Nuts. Another AI free trial is ending. This time it’s a tool I use frequently to capture meeting notes; Granola. I signed up for a free trial of its Business Plan months ago. I love the tool, as do many Read more
If you’ve read some of my past articles—like this or this—you won’t be surprised to hear I sometimes poke fun at myself by telling folks I’m wearing my tinfoil hat. Twice in the last couple weeks, people did not know Read more
Google’s enabled you to turn on its Gemini AI in every service to search across your ibox, calendar, files, etc. Seems like a good idea to some, but the privacy concerns should not be ignored. Claude is on everyone’s minds Read more
Halfway through a first draft of a post about the importance of verifying every response you receive from generative AI, I checked my inbox. In a flash, my world flipped upside down. Down the rabbit hole I tumbled. When I Read more
While wrapping Christmas presents, around the time Uncle Billy mistakenly dropped $8,000 in cash into Mister Potter’s lap and George Bailey’s Christmas Eve began to unravel, I realized none of the gifts in front of me needed to be charged. Read more
There is nothing quite as restorative as the smell of fresh-baked ginger snaps. So, on Saturday, instead of spending hours at a keyboard crafting some amazing new service, I baked. Measured the ingredients. Creamed the shortening and sugar. Mixed in Read more
I have little interest in drinking from the firehose of artificial intelligence news. Instead, I keep my ears peeled for signals in the noise. What information feels so counterintuitive that I have to stop and read it two or three Read more
It seemed like a very simple request from a local brand I know and trust. According to the email, a credit card on file for the business would expire soon. The message asked me to update the card so I Read more
I just read a line in Mark Schaefer’s new book, “How AI Changes Your Customers,” that transfixed me: “Brands need to be more human and authentic. They should stop trying to be perfect. Human-centric brands should treat customers as friends, Read more
This Thanksgiving, among many other things, I am grateful for artificial intelligence. Not because it tells me I’m brilliant. ChatGPT, I’m looking at you. Not because it helps me work on my patience so I can be a better person. Read more