Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Lie We All Believe About Everyone Else All of us feel like we’re winging it through life. We feel we don’t have it together, but everyone else does. We look at other people, and especially people we look up to, like creators, productivity gurus, spiritual leaders, and believe they have it all together. We …
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently, I started using Claude Cowork. I use it for everything from doing research and helping edit blog posts to planning my week, reviewing my day, week, month, and quarter, and publishing my blog posts to WordPress. I’ve been using my journaling in the Day One app as a part of several Claude Cowork skills. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Love Isn’t Enough I felt helpless. About six months ago, my wife’s shoulder and arm started to hurt more and more. It got to the point where, for several months, she was in agony. Her arm and shoulder throbbed, and nothing — not hot pads, not cold pads, not medication — seemed to help. …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Chat Box Era Is Over Until two months ago, the only way we had to interact with AI was to have a conversation. We’d ask it questions, and it would give us answers. The focus was entirely on “prompt engineering,” which was the way you asked questions. We used AI primarily to look up …
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne Purpose, One Life — Who Invented That Rule? For years, I couldn’t figure out my life purpose. Everyone seemed to have one. I didn’t. That bothered me. When I was growing up, there was an assumption that everyone had a specific life purpose to discover and follow. According to this viewpoint, you were expected …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve updated my “Updates” page today. I try to update it at least once a month or so. If you are interested in what I’ve been doing this past month, this is the place to go! Subscribe Subscribe to get our latest content by email. We don’t share your information. Subscribe We respect your …
Reading Time: 4 minutesA Simple Mug, an Overcomplicated Decision I decide I want to buy a new coffee mug. Seems simple, right? But there are endless options to choose from. What capacity mug do I want? Do I want a ceramic mug? If so, what color? What design? Do I want a heavy one or a light one? …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve updated my Updates page on my Original Mac Guy website. Click on over to see what I’ve been reading this past month (and what I thought about it) and what else has been going on in my life. Spoiler: there’s a photo included of me when I played varsity soccer in High School. So …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had a typical blog post ready to publish this morning, but when I prepared to publish it, I thought, “No one’s going to read your post today. Christmas Eve is tomorrow night. People are already traveling to be with family and friends, and they are much too busy and involved in life to read …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout once a month I update my “What I’ve Been Doing Lately” page. This month I give one paragraph reviews of four books I’ve read in the last month, and share my personal love of soccer and watching Lionel Messi play for Inter Miami CF. Join me on my Updates page to see the latest.