Practical pieces on the things I actually work on — AI tools and automation, local business systems, freelancing, and running an independent business from the mountains. Plus essays published on Medium.
You're probably paying for three to seven AI tools and actively using two. Here's a 20-minute audit that shows you exactly what to keep, cut, and consolidate.
Read articleNo-shows aren't a scheduling problem — they're a follow-up problem. What missed appointments really cost, and the automated fix you can build in a weekend.
Read articleA working guide to Asheville's freelance economy — coworking spaces, networking groups, small-business resources, and what it's like to run an independent business in WNC.
Read articleWorking from home when your office also contains a four-year-old, a tablet full of cartoons, and a suspicious smell. Field-tested tactics.
Read articleLonger pieces on AI, work, and human behavior — published to my Mr. Wide Awake column.
The AI content experiment is quietly failing for a lot of brands, and the companies that replaced writers are hiring them back. What that means if you write for a living.
Streaks, badges, and daily nudges turn a calming practice into one more performance metric. On what habit-loop design gets wrong about wellbeing.
Where the wave of AI investment is actually landing in day-to-day operations — and how the way work gets done is shifting under everyone's feet.
A personal essay on the human skills automation can't touch — resourcefulness, reading people, working with no safety net — and how they built a business.
AI is everywhere and it's changing how we think and feel. A balanced look at where it genuinely helps — and where it quietly makes things worse.
The productivity traps that catch dads working from home with kids underfoot — and how to climb out of them without pretending the kids aren't there.
More fathers are working from home than ever. An honest look at what it costs, what it gives back, and how to keep the balance from tipping.
Blog posts, sales pages, and content built to rank and get cited by AI search — written by the person you'd actually be working with.
