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Posts exploring artificial intelligence technologies, applications, and implications. Covers a range of AI topics including LLMs, usage strategies, tools, and how AI is changing various aspects of work and life.

To Stay Current on AI, Stop Reading and Start Building

The most advanced AI workflows don't exist in ChatGPT. They're in software development environments. You don't need to code well or for others. Just build. Here's a workflow I use and what it demonstrates about AI's strengths, weaknesses, and where it's headed.

Confessions of an AI Creator: Beyond Commas and Semicolons

A practical guide to maintaining creative control while leveraging AI's capabilities.

When Anything Is Possible: The Unexpected Consequences of AI-Driven Abundance

AI has removed the friction from creation, making it easier than ever to build and write. But that abundance brings a new challenge: intentionality. When anything is possible, we’re forced to ask not just can we create—but what’s actually worth creating?

Current AI Data Privacy Landscape

A comparison of data privacy practices across major AI providers—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and DeepSeek—covering training data usage, retention, HIPAA compliance, and user controls.

The AI Reckoning Is Here: Our Careers and Companies Need an Immediate Reset

AI is transforming work from team execution to individual AI orchestration. This shift arrives in sudden leaps with each model update, not gradually. Adapt immediately by mastering these tools, or risk being left behind as companies restructure and traditional roles disappear.

AI Use Case: Beyond Ghibli Filters - Practical Applications of GPT-4o's Image Tools

OpenAI's GPT-4o upgrade offers more than viral Ghibli filters with true image manipulation capabilities. It transforms product photography, presentation visuals, and social media campaigns by delivering professional-quality results in minutes instead of days.

Create Anything: AI Puts the Message Over the Medium

AI breaks medium constraints, letting your message flow freely. You're not just a writer or coder—you're a storyteller using whatever works best. Create across formats to reach your audience where they are, orchestrating multi-modal experiences once reserved for companies with vast resources.

AI Use Case: Reclaim Your Focus and Follow-Through with AI Meeting Notes

Transform meetings with AI note-taking. Focus fully on conversations while AI creates summaries with action items. Learn the simple 4-step process plus advanced techniques to turn your meeting library into a searchable knowledge base.

Let AI Handle the Mundane While You Focus on the Strategic

We talk a lot about what AI can do, but what we don't talk about enough is how it frees us up to focus on what's really important. Indulge me for a moment while I talk about how hard we had it in my day and

Claude is the best all around AI experience for regular people

Monday, Feb 24th, Anthropic launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet, their latest and greatest AI model making their product even better. It combines the ability to provide immediate responses with the ability to reason longer on more complex subjects. This launch does provide an improvement in performance and expands the boundaries