Work
Operation Monorail
The offer is taking shape.
Articles
Discover tools and technologies to enhance your independence
Work
Fear is the mind killer
Starting to document my crash-and-burn.
AI
Automating with your tone-of-voice
Using generative AI without sounding like a robot.
Future
Five Years
What to expect over the next five years.
Future
Into the mind garden
Your brain is wired to adapt. So let it.
AI
AI search needs your data
Manual search can sometimes find better solutions that AI misses, though most people wouldn’t notice or care.
AI
Let AI inform your creativity
If you're feeling frustrated by AI's shortcomings, you might be expecting too much from it.
AI
Too many transcription agents
Getting overwhelmed by all the AI transcription agents joining your meetings? You're not alone.
AI
The problem with AI is us
While AI's potential seems boundless, human nature and societal structures often stand in the way of its most ambitious proposals.
AI
Basic AI training
Basic AI training can help when trying to coordinate the use of AI tools across and between teams.
AI
AI made me obsolete
The only way to stay in the game is to reinvent yourself repeatedly.
AI
UX tips for chatbot trust
While experimenting with Formless, I learned a few things about chatbot UX and trust.
Automation
Getting started with automation
Want to reduce your workload and stress by automating some tasks? Find out how to get started.
AI
Evergreen AI principles
In the trough of disillusionment, general negativity is to be expected. The genie is out of the bottle so we should get on with adapting to it.
Indieweb
Illuminating the dark forest
Could indieweb practices bring some illumination from the cozy web to the corporate dark forest?
Future
How to become obsolete
People are worried about becoming obsolete. They want to know what to do to prevent that eventuality. It can be useful to think about a problem in reverse.
GTD
Processing for retrieval
Having previously covered the Capture part of the CPR approach, now we look at Processing and Retrieval
GTD
Frictionless capture
Techniques for capturing useful stuff in your personal database or second brain.