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harvesting attention
Artificial Intelligence Productivity and Effectiveness
#ai tools, #Claude, #focus, #mindfulness, #side projects

Attention Harvesting – What You Do While Your LLM Works?

Last updated: June 12, 2026

Harvesting attention isn't just for big tech. Learn how AI wait times created a new micro-pause — and why you should claim it before someone else [...]

custom AI assistant
Artificial Intelligence Assess Decide Do
#ai tools, #assess, #decide, #do, #side projects

My Personal AI Assistant, AIGernon, Gets a Face

Last updated: March 2, 2026

I shipped 4 iOS apps in 2 weeks while raising a one-year-old. Here's the custom AI assistant I built around my ADD framework to manage the [...]

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Apple and Mac OS X Assess Decide Do iPhone Programming Bits
#addtaskmanager, #coding, #ios development, #side projects

Why I Chose to Open-Source MetaCellKit from addTaskManager

Last updated: December 3, 2025

After years refining addTaskManager, I extracted MetaCellKit—a flexible Swift table cell component born from real-world iteration, now open-sourced on GitHub

dust on furniture
Blogging
#365 challenge, #monday moving forward, #series, #side projects

Monday Moving Forward – Pick (And Revive) An Old Project

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Old abandoned projects contain half-finished value. Monday revival resurrects dormant momentum. Sometimes returning beats starting from scratch

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Assess Decide Do Productivity and Effectiveness
#apps, #coding, #entrepreneurship, #side projects

Introducing addTaskManager: Collaborative Task Management – With A Dash Of Zen

Last updated: December 3, 2025

addTaskManager launch—GTD-based task management with zen philosophy. Collaborative without complexity. Managing tasks shouldn't create more tasks

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Blogging Business Digital Tools Programming Bits
#entrepreneurship, #lessons learned, #list post, #side projects

5 Things I Learned From Reviving An Almost Dead Project

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Reviving dead projects teaches resurrection skills. Five lessons from project recovery—failure contains seeds of comeback

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Blogging Digital Tools Getting Things Done
#entrepreneurship, #side projects

Brand Your Captcha – Introducing AdCaptcher

Last updated: December 3, 2025

AdCaptcher transforms captchas into branding. Security becomes marketing opportunity—functional elements carry messaging

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