Best Of
The pieces worth reading first: the ones readers keep coming back to, and the ones I’d send a friend.
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Nano Banana 2.1: The Update That Matters After the First Image
Nano Banana 2.1 is not a dramatic reinvention, and that may be the interesting part. Better consistency, editing and prompt-following could make it much more useful after the first impressive image.
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I Don’t Know, and Neither Does Anyone Else
Nobody really knows where AI is heading, no matter how confident the predictions sound. I’m more interested in the smaller changes already happening—the ones quietly shaping what comes next.
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Agree on a Word With Your Family
AI can make a scammer sound frighteningly familiar. One simple family habit—a private word and a callback rule—can make that technology much less convincing.
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Everyone Wants to Be Your Default
The biggest AI race may not be about who builds the smartest model. It may be about who becomes the assistant already waiting inside the tools you use every day.
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Before You Pay for a Fourth Subscription
Before adding another AI subscription, ask one simple question: what did this tool actually save me from doing last week? If the answer is vague, the decision probably isn’t.
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Half a Cabbage and a Tuesday
AI does not always arrive as a revolution. Sometimes it just helps you figure out dinner, write a message, or rescue three carrots before it is too late.
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The Part of Your Job That Was Never Typing
AI can make the mechanical part of work much faster. What remains becomes easier to see: judgment, taste, context, and the decisions that were always the real job.