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You don't have to be a "technical" person to shape how our world does or does not use AI
There has always been a place for others (read: people in the humanities!) to weigh in on how technologies are applied
You don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car, or an electrical engineer to use a lig
There has always been a place for others (read: people in the humanities!) to weigh in on how technologies are applied
You don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car, or an electrical engineer to use a lig
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You don't have to be a "technical" person to shape how our world does or does not use AI
There has always been a place for others (read: people in the humanities!) to weigh in on how technologies are applied
You don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car, or an electrical engineer to use a lig
There has always been a place for others (read: people in the humanities!) to weigh in on how technologies are applied
You don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car, or an electrical engineer to use a lig
AI is everywhere, even in places where the "I don't use AI" people hang out
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
AI is everywhere, even in places where the "I don't use AI" people hang out
I mean, I have an identical twin
But this was still confusing and funny at the same time!
But this was still confusing and funny at the same time!
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I mean, I have an identical twin
But this was still confusing and funny at the same time!
But this was still confusing and funny at the same time!
Is anyone else "over" slides?
Giving presentations or doing live webinars with a whiteboard style format is more functional and open-ended
Shoutout @figma FigJam for being the best at this
Giving presentations or doing live webinars with a whiteboard style format is more functional and open-ended
Shoutout @figma FigJam for being the best at this
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is anyone else "over" slides?
Giving presentations or doing live webinars with a whiteboard style format is more functional and open-ended
Shoutout @figma FigJam for being the best at this
Giving presentations or doing live webinars with a whiteboard style format is more functional and open-ended
Shoutout @figma FigJam for being the best at this
After 6 hours of recording, Rode Wireless Pro II mic still has 22% battery, impressive!
Everyone giving a talk or presentation should capture it and transcribe or audiogram it for content
Everyone giving a talk or presentation should capture it and transcribe or audiogram it for content
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After 6 hours of recording, Rode Wireless Pro II mic still has 22% battery, impressive!
Everyone giving a talk or presentation should capture it and transcribe or audiogram it for content
Everyone giving a talk or presentation should capture it and transcribe or audiogram it for content
I was skeptical that @perplexity_ai assistant could handle email requests for meetings on its own
After trying it out, I'm convinced everyone should have their own executive assistant managing their emails & calendar
It responded to a request for a meeting, offered openings on my calendar, the
After trying it out, I'm convinced everyone should have their own executive assistant managing their emails & calendar
It responded to a request for a meeting, offered openings on my calendar, the
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I was skeptical that @perplexity_ai assistant could handle email requests for meetings on its own
After trying it out, I'm convinced everyone should have their own executive assistant managing their emails & calendar
It responded to a request for a meeting, offered openings on my calendar, the
After trying it out, I'm convinced everyone should have their own executive assistant managing their emails & calendar
It responded to a request for a meeting, offered openings on my calendar, the
"But how are AI agent browsers ACTUALLY useful?"
Good question! Here is one of my favorites: when context is spread out across browser tabs, have the agent do the work without copy & pasting it all yourself
Example: I have a 7 post thread in @chatgptapp Canvas in one tab
But I want it draft
Good question! Here is one of my favorites: when context is spread out across browser tabs, have the agent do the work without copy & pasting it all yourself
Example: I have a 7 post thread in @chatgptapp Canvas in one tab
But I want it draft
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"But how are AI agent browsers ACTUALLY useful?"
