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Google & Stitch

By: Stephen Toback

If you’re a fan of the 2002 Disney classic, you know a slightly modified phrase of those words by heart. In the world of UX design, some are sometimes felt like the “forgotten” ones when it came to true AI...
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Child Of Vision

By: Stephen Toback

A recent interaction with Shopify’s AI highlights a fundamental shift in how we work with software. It isn't just about "agents" doing tasks for us; it’s about a massive leap in machine vision. We are moving past the era of...
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Finding Nemo

By: Stephen Toback

In the current tech landscape, a “Claw” refers to an Autonomous AI Agent. Unlike a standard chatbot (like a basic ChatGPT) that just answers questions, a “Claw” is designed to do things. It has “hands” (APIs and tools) that allow...
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The Cost of Courtesy

By: Stephen Toback

In the world of AI, we often find ourselves treating chatbots like colleagues. We say “please,” we offer a “thank you,” and sometimes we even apologize for a typo. But recent data suggests that this digital etiquette comes with a...
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Claude Cowork Work

By: Stephen Toback

Following up to my previous post, I loaded Claude Cowork in my other computer (after my other computer crashed) and gave it the same prompt. It generated a HTML project that I could put on my own web server. I...
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Audimee? Audiyou!

By: Stephen Toback

We’ve seen some cool features recently in Apple Logic Pro, full creation engines like Suno, and professional-grade splitters like Moises. This is not new; the industry has been racing toward AI-integrated workflows for some time. However, Audimee is carving out...
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My Own Little Whisper

By: Stephen Toback

Twenty years ago, if I wanted to set up a transcription service, I’d be knee-deep in UNIX shell scripts on a Silicon Graphics workstation, likely manually compiling libraries for hours. Today, I did it in under 30 minutes using Claude...
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