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Longer-form writing on AI, automation, and building a business that runs without you. The stuff that doesn't fit in a caption.

Systems·17 Aug 2026

Make Animated Videos Just by Describing Them (Claude Code + Remotion)

You don't need to learn animation software to make a polished explainer video. Describe what you want to Claude Code, and it writes the actual video as code using Remotion, then renders it.

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Systems·12 Aug 2026

3 Claude Skills That Quietly Run My Business

Three small, unglamorous Claude skills handle a chunk of my week without me touching them: sorting my inbox, writing my morning brief, and drafting this very blog post. Here's exactly what each one does.

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Strategy·10 Aug 2026

How to Get Your Business Cited by ChatGPT and Claude

Ranking on Google and getting cited inside ChatGPT or Claude are two different games with two different rulebooks. Here's what actually changes when the audience is an AI answer instead of a search results page.

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AI Tools·05 Aug 2026

The Free Google Tool That Reads All Your Docs (NotebookLM)

NotebookLM is a free Google tool that only answers from the documents you give it, not from a general guess. Upload your files and it becomes a research assistant, a study guide, and a podcast host for your own material.

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AI Tools·03 Aug 2026

Build a Live Business Tool by Describing It (Claude Artifacts)

You don't need a developer to build a small business tool anymore. Describe what you want in plain English and Claude builds it as a working, interactive app you can use immediately.

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AI Tools·31 Jul 2026

Your AI Now Schedules Itself: Recurring Tasks in Claude Cowork

Claude Cowork can now run tasks on its own schedule instead of waiting for you to ask. Here's what scheduled tasks actually do, how to set one up, and what's worth automating first.

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Systems·27 Jul 2026

How to Use AI on Client Work Without Leaking Private Data

Pasting a client's name, deal size, or private details into a prompt is the fastest way to leak something you promised to protect. Here's the exact check I run before any client work touches AI, or goes out publicly.

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AI Tools·15 Jul 2026

Claude vs ChatGPT for Business: Which Should You Actually Use?

Both can write your emails and answer your questions. The real difference shows up once you want AI to actually do work on your business, not just talk about it. Here's the honest, no-hype comparison.

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AI Tools·17 Jul 2026

How to Give AI a Permanent Memory (Stop Re-Explaining Yourself)

By default, Claude forgets everything the moment a chat ends. Turn memory on and it starts remembering your business across every conversation, so you stop typing the same context in over and over.

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AI Tools·13 Jul 2026

Claude Connectors: Plug Claude Into Your Gmail and Calendar

Claude can read your inbox and your calendar directly, if you connect them. Here's what the Gmail and Google Calendar connectors actually do, what they still can't do, and how to set them up.

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AI Tools·08 Jul 2026

What Claude Fable 5 Actually Changes for a Small Business

Anthropic's most powerful model launched, vanished for three weeks, and came back. The free window has been extended to 12 July, so here's the honest question answered: what can it do for an actual business, and is it worth paying for?

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AI Tools·05 Jul 2026

The 9 Settings That Turn Claude Into Your Team

Most people use Claude straight out of the box and never touch a single setting. That's the whole problem. Here are the nine you should turn on, in order, before you judge whether it's any good.

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Strategy·04 Jul 2026

How to Run a Free AI Time Audit of Your Week

Most owners can't say which hours actually made them money last week. This is the AI-run audit I use to find out, in about 90 minutes, using four copy-paste prompts and no new tools.

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AI Tools·04 Jul 2026

Claude Chat vs Cowork vs Code: The Three Levels, Explained

Claude isn't one thing, it's three, and the version you're using is probably why it feels underwhelming. Here's the plain-English tour of Chat, Cowork and Code, what each actually does, and which one you need.

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Workflows·04 Jul 2026

How to Turn One Video Into a Week of Content With AI

You already made the content once. The grind is reshaping that one idea into ten formats. That's exactly the job AI is built for. Here's the workflow I actually use.

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Strategy·04 Jul 2026

What to Automate First: A Decision Framework for Busy Owners

"Automate everything" is not a plan you can act on. Here's a simple framework for deciding which tasks to automate first, so you get hours back without wasting weeks on the wrong thing.

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Strategy·07 Apr 2026

What Is Answer Engine Optimisation?

Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) is how you structure content so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can retrieve, understand and cite it. Traditional SEO ranks pages. AEO makes you the answer.

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Strategy·05 Apr 2026

What Is AI Automation? A Business Owner's Guide

AI automation combines artificial intelligence with traditional automation to perform tasks with minimal human intervention. Unlike basic automation that follows fixed rules, it learns, adapts and makes decisions from data.

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