Good question! Here is one of my favorites: when context is spread out across browser tabs, have the agent do the work without copy & pasting it all yourself
Example: I have a 7 post thread in @chatgptapp Canvas in one tab
But I want it draft
Good question! Here is one of my favorites: when context is spread out across browser tabs, have the agent do the work without copy & pasting it all yourself
Example: I have a 7 post thread in @chatgptapp Canvas in one tab
But I want it draft
@OpenAI has been releasing new features and products like crazy
But this is the single best @chatgptapp update that no-one is using
Now we just need the chats nested under the main branch in the sidebar instead of duplicating the chat name exactly
But this is the single best @chatgptapp update that no-one is using
Now we just need the chats nested under the main branch in the sidebar instead of duplicating the chat name exactly
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@OpenAI has been releasing new features and products like crazy
But this is the single best @chatgptapp update that no-one is using
Now we just need the chats nested under the main branch in the sidebar instead of duplicating the chat name exactly
But this is the single best @chatgptapp update that no-one is using
Now we just need the chats nested under the main branch in the sidebar instead of duplicating the chat name exactly
I have officially reached the "making Descript videos about Descript videos" stage
No need to send help
No need to send help
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I have officially reached the "making Descript videos about Descript videos" stage
No need to send help
No need to send help
It's not "agentic", but @notion 's AI agent is the best built in chat tool I've ever used
+ can be customized with a system prompt
+ has a modal to change underlying model
+ knows how to use the Notion platform (so many other built in AI tools can't use their own app well)
+ bonus points for c
+ can be customized with a system prompt
+ has a modal to change underlying model
+ knows how to use the Notion platform (so many other built in AI tools can't use their own app well)
+ bonus points for c
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's not "agentic", but @notion 's AI agent is the best built in chat tool I've ever used
+ can be customized with a system prompt
+ has a modal to change underlying model
+ knows how to use the Notion platform (so many other built in AI tools can't use their own app well)
+ bonus points for c
+ can be customized with a system prompt
+ has a modal to change underlying model
+ knows how to use the Notion platform (so many other built in AI tools can't use their own app well)
+ bonus points for c
Teach your children generative AI
Go into debt if you have to...
Wait, it's free on code .org
Go into debt if you have to...
Wait, it's free on code .org
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Teach your children generative AI
Go into debt if you have to...
Wait, it's free on code .org
Go into debt if you have to...
Wait, it's free on code .org
I want my phone to look cool vs. be readable, something @apple users have been battling since the new OS launched.
Now iOS 26.1 beta 4 adds a Liquid Glass menu that lets you choose how the effect appears.
Clear makes the layer more transparent so the content beneath shows through.
Tinted i
Now iOS 26.1 beta 4 adds a Liquid Glass menu that lets you choose how the effect appears.
Clear makes the layer more transparent so the content beneath shows through.
Tinted i
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I want my phone to look cool vs. be readable, something @apple users have been battling since the new OS launched.
Now iOS 26.1 beta 4 adds a Liquid Glass menu that lets you choose how the effect appears.
Clear makes the layer more transparent so the content beneath shows through.
Tinted i
Now iOS 26.1 beta 4 adds a Liquid Glass menu that lets you choose how the effect appears.
Clear makes the layer more transparent so the content beneath shows through.
Tinted i
Today's @awscloud is a reminder of 2 things:
1) the internet is so centralized it's insane
2) sometimes you just have to do work locally or go touch grass for a day
1) the internet is so centralized it's insane
2) sometimes you just have to do work locally or go touch grass for a day
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Today's @awscloud is a reminder of 2 things:
1) the internet is so centralized it's insane
2) sometimes you just have to do work locally or go touch grass for a day
1) the internet is so centralized it's insane
2) sometimes you just have to do work locally or go touch grass for a day
Which AI apps have the best iOS widgets?
@claudeai @perplexity_ai @chatgptapp
@claudeai @perplexity_ai @chatgptapp
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Which AI apps have the best iOS widgets?
@claudeai @perplexity_ai @chatgptapp
@claudeai @perplexity_ai @chatgptapp
First time not paying for ChatGPT Plus since Feb 2023. GPTs were a rug pull with no updates or monetization. Voice mode declined while Perplexity passed it. Got Enterprise through work. OpenAI seems focused on flooding the web with AI slop via Sora. Done.
October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
First time not paying for ChatGPT Plus since Feb 2023. GPTs were a rug pull with no updates or monetization. Voice mode declined while Perplexity passed it. Got Enterprise through work. OpenAI seems focused on flooding the web with AI slop via Sora. Done.
