Create Todoist tasks with voice input

6 August 2025(updated September 4th)Workflow

Todoist can now create tasks with voice input.

On desktop, the shortcut is Shift + Q.

Journal

I’m learning to make better use of AI, to help make AGI go well. This is my study journal.

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20 July
How to manage agent sessions from your phone
Workflow
19 July
How to keep agents running when your MacBook is in your bag
Helper scripts
A skill for visual QA of agent-built UI
Skills Coding
17 July
AI Twitter Roundup #7
Twitter roundup
15 July
I tried lazy-prompting an event poster that isn't slop. It didn't work.
Inspiration Image generation
14 July
Computer use is now available in the Codex CLI
Workflow Computer use
10 July
How to make an event poster in 2 minutes
Inspiration Image generation
9 July
Knowledge work becomes like gardening: create the conditions for growth to happen, don't build plants yourself
Workflow
8 July
My dashboard for following AI news
Inspiration Workflow
7 July
Quickly spawn new agent sessions (not subagents) in a new pane
Skills Workflow
6 July
Daily digest of best AI uplift tweets
Inspiration Twitter roundup
16 June
Newsletter #6
Newsletter
15 June
Examples of mundane utility (add friends to car insurance; add bag to a flight booking; request a product replacement)
Inspiration
How to let agents read your WhatsApp
Workflow
11 June
AI Twitter Roundup #6 (It's happening)
Twitter roundup
10 June
How to write Google Docs-style comments on agent plans
Workflow
How to write Figma-style comments on HTML mockups
Workflow
9 June
CLI utility to prompt both Claude Code and Codex
Helper scripts Coding
It is totally fine to connect Google Workspace to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini (and to enable browser use)
Security
8 June
Electricity brought only modest gains for many incumbents
Training Ambitious delegation
Flight search with Claude Code really works now
Workflow Inspiration
5 June
Codex with GPT-5.5 is still better than Claude Code with Opus 4.8, especially at the planning stage
Coding
4 June
To raise the floor, push 1-2 key messages per month
Training
3 June
Browser use is very good now
Workflow Ambitious delegation
2 June
Tell your AI to flag ambiguous data, not silently guess what it means
Ambitious delegation Prompts
1 June
Skill: turn a messy repo into clean commits
Workflow Coding
How to edit pasted text blocks in Claude Code and Codex
Workflow
31 May
While you wait, think for yourself
Workflow Writing
26 May
Every tip Claude Code shows while it works
Workflow
Skills library for a research team
Skills Inspiration
20 May
Onboarding Claude was easier than onboarding a human
Ambitious delegation Skills
2 May
Codex with GPT-5.5 is >2x faster than Claude Code and similarly capable
Coding
22 April
The podcatcher app I've always wanted
Helper scripts Workflow
21 April
Incorrect assumptions bottleneck ambitious delegation of non-coding work
Ambitious delegation
19 April
Hermes is a big upgrade on OpenClaw
Ambitious delegation
My break reminder app
Helper scripts
9 April
"Use of AI" should be on weekly 1-1 agendas and performance reviews
Training
8 April
The 5/2 Cadence: 5 weeks building, 2 weeks investing in AI uplift
Training Workflow
Keyboard shortcut to summarise blog posts, PDFs, YouTube videos and Google Docs
Browser extension Helper scripts
7 April
It is often worth asking: is there a faster approach?
Coding
6 April
Claude for Chrome is much better now
Workflow Ambitious delegation
Does your skill call a bunch of scripts? Consider writing a CLI.
Skills
How to read markdown files on your phone
Workflow Helper scripts
3 April
Claude Code: how to fix a flaky Chrome connection
Workflow
Roundup: Agent coding setup tips
Workflow
2 April
Claude Cowork can create and install skills, but it may need help
Skills
25 March
Not sure what to do with Claude Cowork?
Inspiration
24 March
Karpathy: remove yourself as the bottleneck
Workflow
17 March
How to make a Google Cloud project for Workspace CLI tools
Prompts
16 March
Remove unwanted new lines when copy-pasting from a narrow Terminal pane
Helper scripts Coding
Most people should not use OpenClaw (yet)
Workflow
Use gdoc to edit Google Docs
