Signal Over Noise #07 June 20th, 2025 This Week: How to Build AI Assistants That Actually Work for You Dear Reader, Last week, I introduced the PAST Framework, a simple structure to help you write better prompts and get clearer, more useful responses from tools like ChatGPT. But what if you’re ready to go beyond just writing prompts? PAST gets you better responses, but what about when you need the same task done dozens of times? That’s where this week’s framework comes in - SHAPE - your...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Signal Over Noise #06 June 13th, 2025 This Week: A Practical Framework for Writing Better AI Prompts Dear Reader, Most AI prompts fail before they even begin. Not because you don’t know what you want—but because the AI doesn’t. When people say “It gave me something weird” or “That’s not quite what I meant,” what they’re often running into isn’t a model problem. It’s a context problem. Enter: The PAST Framework This is something I developed not because I needed something new, but because I...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Signal Over Noise #05 June 6th, 2025 Dear Reader, Here's a real-world case study where AI orchestration saved £47,000 and transformed a content nightmare into a strategic asset. The Problem That Landed on My Desk A colleague reached out with a particular headache: their company was drowning in content. Some 3,000 articles published over the course of 15 years. Some of it brilliant, some outdated, most somewhere in between. Their customers couldn’t find current information. Their SEO was...
25 days ago • 5 min read
Signal Over Noise #04 May 30th, 2025 Dear Reader, I’ve been putting Claude Sonnet 4 through its paces this week, and whilst the improved reasoning is impressive, what really caught my attention is how it’s fundamentally changed where I work. For the first time, I'm experiencing true AI orchestration—where my AI assistant can work across multiple tools and data sources simultaneously, rather than being trapped in individual apps. The difference is transformational. The Orchestration Revolution...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Signal Over Noise #03 May 23rd, 2025 Dear Reader, This week I’ve been immersed in the exhilarating chaos of Hack the Future – a 48-hour climate resilience hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia. Organised by Garage48, Latitude59, and the Estonian Ministry of Climate, it brought together teams from across Europe to design real-world solutions for specific locations facing climate challenges. For me and my team, that place was Valencia, Spain–and I’m thrilled to share that we came away with a...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Signal Over Noise #02 May 16th, 2025 Dear Reader, This week, I’ve been juggling two big challenges: fine-tuning Claude's MCP server tools for a client project and gearing up for a hackathon in Estonia. It’s been a balancing act of practical problem-solving and forward-thinking innovation. When the Right Tool Makes All the Difference I ran into a tricky JavaScript problem this week—nothing too advanced, but just complex enough to be frustrating. I tried debugging it with ChatGPT for an hour,...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Signal Over Noise #01 May 9th, 2025 Dear Reader, Welcome to the newly rebranded Signal Over Noise! If you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know this newsletter was previously called something else. But as I’ve evolved my focus—digging deeper into AI’s real-world impact and sharing practical tips to cut through the noise—I wanted the name to reflect that mission. Now, let’s get into this week’s topic. This week, I nearly canceled my Claude subscription. Not because it’s a bad tool—far from...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The AI Download #022 May 2nd, 2025 Dear Reader, I used to think building a great AI assistant meant covering everything: Project planning. Writing help. Scheduling. Notes. Outreach. You name it. So I built one that could technically do it all…and I barely used it. Turns out, what I actually needed wasn't a chatbot--it was a shortcut. Something focused. Clear. A tool that saved me time on one thing I always put off. There's a kind of fatigue that sets in when you've tried too many tools. The...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The AI Download #021 April 25th, 2025 Dear Reader, Efficiency isn’t just a buzzword–it’s the key to unlocking both better work-life balance and unleashing uniquely human capabilities. Recent research supports the notion that AI adoption may be the bridge to shorter work weeks without sacrificing productivity, while simultaneously amplifying what makes us irreplaceable. Why the 4-Day Week Is Becoming a Reality The shift to a four-day workweek is becoming increasingly feasible due to AI-driven...
2 months ago • 4 min read