Productivity
Using AI to save time, organize work, and improve personal or professional workflows.
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AI Isn’t Free: Learning to Spend Intelligence Wisely
AI can make complicated work feel almost effortless—but the complexity and cost haven’t disappeared. Lessons from project management, coding, and AI Skills taught me to think more carefully…
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Claude, the virtual Jedi Master, is my new teacher. Does that make me a Padawan?
I consider myself a life-long-learner, and proudly self-taught in fields such as blogging. But now, in the age of AI, I have a teacher. Claude, the virtual Jedi…
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Claude Goes to School: Teaching an ultra-smart pupil a new skill
Most people pose one-off queries to their favorite large language model, asking questions such as “What’s the most fun you can have in Coronado, with all your clothes…
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Landscape design with Claude: My front-yard border looks great!
Claude and I make a great team: I constructed a prompt for a front-border planting scheme; Claude designed a layout and recommended a list of plants; I drove…
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Coding with Gemini: A Personalized News Article Service
Have you ever wanted your own personal news feed, delivering an almost real-time stream of updates on topics you care about most? I have, and so I am…