A field journal for AI-augmented work

Transform your workflow with AI — one skill at a time.

Practical walkthroughs and real case studies for knowledge workers who want to ship more, think clearer, and reclaim their hours — without burning out chasing every shiny tool.

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Three posts that show what this site is about: today's AI news turned into a habit, a hands-on skill, and a workflow pattern you can copy.

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The AI source-of-truth map

A practical map for connected AI workflows: decide which app owns the truth, what AI may draft, and what needs approval.

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Skill · 6 min read

The role-by-role AI workflow map

A practical map for choosing AI workflows by role, so teams focus on repeated inputs, useful outputs, and review points.

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Skill · 6 min read

The AI adoption evidence scorecard

A practical scorecard for proving whether AI is improving a workflow, not just increasing tool usage or first-draft speed.

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What you'll find here

Two kinds of posts. Both grounded in real work.

Skills

Tight, copy-pasteable walkthroughs: the prompt, the inputs, the review step, the failure modes. Each one solves a specific knowledge-worker pain — meeting prep, email triage, research synthesis, writing review, status updates.

Case studies

Long-form stories from real practitioners — a PM, a lawyer, a researcher, an ops lead — on how they actually rewired one workflow. Before / after, tools used, what broke, what stuck.

House Rules

What this site is — and isn't

A short manifesto so you know what to expect. If these don't sound like you, you'll be happier reading something else.

Read the longer story
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Skill over tool

The model you use matters less than the habit you build around it. Posts focus on durable patterns, not the tool-of-the-week.

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Real work, real numbers

Every case study comes with the actual time saved, the actual review step that caught hallucinations, the actual messy bits.

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No shilling

No affiliate links, no sponsored "tool reviews," no consulting funnel. Just notes from someone who uses this stuff daily.

Pick one skill. Try it this week.

The fastest way to find out whether AI fits your work is to copy one of these walkthroughs and run it on a real task tomorrow morning.