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Before the meeting: ask for a one-page pre-read, not a long summary
How to ask for a one-page meeting pre-read built around what you will be asked to say or decide, in six parts you can read in about three minutes.
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Email triage you can hand off: what a helper may sort, suggest or never touch
How to hand off email triage safely with three permission levels, a few clear buckets, a daily digest and a one-week audit before you step back.
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Octuo and five Mac tools for running Claude Code and Codex: an honest comparison
agent-manager, AgTower, Claudete, Claudexor and OpenClawdex are focused Mac tools for running Claude Code and Codex. What each does well, how Octuo differs, and when one of them is the better fit.
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A model-per-task playbook for an ordinary work week
How to pick a model per task without naming any: what matters for triage, first drafts, long reading, actions that change things and a final check, plus a rule of thumb for where to spend.
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What a “starting point” for AI and tools should actually do
Five things a single starting point for AI and tools has to do to earn the name: take the goal, bring in the right capability, carry the context, keep track and bring results back.
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Put the tools you already pay for to work
Why the handoffs between your specialist tools eat the day, and how a personal assistant that coordinates connected tools and accounts can take over that go-between work.