Dataviz
AI Dataviz Abominations
Claude knows a great many things, but it conveniently ignores the basics of creating simple charts.
Phil Simon
Phil Simon is probably the world's leading independent expert on workplace collaboration and tech. He is a frequent keynote speaker and the award-winning author of 14 books, most recently The Nine.
AI
AI's Promethean Moment
As a 2023 tragedy manifsted, we're not remotely prepared for what's here, never mind what's coming.
AI
Lessons From My Accounting System's Sudden Crash
A case study in how not to run a software company and the current limitations of AI.
Google
Web Browsing Is About to Get Much More Interesting
Forget the marginal improvements we've seen over the past decade. Big changes are coming.
AI
What Every Software Vendor Should Learn From This Glorious Ghost Alert
Recent notifications from Google Gemini and Notion prove that they are generally a hot mess. There's hope, though: it's a fixable problem.
AI
The Generative AI Tool That's Blowing My Mind
Citizen developers' toolboxes just exploded. Arthur C. Clarke's words are ringing truer than ever.
AI
I Asked AI How My Writing Has Evolved Since 2009. Here's What It Found.
Claude weighs in on my nearly 1,500 blog my posts. Its findings were scary accurate.
AI
How AI Eased My Recent Website Migration
A long post about how our robot overlords saved me considerable time and money.
AI
Why Most Niche Software Vendors Will Soon Perish
AI is making many execs at smaller companies nervous. They should be.
Admin
20 Percent Off the Plus Plan
A little promotion to celebrate the new site.
Announcements
Moving Day
Some thoughts on where I'm taking my websiteโand what it means to you.
Notion
New Notion Template: Venture Capital & Investment Tracker
A simple way to track investments, funding rounds, valuations, and much more.
AI
AI's Continued Lack of Transparency and Consistency
Adventures in truly amazing, opaque software that makes basic errors.
Communication
The Joy of Diversification and New Endeavors
I reflect on my decision to leave my teaching position and channel my inner Billy Beane.
AI
Why You Should Read Ghostwriters' Previous Books Before Hiring Them
Date before you get married.
Publishing
New Notion Template: Manuscript Word-Count Tracker
A simple way to track your progress as you write. Oh, and it's free.
Collaboration
The Better Collaboration Question
A short post on a nuance of working together today.
Notion
Now Available: Two New Notion Templates
A detailed travel/packing tracker and a better notifications mousetrap are my latest creations.
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