Anthropic recently released a legal plugin for Claude that handles contract review, NDA triage, and compliance workflows. The day it dropped, Thomson Reuters fell 16%, LegalZoom crashed 20%, and Wolters Kluwer lost 13%. Wall Street noticed. As a guy who spent 30 years practicing…
Continue reading →Good Grief!, Siri.
Bloomberg reports that the new Gemini-powered Siri features planned for iOS 26.4 are being pushed back. Some to iOS 26.5 in May. Some to iOS 27 in September. Have you ever felt like Charlie Brown running to kick the football, only to notice, at the…
Continue reading →Letterpress in a Digital World (Sponsor: Hoban Press)
This post is brought to you by Hoban Press, makers of beautiful letterpress business cards and stationery. I’ve been handing out Hoban Cards for years. Every single time, the person on the receiving end pauses. They rub their thumb across the card. They comment…
Continue reading →Focused 249: What if This Were Easy? with Ernie Svenson
My personal Yoda is back on Focused to talk about curiosity, creativity, and the role of AI in focused work. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code FOCUSED with this link and get 60% off an…
Listen & read notes →The Creator Studio Bundle Has a Bundling Problem
I actually think Apple’s Creator Studio is a good deal. $130 a year for Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and all the extras that come with them? For a working creator, that’s real value. I’d recommend it to anyone making videos or music on…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 835: Farewell, Stephen
Stephen and I celebrate the last seven years of Mac Power Users, reflecting on the topics, episodes, and community that make MPU so special. Then, Stephen Robles joins to accept the baton before his first episode as my new cohost. This episode of Mac…
Listen & read notes →I Built the Perfect AI Robot. Then I Pulled the Plug.
I built the AI assistant I’ve always wanted. Then I shut it down. For the last few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with OpenClaw, an open source project that started as ClawdBot, then became MultBot, and now goes by OpenClaw (lawyers!). It’s essentially AI plumbing…
Continue reading →Claude’s Constitution
Anthropic published Claude’s Constitution. It’s 23,000 words defining the values and behavior of their AI. If you care about how these tools get shaped, it’s worth a read. When I built an experimental AI assistant project (originally Clawdbot, now OpenClaw), I spent a lot…
Continue reading →Apple’s Delightful Lunar New Year Film
Apple makes these cute little short films, and this year’s Lunar New Year entry wrecked me. A girl who feels like an NPC in her own life finds a lost dog. That’s all I’ll say.
Continue reading →Claude Is My (Current) AI of Choice
I’ve been experimenting with AI tools for a while now, and I’ve settled on Claude as my primary assistant. After spending time with ChatGPT, Gemini, and others, Claude just feels right to me. What draws me to Claude is how the conversation flows. When…
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