Reading Time: 4 minutes Artificial Intelligence has taken the tech world by storm. Almost daily, more and more developers announce the implementation of AI as a part of their apps. The sudden availability and popularity of AI have raised important questions for writers. Am I free to use AI in any way I can, or are there ethical limits …
Reading Time: 5 minutes As I’ve used artificial intelligence (AI) more and more in my blog writing process, I’ve asked “At what point am I no longer the creator?” I don’t think it’s ethical for me to represent a computer’s work as my own, but I do want to take advantage of AI to do research, check my grammar …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Recently, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding AI in the productivity realm. Writing apps, such as Craft, have added AI to their list of features. From within Craft, you can request the AI to create a summary or outline of your document, write an article based on your outline, or write about a topic. …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Many, if not most, of us who write experience self-doubt about whether our writing is any good, has any value, and what that says about us as individuals. Even well-published, professional writers suffer from the same feelings. Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, #1 NYT-bestselling Outlander series of novels. She has a scientific …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Surgery on my right shoulder (I’m right-handed) in late December motivated me to try using dictation more on my iPad and Mac. I have dabbled in using dictation but haven’t used it very consistently. During the past week and a half I’ve extensively used dictation to: • Write emails and messages. • Write notes on …
Reading Time: 5 minutes How do you start a new project? If you don’t have a template, you’ll likely leave out some important steps. In Tiago Forte’s excellent book Building A Second Brain, he discusses in chapter 9 the importance of having a checklist to launch new projects. “Before they taxi onto the runway and take off, airline pilots …
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s almost always a mistake for me to just sit down and start writing on a topic, or start working on a project without first thinking in detail about what I want to do and how I want to do it. I need to take time first to think things through. Mind mapping is the …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of us who identify as nerds are introverts, and that means we’re natural planners and organizers. We enjoy the process of thinking about things and organizing elaborate systems and plans for doing projects. However, sometimes we’re so into planning and preparing to do something that we never get anything done. We never act. “Motion …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Joe Moyer recently wrote a post in his excellent blog, 24 Letters, about how he writes using Ulysses. His post describes how he organizes and uses Ulysses to take his writing from ideas through completed posts. I also use Ulysses for almost all of my blog posts. I have some similar uses of Ulysses to …