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- How to Turn Chaotic Meetings Into Article IdeasGetting dragged into a chaotic meeting at work is exhausting.
- How to Make an Article Easy to Read: Layout, Color and AccessibilityHere's the short version: an easy-to-read article isn't one with a trendy font.
- How to Work at a Company Where Nobody Is Who You Want to BecomeSometimes you look around at work and realize there's nobody you want to turn into.
- How to Run a Meeting With Multiple Decision-MakersThe more people in a meeting, the easier it is for the conversation to scatter.
- How to Run a Meeting When You Are Not the Decision-MakerBeing asked to run a meeting doesn't mean you have the authority to decide anything.
- How to Avoid Being Left Holding All the Responsibility in MeetingsIn a meeting, it can look like everyone is discussing something, when really all the responsibility is sliding onto one person.
- How to Respond to Vague Instructions at Work Without Taking All the BlameOne of the most common headaches at work is the vague instruction.
- Social Copy Should Be a Trailer, Not a Summary: How to Create Curiosity Without Turning Into ClickbaitWhen promoting an article on social media, an overly helpful summary can remove the reason to click.
- How One Week of Tinkering Turned My AI Article Pipeline Into an "Autonomous Factory"What really pays off in AI automation isn't a fast first answer. It's fewer do-overs before the thing is actually finished.
- How to make citations easy to read: evidence that doesn't stop readersA public-facing article needs citations for two reasons: to show that a claim has support and to let readers verify the original source.
- How AI article sites work, explained simply in 10 stepsWhen people hear “build an article site with AI,” they often imagine this:
- I Replaced Twitter With an AI Chat and Accidentally Built a Media Factory — How Random Thoughts Became 3,000 Article Candidates in Four MonthsI never decided to write one blog post every day. Most days, I did not personally write a complete article at all.
- “Just Change Jobs” Can Be Dangerous Too: How to Work Without Being Swept Along by Companies or Career Services“Devote yourself to the company” alone is dangerous.
- How to Facilitate a Meeting When You Have ASD Traits | Become a Question MachineFor people with ASD traits, or people who find it difficult to improvise while reading the room, facilitating a meeting can be a highly demanding role.
- AI article factories: web savior or polluter? Give info a paper trailWhen you use AI to produce articles, the time spent writing goes down. But that's not where the real savings are.
- What Is “Takeshimansion” at Takeshima Aquarium? How a Name Makes a Tank FunWhat Is "Takeshi Mansion"?
- Why Do Zookeepers in Japan Tend to Earn So Little?Job tag, the occupational information site run by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, shows figures for zookeepers that are based on the Reiwa 7…
- Why Can't We Stop Watching Otters? How Their Busy Movements Grab Your EyesWhy can't we stop watching otters?
- Can Talking to AI Replace a Night Out Drinking? Turning Venting Into Something UsefulAt an after-work drinking party, several people talk at once, someone jumps in with their own story, and before you know it everyone's talking over each other.
- Why Do I Overthink Everything? How My "Something's Off" Radar Became a TalentWhy did I end up thinking this much?
- Why Do We Want to See Giant Isopods Even Though They’re Gross?Why do we want to see giant isopods even though they're gross?
- The jobs you stick with are the ones where today's effort carries over to tomorrowPeople who love exploring and improving things don't necessarily crave flashy excitement all the time.
- The Faster You Finish, the More Work You Get: How Hours-Based Employment Punishes ProductivityArticle 6 of Japan's Labor Contract Act says an employment contract is formed when a worker agrees to work under an employer and the employer agrees to pay…
- Why a Great Dad Can Make You Not Want to Get MarriedA quick note first: this article isn't a knock on fathers who worked their whole lives for their families.
- How do you centralize affiliate monetization across 12 languages without drowning in country-by-country accounts?The worst way to monetize a 12-language site is to create a separate affiliate operation for every language and every country, then manage all of those…
- From “Huh?” to a Thousand Articles — Turning Friction into Structure and Structure into Knowledge Assets with an AI External BrainOne day, someone opened the directory where their writing was stored. Markdown files were everywhere.
- Turn complaining into a blog post with AI to complain lessWhen people talk about how to stop complaining, the advice is usually something like:
- How Logical Thinkers Can Organize Vague Meetings | Turning Wishes into RequirementsAt work, meetings sometimes begin with vague ideas.
- I Only Say "Uh, Yeah" Around Certain People. Judging My Ability by That Isn't FairWith one person, the words just keep coming:
- Sea Lions, Dolphins and Orcas: What’s the Difference?Sea lions, dolphins and orcas: they look like the same kind of show animal, so why are they so different?
- Why Organizations Can’t Tell Capable From Incapable People: Faking Busyness and Adverse SelectionWhat you see at work isn't decided by a person's ability alone.
- Why Do People Actually Read the Handwritten Signs at Takeshima Aquarium?Why people read Takeshima Aquarium's handwritten signs: the keepers' observation logs make the exhibits stronger
- I Ran ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks Too Much and Hit the Usage LimitAfter running a huge batch of ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks, I got this: Your task did not run because you have reached a usage limit.
- Why Are Companies That Say "Challenge and Reform" Not Using AI?There is a common phrase heard in companies.
- Why a “Fish Résumé” Makes Aquarium Exhibits So Much FunWhy do "fish résumés" make exhibits so fun?
- Prepare for Meetings with AI: Turn Vague Requests into Agenda ItemsSometimes you walk into a meeting and the request behind it is hopelessly fuzzy.
- Why Saizeriya's Spot-the-Difference Is So Hard (and Why It's Smart)Every time I go to Saizeriya, a budget Italian family restaurant chain in Japan, one thing catches my eye.
- Why You Can Have a Dad Belly at 27: Sales Jobs, Drinking, Stress and Visceral FatThis article isn't a diagnosis of any particular person.
- Asking ChatGPT because searching was annoying: 1,800 articles laterThe funniest part is the mismatch between the amount of material that exists and the amount of work it feels like I did.
- Google dominates, but a 12-language publisher should split by marketOnce a site publishes a lot of articles, raw traffic is not the first thing to worry about.
- The misplaced-eel legal puzzleAnother customer's eel lands on your table.
- Where does an AI trading edge come from? More experimentsIf you want to build an AI trading system, the obvious idea is simple: predict the next price.
- Do AI agents make people unnecessary? Designing a media systemImagine sending a few lines from your phone while you are out—“What is this?”—and having the system behind the scenes research the topic, write an article…
- 40 Human Pageviews a Month, 281,000 Machine Requests — The Reality of Posts, Traffic, and Revenue While Waiting for Ad ApprovalA small site's analytics showed roughly 5,780 unique visitors and 281,000 requests at the zone level over 30 days.
- Are Good Workers Mean? It Is Not About Coldness, but Priorities and Boundaries“Good workers are mean.”