A few useful things for working with AI.
Good work
has a next day.
Skills and tools for thinking things through, making things, and picking up where you left off.
Take what’s useful. Make it yours.
Follow the work.
Start with a person and a question. Find the part you need, and the tools that can help.
1 of 7 · Figure it out
Who is this for, and what do we need to learn?
Look at the situation before settling on an answer. Find the consequential question, follow the sources and make the assumptions visible.
Something to take with you
A question worth investigating, the evidence behind it and the gaps still open.
New information can change the question. Come back when an assumption stops holding.
Find this moment in the film 0:29Tools for this moment
UnknownsFind the question that could change your plan.
ResearchBuild the answer from evidence you can inspect.
KnowledgeFollow a claim back to its evidence.
Long ReadRead toward a question without losing the source.
Cognitive SimulationExplore a behavioral hypothesis before the study.Browse this part of the collection2 of 7 · Make a call
What is worth making, for whom, and in what form?
Put the options and tradeoffs where you can see them. Choose a direction, a shape that fits and a next step you can explain.
Something to take with you
One clear choice, its reasons and the next test or plan.
If the options all feel wrong, go back to the person and the question before choosing again.
Find this moment in the film 0:353 of 7 · Build something
What is the first version we can put in front of someone?
Turn the plan into parts with clear responsibilities. Choose the building guide and tools that fit, then make their behavior and limits inspectable.
Something to take with you
A first version with clear responsibilities, boundaries and checks.
What you discover while building may change the plan. Bring that evidence back into the next choice.
Find this moment in the film 0:41Tools for this moment
Build with AmplifierExtend Amplifier in the right place.
Constraint BuilderTurn a task rule into a checkable boundary.
ForgeKeep terminal work visible and testable.
Build with TauriMake the desktop app work beyond the dev server.
Build with TorqueAdd a domain without tangling the application.
Desktop TasksFinish the desktop step and verify the result.Browse this part of the collection4 of 7 · Make it better
Where does the experience get in someone’s way?
Look at the experience, the design and the parts that failed. Make a deliberate revision and name the evidence that would show it helped.
Something to take with you
One intentional improvement and a way to check its usefulness.
A new observation may call for a small revision, another prototype or a different direction.
Find this moment in the film 0:47Tools for this moment
UX ErgonomicsMake the next step easier to understand and do.
Taste × EleganceMake it more intentional while keeping it yours.
Worth UsingFind what helps someone who did not build it.
PreceptorKeep agent guidance that earns its place.
Session DoctorUnderstand a broken session before repairing it.
Fast DecisionsMeasure which agent decisions are worth changing.Browse this part of the collection5 of 7 · Make it visible
How can someone see what this is and why it matters?
Find the visual direction, tell the story and show the real product. Bring images, films and demonstrations through review with their purpose still clear.
Something to take with you
A visual direction, image, film or product demonstration ready for review.
If the story is hard to tell, revisit who the work serves and the choice you made.
Find this moment in the film 0:516 of 7 · Take it somewhere new
What needs to carry over when the setting changes?
Move an application into another language, bring a capability to another host or plan its release. Make the behavior to preserve and the checks for that move explicit.
Something to take with you
A move or release plan, with checks for what must carry over.
A move can reveal a new constraint. Return to the choice, build or improvement that needs another look.
7 of 7 · Pick it up again
What will the next person need to keep this going?
Keep the source record, explain the current state and leave a useful next step. Bring the right people in with the context and access they need.
Something to take with you
An inspectable record, clear ownership and a place for someone to begin.
The next person may be you next week. What they find can become the beginning of another question.
Find this moment in the film 0:58Tools for this moment
Project HandoffPick up where the work left off.
MemoryPick up the evidence, not just the summary.
Good TeammateGet the right help and keep the meaning intact.
Amplifier DataKeep the evidence and change the view.
Team AccessSee who has access before applying the roster.Browse this part of the collectionA few things to try.
Pick one up. See what it opens.
Bring your
own judgment.
Follow the source. Look at the alternatives. Ask what would make the thing more useful.
That’s the thread here. Each capability has its own job, guide and source. Bring one into your work when it has something to offer.
A little of the thinking behind it