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...
13 days 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...
20 days 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,...
27 days 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 1 month 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 1 month 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...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
The AI Download #020 April 18th, 2025 Dear Reader, Let's be honest: the AI tool landscape in 2025 is a mess. Every week, a new "game-changing" tool drops. One promises to write better than Hemingway. Another will build you a SaaS in your sleep. Before you've even tried one, five more show up on Product Hunt with cooler branding and a "lifetime deal." It's exciting. It's overwhelming. And it's kind of exhausting. Here's the truth: you don’t need all of them. You just need a few that save you...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The AI Download #019 April 11th, 2025 Dear Reader, Creative writing is experiencing a significant transformation thanks to advancements in Artificial Intelligence. Writers now have the opportunity to use powerful language models directly on their personal devices via tools like LM Studio, dramatically enhancing storytelling, character generation, dialogue creation, and immersive worldbuilding, all without working in someone else's cloud. If LM Studio sounds familiar, you're right. I wrote...
2 months ago • 4 min read
The AI Download #018 April 7th, 2025 (this is an image-heavy edition - make sure that you permit your email client to display them) Dear Reader, If you thought to yourself: Jim missed sending his newsletter last week. I bet he was too busy creating Muppet versions of himself and his buddies with that new ChatGPT 4o Image release... ...you'd be wrong - I've also been using it to create Studio Ghibli-esque images and all sorts. In case you missed it, last week OpenAI unveiled a significant...
2 months ago • 6 min read