DEVONthink, my favourite database since the demise of Evernote, as added some features to version 4 that may not appear that significant, but which I believe offer a real boost to those of us trying to stay organised. They involve tweaking PDF and Markdown files to make them easier to navigate and to find stuff… Read More »
tl;dr: How to control your Substack overload and reclaim your inbox These are difficult times, and staying up to speed is a full-time endeavour. Ironically, the explosion of newsletters from individuals has made this harder rather than easier, I have found myself swamped by newsletters, despite efforts to bring some order to them (more of… Read More »
This is the first of a series of pieces based on Mary Meeker’s recent deck about AI. The first is an overview of the technology and its current impact.
(No AI was used in the writing or illustrating of this post. AI was used in research but its results have been checked manually. This is another in a series of pieces exploring the frontiers between human and AI work. Here’s another.) AI is here to stay, and it’s moving fast. We are a little… Read More »
I’m changing my mind about generative AI. I don’t think hallucination is the show-stopper anymore. I think we are. Perplexity.ai, which I’ve been using as my main AI research assistant, has this month launched a Deep Research tool, essentially an upgraded version of itself, which doesn’t just do a cursory web search and build its… Read More »