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• Where Will My Kids Get Their Reps? (October 25, 2026) — AI is eating the grunt work that built our reps—but real judgment still comes from messy, human moments. When a storm hit a wedding, my teen learned what no prompt can teach. So where will kids get their reps now?
• Who's Watching Your Home? The Future of Home Security (October 18, 2026) — Still wondering if you closed the garage? Imagine a home that arms itself, stops leaks, cools hotspots, and scares off prowlers—while a real person verifies it all. The future of security isn’t on your phone—it’s watching for you.
• Will AI Take Your Job? I'm Building the Thing That Might. (October 11, 2026) — AI won’t take your job—but someone who knows AI might. Inside my two companies, I’m testing both paths: AI that empowers teams and AI that replaces tasks. What I’ve learned so far surprised me—and cost us.
• The Rise of Consumer AI Assistants (October 4, 2026) — AI just moved from the office to your living room. With Muse and the new Siri, agents now read your screen, act on your behalf, and live everywhere you are. Is this the moment consumer AI truly arrives? Read on.
• Does Outsourcing Thinking to AI Make Me Dumber? (August 3, 2026) — Caught mid-reach for the AI tab, a marketer and parent of nine asks: is outsourcing thinking making us dumber—or just different? From Google’s memory shift to AI’s reasoning trade-offs, here’s the honest, hopeful take.
• No, Your Phone Isn't Listening. What It's Actually Doing Is Worse. (July 26, 2026) — Think your phone’s mic is spying? The truth is creepier. A leaked “Active Listening” pitch fooled everyone—but the real ad-targeting trick is smarter, sneakier, and fixable with three settings you’ve overlooked.
• Build Your Own CRM: Why We’re Ditching HubSpot (June 29, 2026) — Facing a $15k HubSpot renewal, we asked: what if we built our own CRM? With AI tools slashing build costs and bloated tiers limiting fit, we spun up “Cheddar”—a lean, ours-only system. Smart bet or reckless experiment? Read on.
• I Watched 60 Minutes' Robot Segment. Then I Spent Hours Down the Rabbit Hole. (January 6, 2026) — Humanoid robots are leaping ahead—but jobs, timelines, and real deployments aren’t matching the hype. I dug into the money, tech, and one quiet pilot that exposes the gap. Curious what’s real vs. PR? Read on.
• How I Cut Presentation Build Time From 6 Hours to 90 Minutes (And Why Most AI Presentation Tools Miss the Point) (December 8, 2025) — Stuck rebuilding slides from scratch? I slashed presentation time from 6 hours to 90 minutes by treating AI like a parallel team—story, visuals, data—then synthesizing the best. Here’s the system, pitfalls, and playbook.
• AI Didn't Build This Treehouse—But It Made Me a Better Dad (December 5, 2025) — I didn’t let AI build our treehouse—I let it make me present. With six inexperienced kids, a ficus, and a dream, AI became my planner and foreman so I could be a dad and teacher. Here’s how it turned chaos into joy.
• I Asked My 9 Kids Where They Search for Answers. None Said Google First. (October 21, 2025) — My 14-year-old didn’t Google her history project—she had a 20‑minute conversation with AI. As Google’s dominance slips and ChatGPT soars, our kids are rewriting how we learn. Here’s what the data (and my house) reveal.
• AI Search Ads Are Coming: Here's What I Learned Testing This Across My Businesses (And What You Need to Know) (September 25, 2025) — AI ads are arriving fast—and they’ll upend search. I tested ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google across real campaigns. See what worked, what flopped, and the exact playbook to win early before costs skyrocket.

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