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All the articles I've posted.
Why Your AI's First Draft Looks Better Than It Is
Stephen King's door-closed / door-open method, applied to working with generative AI — and why a polished first draft is a trap.
Transfer from ChatGPT to Claude
Part of my series on working with Claude: before diving into Claude Code, a pause to cover the two techniques I use to move your work over from ChatGPT — transcript port and artifact handoff.
Starting with Claude AI — Cowork
Part three of my series on Claude: after general chat and projects, we reach Cowork. This is about finding a footing with these modes, not an exhaustive manual for the tool.
Starting with AI — Project Chat
Part three of my five-part Claude series: Project Chat. Why adding resources and priming a project changes what the AI can do — and how it quietly builds an impression of you.
Starting with AI — General Chat
The first modality in my AI scaffold is General Chat. Most people's first experience of AI is a chat window — remarkably simple, and deceptively so. Where I'd start, and why.
Starting with AI — A Mental Scaffold
I started this blog post for my fellow EO GRIT members - and for anyone else who’s been trying to figure this out. This spawns from a conversation we had…
What Makes Players Go All In
A 12-year-old dives full-extension for a perfect game. My video game league can't finish a match without someone quitting. Same kids, opposite behaviors. The difference? Environment shapes commitment
How Device Screens Sever Connection
I'd greeted a lot of parents dropping kids at my leagues, but never one who introduced her son the way Janet introduced William. What that moment revealed about how screens sever connection.
How to Save Your Spotify AI Jams with Claude
Spotify's DJ plays the perfect ride-home mix, then won't let you save it. AI got me into this, so maybe AI can get me out. How I rescued my Spotify AI jams with Claude.
"Expectation Agreements: The SOP Reframe That Actually Works"
A laser-tag event melting down in front of impatient ten-year-olds taught me why standard operating procedures fail — and how reframing them as expectation agreements actually works.
Strong Enough To Risk Failure
Why would a kid who knows how to catch the ball let it drop? What I learned about shame, resilience, and making it safe to try.
Cultivating Mental Toughness
How changing the way I talked to my boys helped them cultivate mental toughness.