16 essays
Agents now build whole tasks from your description, so your brief becomes the real work. What Notion's spec-driven workflow teaches about briefing AI.
Deep work sprints make founders better at being indispensable. The discipline that matters makes you less essential — and that's the old E-Myth point.
AI's real return isn't automating tasks. It removes the coordination tax of meetings, briefings and approvals — the saving an ROI dashboard won't see.
Tim Harford asked if AI will finally give us leisure or just make us busier. Here's how to audit your own AI-adjusted working week before it fills up.
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook — and it still turns documents into PowerPoint decks in minutes. What changed with the rename, what didn't, and why.
Long AI chats drift, forget instructions and go in circles. Why the context window problem happens, what breaks first, and the habits that prevent it.
80–90% of your AI tasks don't need a frontier model. Smart routing saves real money without cutting quality, but someone has to own the decision.
A practical guide to underused Google Workspace AI features and how to apply them this week.
Context engineering is the discipline replacing prompt engineering. Five practical files, ninety minutes, and your AI tools will never forget who you are again.
Shumer's viral essay sparked a fierce debate about AI's future. Both sides miss the real point — what AI can do right now is already enough to matter.
AI's biggest gift isn't efficiency — it's freeing us to think creatively again. Here's why imagination is your real competitive edge.
A to-do list can hold far more than tasks. Twenty-five years of daily lists taught me to use mine as a diary, a memory and a productivity engine.
Learn why a strong sense of urgency boosts achievement, how urgency differs from stress, and practical ways to cultivate it in life and work.
Why “busy work” feels productive but often isn’t, how to spot it, and ways to focus on work that truly drives results and progress.
Why your energy feels low, and how understanding rest, focus and recovery helps you recharge, protect your best hours and stay genuinely productive.
A nostalgic look at personal organisation tools — from Palm Pilots and Filofaxes to today’s web apps. What changed, and what we lost.