1. Working with AI

    Everyone's Sharing 'Something Big Is Happening.' Here's What They Leave Out.

    Matt Shumer's viral AI post follows a familiar template. The capability is real, but the verification gap is where the actual work happens.

    3 min read

  2. Agents & Tooling

    Claude in Excel Is the Quiet Revolution

    Anthropic isn't building a better chatbot. They're embedding AI where work actually happens.

    1 min read

  3. The Industry

    The 'Selfware' Panic Is Missing the Point

    Claude Code is spooking SaaS investors. But the actual disruption isn't where they're looking.

    1 min read

  4. Agents & Tooling

    SoN 24: The AI Stack Audit

    It’s October, which for many means budget planning season, and if you’re like most people running AI tools, you’re staring at a subscription list that’s gotten out of…

    5 min read

  5. Security & Risk

    SoN 21: The AI Capability Trap

    MIT researchers have identified a troubling paradox in enterprise AI adoption. While AI capabilities improved 280-fold in cost efficiency since 2022, enterprise failure rates have…

    5 min read

  6. Security & Risk

    The 95% AI Failure Rate Nobody's Talking About (And What to Do About It)

    Dear Reader, Air Canada recently learned an expensive lesson about AI implementation. Their customer service chatbot provided incorrect information about bereavement fares, and…

    6 min read

  7. Working with AI

    How AI Changed My Build vs. Buy Process

    AI has fundamentally changed what's possible for small businesses and individual operators.

    7 min read

  8. Working with AI

    Real Stories: AI Success in Content Management

    How AI automation cut content audit costs by 94% - from 6 months manual review to 2 weeks orchestrated analysis. Real case study with results.

    6 min read

  9. Working with AI

    Could a 4-Day Work Week Be Your Future?

    Efficiency isn’t just a buzzword–it’s the key to unlocking both better work-life balance and unleashing uniquely human capabilities. Recent research supports the notion that AI…

    4 min read

  10. The Industry

    💾 The Download #008: Blogging in 2025, the homogenisation of online content and testing out a cool new AI app for iPad.

    #008 Dear Reader, Greetings from @30,000 feet. As I start this final newsletter of the year, I’m returning from a short trip to London, visiting family and taking stock of what’s…

    7 min read

  11. Working with AI

    💾 The Download #001: New product launch, retooling the tech stack and more.

    #001 Dear Reader, I’m writing this on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in the garden, having been forced out of my home office due to an internet outage. But as today is a public…

    6 min read