“How do I get {image generator AI} to deliver better results?” How do you get a human creator to do it? You certainly don’t do it by saying, “Hey Bob, can you make this picture better?” Bob will slap you. Actually, no he won’t. Being a creative, Bob will secretly make a caricature of you…
Summary In today's episode, I examine how supply and demand principles impact content marketing strategies in the age of generative AI. Here's what this means for you. You can avoid the costly mistake of increasing content volume while simultaneously losing audience attention. You'll also learn these concepts: the inelasticity of time as a fundamental content…
Agentic coding tool pro tip: Remind your agentic tool of choice (Claude Code, Qwen Code, etc.) frequently about its own capabilities, to the point where you might want to set up a hook for it. The most common thing I remind Claude Code? “You must use subagents and you can have up to 50 subagents…
Summary In today's episode, I explain the core principles of supply and demand to prepare you for future discussions on how AI changes the economic landscape. Here's what this means for you. You gain a foundational understanding of market mechanics that will help you navigate changing business environments. You'll also learn these concepts: the differences…
_Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How to Do Great Focus Groups with RPGs and AI (2026-02-08) :: View in Browser_ The Big Plug Two new things to try out this week: 1. Got a stuck AI project? Try out Katie’s new, free AI Readiness Assessment tool. A simple quiz to help predict project success. 2. Wonder…
One of the most frequently asked questions in the last 12 months I’ve gotten, especially from parents, educators, and new college graduates: what should kids be focusing on for their careers, given the impact of AI on entry level jobs? I’ve given this a lot of thought, especially as a parent myself, and the resounding…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through the new plugins feature in Claude Co-Work and explain how agents, skills, commands, and hooks bundle into deployable packages. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical, no-code way to extend Claude with marketing, sales, and productivity workflows that connect to tools you already use. You'll…
Claude Cowork makes MCP matter again. For about two years, AI folks have been pushing the importance of connectors and MCP – model context protocol – as the way that agents can communicate with legacy services via API. To be clear, APIs still matter a great deal. But for the non-technical user, APIs are a…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how to protect AI agents from trusting misinformation and disinformation. Here's what this means for you. You can build more reliable and secure agents by implementing guard models and specific source parameters. You'll also learn these concepts: how guard models identify bad patterns, why AI treats probability as truth,…
