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What I Learned Building an App
This Just In: em is now available and ready for iOS and macOS 27! Here's what I learned getting it to this point.
I Built the Writing App of My Dreams
This Just In: If you’re super precise and patient (and maybe a little insane), you can completely customize your workflow.
Stop Choosing Sides on AI
This Just In: Holding two conflicting ideas about AI isn’t weakness. It's the only honest position.
AI Is Not an All or Nothing Choice
This Just In: AI use isn't a moral binary. There's a practical middle path for writers.
Unchecked Writing
This Just In: I stopped using Grammarly; have you noticed? Plus, a deeper exploration into AI writing and my friend the em dash.
Want to Write a Novel in November?
This Just In: NaNoWriMo may be dead, but writers have two new options to help hit those writing goals.
Is AI Really All That Bad?
This Just In: Here comes a potentially controversial opinion.
AI Exposes the Deeper Rifts in the Writing Industry
This Just In: Monetization turns passions into sweatshops and AI is making it worse.
AI Killed NaNoWriMo
This Just In: The writing month challenge may be dead, but there’s a new option to keep writers going.
A Few More Thoughts on Copyright
This Just In: The history of copyright might be fraught, but it exposes a bigger issue when creating online.
Copyright in the Age of AI
This Just In: What does copyright do and does it even matter anymore?
Is Reading Dying
This Just In: AI summaries and the pivot to video are bad news for the written word.
Are Apple’s Writing Tools the Right Stuff
This Just In: Apple Intelligence offers the boring version of AI I’ve hoped for, but is it helpful for writers?
Hitting the Reset Button
LLM scraping is a virus eating up the internet, but I’m done fighting. Instead, I choose open access and human connection.
Is Generative AI Destroying the Open Web
Subscription walls prevent AI scraping, but at what cost? I’m rethinking my whole publishing strategy.
Is Apple Intelligence the AI for the Rest of Us
This Just In: Apple’s forthcoming entry into AI promises a private, personalized AI, but will it increase AI slop?
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