I recently joined Kourosh Dini on his Rhythms of Focus podcast to talk about AI. Kourosh is experimenting with these tools himself, and we discussed where AI is today and where it might be going, including some of the reasons for concern. The episode…
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You Can’t Buy Your Way Out of the Local AI Problem
Yesterday Apple opened orders for a 512 GB configuration of the Mac Studio. It starts at $22,299. I’ve spent a lot of time testing local AI, and I do think it has uses currently, but I also think it has a lot of room…
Continue reading →Let AI Do the Work, Not the Thinking
I’ve made a new video about where I draw the line with AI. I’m happy to give it the donkey work. Getting a finished post into WordPress or checking customer records against each other frees up time for the work I want to do.…
Continue reading →Siri’s Everyday Superpower
Last night I had an interesting experience. I was watching a baseball game with my wife, and she looked at me and said, “Didn’t that guy pitch last night?” I told her no. She looked at me the way wives sometimes look at husbands,…
Continue reading →Cotypist 2026.4 Syncs Your Writing Between Macs
Daniel Gräfe shipped Cotypist 2026.4, and the headline feature is sync between Macs. If you let Cotypist record your writing, it can now sync that history to your other Macs through your iCloud account. The writing is encrypted on your Mac before it is…
Continue reading →On the Rumored M8 Ultra AI Servers
The Information reports that Apple is considering a return to the server business with machines built for artificial intelligence. The proposed hardware would come in two versions, one clustering two M8 Ultra chips and another with four. Apple has also reportedly discussed using Nvidia’s…
Continue reading →Apps Adding Siri AI Support for iOS 27
iOS 27 brings the long-promised Siri AI, but the part that matters most is what happens outside Apple’s apps. If Siri AI is really going to get legs, it needs third-party developer support. I had hoped Apple might use MCP as the bridge between…
Continue reading →Don’t Ask the Robot What to Do
There is a world of difference between asking a robot, “Help me do this,” and asking, “What should I do?” AI can be remarkably good at the first question but lead you astray with the second. New users often learn that distinction the expensive…
Continue reading →From Apple Watch to AI Assistant with Whisper Memos
Whisper Memos just added an MCP server, and I am already digging it. I’ve written before about how much I like Wispr Flow. I use it frequently on my Mac. But there is another transcription tool on my belt. Whisper Memos is my choice…
Continue reading →The Approaching Star Trek moment
Growing up and watching Star Trek, one thing that made it feel futuristic to me was the interaction with the “computer.” You didn’t see Captain Picard updating software or managing user interfaces. Instead, he just said something out into the air, and then the…
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