A.I.
My A.I stack - February, 2026
Tools come and go. Here's where I've landed on the AI stack - for now.
A.I.
Making sense of AI - what's useful, what's hype, and what it means for creative work.
Creative Business
There is no Goose
There's a lot of Clay Davis energy in AI right now. People selling the golden goose. But real results come from the unglamorous work nobody wants to talk about.
A.I.
Notes on Claude Code
Reflections on six weeks on the Max plan
Creative Business
How to run a retrospective that actually works
Six months after a project you can barely remember what you learned. Here's a one-hour framework that fixes that - using conversation, transcription, and AI to capture the insights that usually vanish.
Learning, Education & Growth
The thing about teaching A.I. skills
Why most people have it backwards
A.I.
What Ableton taught us about AI and the future of coding
In 2001, Ableton turned bedroom producers into festival headliners. Now vibe coding is doing the same for software. The parallels run deeper than you'd think.
A.I.
Why is no one talking about the job thing...?
Err, can we talk about the job thing? Y’know, the thing no one’s talking about? Brushing under the
A.I.
The hidden layer in Spotify's CTO's take on AI vs. machine learning
Gustav Söderström's insight reveals why creative professionals need to master the feedback loops AI can't touch.
Best of...
The Creative Technologist comeback
How a misunderstood role from the digital agency era is becoming essential for the AI age
A.I.
Pascal's Wager for AI (and why you should bet on Scenario 2)
Dan Hockenmaier just cut through all the AI noise with a simple framework. Here's why his "scenario 2" bet makes perfect sense.
Creative Business
What happens when you collapse the talent stack?
Adobe's Chief Strategy Officer says the magic happens when designers code and engineers hack growth. But here's what he doesn't say: the specialist roles are about to dissolve.
Future Of Work
The AI displacement wave is here (and it's not what you think)
Real professionals are losing work to AI right now. But the solution isn't just learning new tools—it's becoming harder to replicate.
A.I.
The 80-hour reality check: What actually happens when you build with AI
Everyone's talking about AI magic, but what's the messy reality behind actually building something? Here's my 6-week journey through format fails, bad vibes coding, and the breakthrough moments that made it all worth it.
Future Of Work
An antidote to AI tinnitus
Sam Altman says agency and adaptability will be extremely valuable. But what does cultivating them actually look like?
A.I.
When your AI presentation needs bug spray
Standing in the gardens of a mind-boggling eco-architectural project outside Mexico City, talking about AI's future and technology's ancient past. Not your typical speaking gig.
Best of...
Today’s A.I. is a Nokia 3310. And the iPhones are coming.
Why artificial intelligence will follow the mobile phone industry’s five chapters of evolution - and the one simple prompt that’s key to unlocking progress.
A.I.
Gears turning: A.I. for 3D CAD design
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Most of the use cases we see for A.I. image generators relate to ‘content’
A.I.
Small wins with A.I. - filename fun
A.I. doesn’t need to be big and whizzy. Here’s a lovely example of how it can make