Simulated Intelligence
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Two years later: AI did it
I wasn’t really thinking about AI. In 2022, I’d had my big realisation that what was making me effective in marketing might be even more valuable in product work. And at the start of 2023, I’d worked my way up through the gears building out my first
Move to Claude Code
(or how I learned to stop spending Lovable credits and love the terminal.)
Is it more or less focus to build two products instead of one?
"As a blue collar tradesperson, I literally only trust word of mouth." In just 24 hours, this became the top reddit vote on a thread I posted asking why there's no product that reduces the mental load of looking after your home. It's not
Lessons in building product with AI
The tips and observations I wish I could go back in time to give myself sooner
Sometimes the most impressive AI is no AI at all
When users expect LLM-like smartness, sometimes you can give it to them without any of the downsides...
Products are made of language, not code
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Adolescence: growing pains
Warning: Spoilers. It's good until it's not.
Say HI: the growing blindspot in AI-driven startups
AI founders are getting carried away with a half truth: they can do it all alone
No news is good news
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."
The multiplier: Abundance reveals AI's true potential
To understand AI's potential, factor in abundance.
The Best of 2024
Summarising the best culture of 2024
Orbit
2024 work retro
A look back at my 2024 at work.
Great fact in The Next Map by Daniel Yergin
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Re-Vision: revisiting the Vision Pro
Revisiting Vision Pro.
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Product/ Market Strategy
The hardest questions in business are sometimes the most simple: What problem do you solve? But how? Why you? As the kind of work I do has evolved, I've been thinking about this a lot for myself. I'm starting to realise: I bridge product strategy and
AI
3 Priorities for AI Products
Three rules for building AI products.
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Not just pivots: Unfair Vantage
More often than not, founders set off in one direction -- but discover real opportunity through the new vantage they gain.
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New ideas for AI interface/ conventions
I've written before about why I think chat is a poor experience for AI products. This is my post where I'm going to assemble ideas, fragments, examples for other forms AI interactions might take.
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Chat is the wrong convention to make great AI products
In most cases, chat is not the best interface for AI experiences.
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Reviewing the product positioning of YC batch W24
Thoughts on product positioning by the YC2024 batch.
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Vision Pro + Family: Attention/ intention
I think all parents would say they want to be really present with their children. Sometimes I try to imagine it’s the last day of my life and I’ve been allowed to travel back to this moment with my 5 year old and 2 year old. When it
The human interface of Vision Pro: Personas and EyeSight
There's something horrible about the uncertainty of if someone can see you or you can see them. Two way eye contact is something we absolutely take for granted. It's a connection that is about more than just paying attention, it's about sharing presence with
Vision Pro-fessional: day one at work
Work can be a very personal thing – we all work at our best in different ways, in different shaped teams, increasingly in different places. For me, I've spent nearly a dozen years working mostly where I want, with who I want, how I want. My most meaningful work