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I write about AI, the future of work, low-code/no-code, collaboration, communication, technology, and other topics. I pepper my posts with humor and pop-culture references. Oh, and I freakin’ despise jargon and weak writing. Since 2008, I’ve penned thousands of posts, more than 1,400 of which live on this site.

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Introducing the Simon Workplace Tech Assessment

My latest creation analyzes how your team, department, or organization collaborates and uses its current tools—and what it can do better.

08/10/26

Notion

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On Turnkey Vendors and Fat Margins

A serious lack of knowledge continues to let software companies charge insane recurring fees.

08/06/26

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Old School vs. New School

Thoughts on unconventional methods and the ever-changing mix of tools people use to get things done.

08/03/26

Notion

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What Else Can I Automate?

A simple question driving much of my work these days led to some useful Notion additions.

07/27/26

Claude

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Finding the Right Tech Ingredients

Solving a vexing automation problem required some experimentation and resurrecting a reliable tool from long ago.

07/20/26

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The Accidental Committer

Claude Code has awakened my inner open-source beast.

07/14/26

Notion

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Parallels Between Ghostwriting and Notion Development

Thoughts about two ostensibly disparate services I provide.

07/08/26

Notion

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Early Notion Worker Lessons

What I've learned noodling with this powerful new functionality.

07/02/26

Enterprise Systems

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The Acme of Tech Cluelessness

A recent interaction with an ancient organization reminded me of a longstanding truism.

06/29/26

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On AI, Automation, and Critical Thinking

Today's tools can build workable replacements, but always question their initial recommendations.

06/16/26

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More Multimodal AI Adventures

Buoyed by my success in creating AI-generated audio files, I gave text-to-video a try.

06/09/26

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Adventures in Multimodal AI

Thoughts on the transformative and unprecedented power of today's tools.

06/03/26

Claude

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On Golf Clubs and AI Tools

What should you do when a vendor's native features fail you and you despise manual work? Go to the bag.

05/27/26

LCNC book

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Vibe Coding Band-Aids

Citizen developers can now access a powerful new tool when their existing applications don't work as expected.

05/18/26

Claude

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No API? No Problem.

Exploring a newish way that non-developers can use AI to efficiently answer complicated questions.

05/12/26

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My Furniture Fiasco

Enshittification is everywhere today, especially in customer service.

05/01/26

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Which Software Vendors Will Survive the AI Disruption Tsunami?

Thoughts on the stickiness levels.

04/13/26

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Thoughts on Zapier's Al Fluency Rubric

Impressive grids on employee expectations won't deliver results without proper employee training.

04/01/26