POV: you work in tech now and they actually respond to tech requests in a timely manner
In the education world: this would never get approved AND if it did, it would take 14 messages in a thread and 5 meetings over 4 months
In the education world: this would never get approved AND if it did, it would take 14 messages in a thread and 5 meetings over 4 months
October 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
POV: you work in tech now and they actually respond to tech requests in a timely manner
In the education world: this would never get approved AND if it did, it would take 14 messages in a thread and 5 meetings over 4 months
In the education world: this would never get approved AND if it did, it would take 14 messages in a thread and 5 meetings over 4 months
This note from a young person is better than any paycheck. Here's the lesson he & I have both learned:
If you aren't willing to climb Cringe Mountain™️, you will always be stuck at the bottom
I'm a big believer in "behaving your way into success"
It's easy to see what it takes to be success
If you aren't willing to climb Cringe Mountain™️, you will always be stuck at the bottom
I'm a big believer in "behaving your way into success"
It's easy to see what it takes to be success
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This note from a young person is better than any paycheck. Here's the lesson he & I have both learned:
If you aren't willing to climb Cringe Mountain™️, you will always be stuck at the bottom
I'm a big believer in "behaving your way into success"
It's easy to see what it takes to be success
If you aren't willing to climb Cringe Mountain™️, you will always be stuck at the bottom
I'm a big believer in "behaving your way into success"
It's easy to see what it takes to be success
I had no clue @figma had these gen AI image models built into FigJam
Not sure clip art & stock photos are necessary these days
Not sure clip art & stock photos are necessary these days
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I had no clue @figma had these gen AI image models built into FigJam
Not sure clip art & stock photos are necessary these days
Not sure clip art & stock photos are necessary these days
This is a sign that your art style is awesome:
you build a web app that lets users create their own personas in your style @notion
and people actually use it
you build a web app that lets users create their own personas in your style @notion
and people actually use it
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is a sign that your art style is awesome:
you build a web app that lets users create their own personas in your style @notion
and people actually use it
you build a web app that lets users create their own personas in your style @notion
and people actually use it
Your AI hype vocab word of the day is: "sloptimized"
Definition= unapologetically AI generated content that exists purely to occupy algorithmic attention spans
First VEO, now Sora. These tools exist and CAN do a lot of things. But what SHOULD we use them for?
Definition= unapologetically AI generated content that exists purely to occupy algorithmic attention spans
First VEO, now Sora. These tools exist and CAN do a lot of things. But what SHOULD we use them for?
October 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Your AI hype vocab word of the day is: "sloptimized"
Definition= unapologetically AI generated content that exists purely to occupy algorithmic attention spans
First VEO, now Sora. These tools exist and CAN do a lot of things. But what SHOULD we use them for?
Definition= unapologetically AI generated content that exists purely to occupy algorithmic attention spans
First VEO, now Sora. These tools exist and CAN do a lot of things. But what SHOULD we use them for?
OpenAI launched apps inside ChatGPT yesterday. The Figma integration is useful but also weird: you can now create FigJam files on mobile through ChatGPT…but not through Figma’s own mobile app.
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OpenAI launched apps inside ChatGPT yesterday. The Figma integration is useful but also weird: you can now create FigJam files on mobile through ChatGPT…but not through Figma’s own mobile app.
POV: you have two separate agent tools tagging and managing your gmail inbox
There's no way they can peacefully co-exist
There's no way they can peacefully co-exist
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
POV: you have two separate agent tools tagging and managing your gmail inbox
There's no way they can peacefully co-exist
There's no way they can peacefully co-exist
The iOS App Store is a great barometer for where culture is trending
And the current outlook is…interesting
And the current outlook is…interesting
October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The iOS App Store is a great barometer for where culture is trending
And the current outlook is…interesting
And the current outlook is…interesting
You hear a lot about people having an AI-first mindset with their work. But what about building your websites and products to be AI-first?
Here's a good example: Having an open-in menu on your web page that allows users to take things directly to their LLM of choice or export the content as a ma
Here's a good example: Having an open-in menu on your web page that allows users to take things directly to their LLM of choice or export the content as a ma
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You hear a lot about people having an AI-first mindset with their work. But what about building your websites and products to be AI-first?
Here's a good example: Having an open-in menu on your web page that allows users to take things directly to their LLM of choice or export the content as a ma
Here's a good example: Having an open-in menu on your web page that allows users to take things directly to their LLM of choice or export the content as a ma
As much as I love @figma, I'm sticking with @canva for slides
Solely based on the remote presentation feature which lets you run slides, see notes, and do screen effects from your phone
Do any other presentation platforms have this feature?
Solely based on the remote presentation feature which lets you run slides, see notes, and do screen effects from your phone
Do any other presentation platforms have this feature?
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As much as I love @figma, I'm sticking with @canva for slides
Solely based on the remote presentation feature which lets you run slides, see notes, and do screen effects from your phone
Do any other presentation platforms have this feature?
Solely based on the remote presentation feature which lets you run slides, see notes, and do screen effects from your phone
Do any other presentation platforms have this feature?