Fifty tips in. But the most useful thing to take away probably isn’t in any of them: It’s what writing them does to the writer.
I learn way more from writing a tip than from reading one. Writing these forces the work, paying attention to what is happening, reading, using the tools, trying things. You can’t put “đź’ˇ Try this” in there until you’ve tried it. And the fact-check is important — an idea dies if I cannot corroborate it. For every tip you’ve read, many didn’t make it: obsolete, too narrow, too broad, way too advanced, too basic, or it just didn’t hold up.
AI is genuinely good at some of the time consuming parts: reading twenty sources, verifying links, checking whether I’ve already covered something, drafting a version I can react to. Real leverage, and I use it all the time.
But AI doesn’t have very good judgment - at least not out of the box. Judgment is hard to relay. AI struggles to decide what’s worth saying here, in this context – and to balance enthusiasm and skepticism. And there is taste (does this feel good?), and taste comes from experience.
What I try to tell you isn’t to start sharing tips like these (although that would be cool!), but to consider to start writing more things down: observations, reflections, things you learn, ideas. Perhaps you can call it a work journal or your field notes?
đź’ˇ Try this: Set a goal to write a few sentences on what you experience each day for two weeks - say 100 words per day? You don’t have to share anything, this is for you.
đź”— All 50 tips
Do you write down what you experience?
🟢 Yes — notes, snippets, posts
🟡 Sometimes, when I remember
đź”´ It’s all in my head
⚪ I accept the Try this-challenge! Ten working days. 100 words.
What’s your system?