you explore. It gives me another way to explain interactive design and AI-assisted development in our sessions.
Private app screenshot · town overviewI built this private interactive 3D town to explore my automations through themed project rooms and architecture diagrams. It shows how the projects work and connect.
Live game screenshotA playable surfing game built around a Claude build night, with paddling, timing and giving way to another rider. I use it to explore AI-assisted coding, touch controls and iterative gameplay testing.
Cinematic training illustrationI 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.
Cinematic workflow illustrationA 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.
Cinematic architecture illustrationA 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.
Actual app screenshotMy local experimental workspace for strategy research, paper tests and system monitoring. Its research work has since moved into Tidefolio’s private Research Lab.
Dashboard · demo dataA 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.
My background spans software engineering, enterprise integration and application security at HP, Micro Focus, Swyftx, Officeworks and Belong. 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 build and run apps and automations with AI, from a live surf-planning app to document preparation and private dashboards. I bring that practical delivery experience into our sessions, including testing, integrations, security checks and the things I'm still working through.
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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.