Imagine making yourself a bowl of cereal. But instead of grabbing a bowl from the cupboard, you head to your backyard, throw a brand-new bowl on the pottery wheel, and while it dries, you drive to the store to buy a fresh box of…

This week I talk about almost re-joining a platform I know I’d hate. Then a look at Disney’s next-gen audio-animatronic transforming from a pirate to a skeleton, and why it’s a reminder that technology can still serve great storytelling. And a recommendation for the…

A few months ago I was doing a series of research calls, and the same piece of feedback kept coming up: “I read all your stuff, this sounds awesome, but I don’t even know where to start.” That was maybe the most important thing…

This week I talk about my latest Mac automation tool: the 8BitDo Micro, a $15 tiny game controller I picked up during Prime Week and mapped to complex key combos and Raycast actions — and why these little tactile hardware automations are easier on…

Lately, I’ve been hearing horror stories about how people use AI. Not “AI wrote me a program” stories — I mean people who can’t decide what to make for dinner, write their own feedback on a contractor’s work, or come up with a single…

This week I talk about why this is my heaviest speaking year since before the pandemic — and how I’m deciding whether all that travel and prep time is actually worth it, given the real cost of crafting talks and getting clients from them….

Here’s the problem: most solopreneurs don’t know exactly what they do. They can’t explain it, so they can’t build systems around it. And when we try to build systems without explaining them, they end up with bad, ineffective systems. Because when we explain, we…

This week I talk about WWDC and the big Siri update Apple just announced and why Apple’s measured, context-aware approach feels like the right application of AI. Then the wild, still-unfolding Reckless Ben vs. Bricks and Minifigs saga, where a consigned Star Wars LEGO…

I talk a lot about the wrong ways to use AI. But a rainy weekend gave me a few free hours and two pet projects that I used Claude Cowork for— and the results actually impressed me. The first: I used Claude to vibe-code…

This week I talk about why summarizing everything isn’t actually reading more — summaries rob you of the experience, the context, and the ability to form your own opinion, and I’d rather read one primary source than 14 summaries I’ll forget. Then a heavy…