I draft books by talking into my phone. It isn't a shortcut. It's thirty years of youth groups, conference rooms and Toastmasters finally getting a pen that fits.
Tag: communication
The Same Tongue
As a teenager I figured out that kind words get further than harsh ones. Then a girl called me a liar for it, and I had to decide what my words were for.
Starting in the Middle
I got so excited about a project at work that I started explaining it from the middle. They looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and they weren't wrong.
Private Practice
Anthropic now prohibits sustained, needless cruelty toward Claude. The bigger question isn't what the AI feels. It's what the person typing is practicing.
Folklore
A man at church asked if AI could fix his wandering meetings. The answer turned out to be the oldest rule in data governance: write down what you decided and why.
