I did add one more goal in 2026. I want to use ai in more creative and powerful ways.
What are ways you are using ai that no one is talking about? #asknostr
Here's an example. Every week I send my leadership an e-mail with the 3/4 things that I accomplished or are interesting or are blocked. This year I'll be recording all of these as I finish them in a thread and having the ai summarize it for me.
i was thinking, you could use AI to take feedback/reviews/comments
and turn them into constructive criticism instead of the usual internet cruelty
It definitely helped me get year end reviews more organized and targeted
My plan for 2026 is to stop every access of AI to my devices and use only software that doesn't use it.
You rebel you!
I also do the weekly leadership report. I hand wrote them for a year and now I generate them with claude code and a jira mcp integration. each report goes in a markdown file so claude and view all historical ones to understand format and tone.
more recently I’ve started a bimonthly newsletter about the product’s new releases, features, things in progress, etc. I use ai to help source and organize the data, generate images, and style the email so it looks as good in mail clients as it does in the browser.
today, outside of work I used ai to generate a kids book about ours dogs, complete with illustrations.
I turned on transcription for my daily standup calls for new controls around highly complex software programs this last year. I recently began to explore moving basic kanban boards to implementation of structure for jira. I was pleasantly surprised by the organization that was able to be presented in guiding me to implement a structure around what has taken me and a small team the better part of year to get a handle on from a program level. The controls were are a developing, moving target throughout the year.
I am using AI to help me create Apple Shortcuts that allow me to both capture and create life context data. Said data gets analysed by AI to help me grow and improve. It’s a fun project!
Man we use AI constantly. Here are a few number of examples (in no particular order)
Orchestrator/coordinator that interacts on demand with my other AI chats to ensure I’m optimally performing across the areas I want to focus on.
Individual chats for projects but structured as roles (ie health coach, marketing, book editor)
I have a Bible Scholar for my personal devotions and spiritual growth)
A healthy baking assistant.
Holistic vet
Our son’s homeschooling (we call it growth plan) then he also uses it for his 5 C’s (Curious, Create, Connect, Cultivate, Consume)
Basketball training and injury recovery/prevention expert for adolescents
Admin ace / summarizer / email drafts
My wife has a chat for each of her clients that retains context and she uploads meeting transcripts
Listing items on eBay
We created a custom GPT for clients to access that they can use to develop IP especially visual models.
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90% of the above is text based
This past year I used graphic generative AI for a particular client (before Sora) and created a visual mini story complete with characters and voices
Solve spreadsheet formula issues and other tech support
Investing evals and trading
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The possibilities are increasingly endless.
Basically it’s “what is it you want to do” then go to AI to help with it. If you don’t know how to get AI to help with it; ask AI to help with that
to calculate water wheel math for power generation.
to calculate the weight of wet dirt on a roof structure.
to calculate heat retention capacity of 2 cubic yards of sand.
to cross reference seemingly unrelated historical writings to learn unspoken contextual views of the time.
pretty specific and cool use case
