Weekly newsletter highlighting the latest AI news, with short video tutorials and copy/paste prompts you can use to improve your skills as an AI operator. As artificial intelligence moves from optional to operational, technical specialists no longer have the advantage. It is those who can supervise and coach AI to improve that will thrive in an AI-augmented future.
[Annual Review Workbook] How was your 2024?
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Hello Reader, It's that time of year, when we look back at 2024 to remember our victories, learn lessons from our failures, and prepare for the year ahead. "Look back to learn how to look forward." - Joe Girard Every year, I look back by doing an Annual Review. This consists of answering these 4 questions:
For ten years I have published an Annual Review on my blog. This gives me a pulse to review my recent history, and remind myself of years gone by. I find the journaling and introspection of this exercise to be enormously helpful in grounding my experience of the year. If you'd like an easy Google Doc workbook to journal your answers to these questions (with 4 journaling prompts per question), then you can use my Annual Review Workbook here: |
AI Coaching Newsletter
Weekly newsletter highlighting the latest AI news, with short video tutorials and copy/paste prompts you can use to improve your skills as an AI operator. As artificial intelligence moves from optional to operational, technical specialists no longer have the advantage. It is those who can supervise and coach AI to improve that will thrive in an AI-augmented future.
🪞 “Your website is a mirror. Except, it shouldn’t be facing you.” - Terri Trespicio Hello Reader, How does your website look to AI? Paste your web address where it says URL, and you can do a quick audit with this prompt: Audit this website for AEO. Check structured data/schema and evidence of experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness. Score each area from 1–10 and identify the biggest gaps. URL You can follow-up with this prompt: Rank the improvements by impact versus...
📚 “Thought leaders develop a bank of ideas that can be accessed in a moment and can be instantly customised to suit any audience or situation. They become a living encyclopedia of knowledge and expertise." - Matt Church Hello Reader, What does your main LLM know about you? Try this prompt: Based on our past conversations, what personality traits seem most consistent in how I think, communicate, and make decisions? What themes keep recurring? If you're brave enough, try this follow-up prompt:...
📊 “Experts have many advantages. They are better able to see through LLM errors and hallucinations; they are better judges of AI output in their area of interest; they are better able to instruct the AI to do the required job; and they have the opportunity for more trial and error. That lets them unlock the latent expertise within LLMs in ways that others could not.” – Ethan Mollick Hello Reader, The next time you don't like the results from your AI, use this Expert Feedback prompt: Review...