Posts
All the articles I've posted.
I Ruined My Stories by Telling Them Backward!
When you share what you know and support it with arguments, you invite argument. When you start with vulnerability, you invite curiosity.
Why Does It Bug Me When People Tell Me I'm Passionate?
Passion was never what I chased — it's what followed me. Passion is an emotion, and emotions can't carry you through the hard times. Chase the frustrating questions instead.
Style Showcase: The Notebook's Rich Content
A living reference for every styled element in the notebook — keycaps, sticky notes, code, quotes, and more. Handy when writing a new post.
Why I Will Pay For Fable
Fable 5 AI from Anthropic is very expensive and worth every penny.
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.