Workflow
13 March
Enable Claude to test its work in Chrome
Coding
12 March
How to plan agent coding projects
Coding
5 March
Question mode for Claude Code
Workflow
3 March
Claude Code does my bookkeeping
Ambitious delegation
2 March
Claude Code: allow web fetch on all domains
Workflow Security
25 February
Claude can now search and send Slack messages
18 February
How to share skills between Claude Code, Codex and Gemini
Skills
17 February
Guide: Claude Code for non-technical staff
Prompts
Guide: Claude Cowork and Claude for Chrome
Prompts
My CLAUDE.md file
Workflow
5 February
AI Twitter Roundup #5
Twitter roundup
AI Twitter Roundup #4
Twitter roundup
3 February
Claude Cowork is a very restricted version of Claude Code
2 February
How to fix one-day-off date errors
Helper scripts
Keep your Claude Code conversation history
My meeting summarization prompts
Prompts Workflow
Screen blackout shortcuts to support focus
Workflow Helper scripts
21 January
Enable markdown rendering in macOS Finder
Workflow
Project switcher for Claude Code & Codex
Helper scripts
20 January
Claude Code: my permissions whitelist
Security Coding
Use "Try" for quick experiments
Helper scripts Coding
6 January
AI Twitter roundup #3 (Claude Code edition)
Twitter roundup
28 December
Skill: Weekly digest of LessWrong comments by Daniel Kokotajlo
Skills
Skill: Read and post Slack messages
Skills
27 December
Skill: securely install MCP server
Skills Security
19 December
AI Twitter Roundup #2
Twitter roundup
Skill: Create spaced repetition cards
Skills
18 December
Skill: Make image
Skills
17 December
Template for running an AI hackathon
Training
15 December
Skill: use a web browser to review tax messages on a government portal
Skills Ambitious delegation
12 December
Newsletter #5
Newsletter
Skill: check a draft blog post, then publish it
Skills
10 December
AI Twitter Roundup #1
Twitter roundup
8 December
Claude creates my invoices, sends them, and verifies payment
Skills
Web design in December: Claude Opus 4.5, or Gemini 3 Pro
5 December
Give Claude Code access to your Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar
Skills Superseded
4 December
How to let Claude.ai read any URL
How to make workflow automations that don’t break
Workflow
3 December
Let Claude access your call transcripts
Workflow
Skill: Make an OKR progress report
Skills
How to connect Notion to Claude
Claude and Gemini are now better than ChatGPT for most tasks
Google Docs: the Gemini assistant is finally not entirely useless
Tell Gemini who you are
Workflow
2 December
Make an AI Chief of Staff
Ambitious delegation Inspiration
Coding in December: Claude Code for everything
Coding
Create keyboard shortcuts for any web app
Coding Workflow
1 December
Use the Claude front-end design skill
Coding Skills
Claude and Gemini can create Google Calendar events (ChatGPT still can't)
Workflow
Example of internal guidelines on AI use
Training
16 November
Get notified when Codex and Claude Code finish work
Coding
7 November
Using LLMs to critique your research
Prompts
Brainstorming with AI: early experiments
Prompts
Edit documents inline with ChatGPT and Gemini
Which model should I ask?
6 November
Power user? Give your AI a dedicated monitor.
Workflow Inspiration
3 November
Vibe-coding a better Spotify homepage
Inspiration Coding
1 November
How to transcribe a YouTube video
Workflow
How to evaluate AI prompts and models
Prompts
Use Airtable field agents to prompt LLMs in bulk
Workflow
31 October
Use LLMs to define tasks, not just do them
Prompts
Create Claude Skills for recurring tasks
Workflow Skills
Ask ChatGPT to introduce you to Claude (or vice versa)
Prompts Workflow
Newsletter #4
Newsletter
30 October
Make graphs from screenshots with Claude
Data processing
How to get Google Docs comments into your LLMs
Template for running an LLM workshop
Training
Rapid prototyping with Claude artifacts
Coding Inspiration
Make simple software tools with Claude artifacts
Coding Inspiration
29 October
Starter template for building a web app with user authentication, database and a decent UI
Coding
The 5x rule: if a task or question comes up five times a month, it’s a candidate for automation
Workflow
23 October
30 things to try with LLMs
Inspiration
17 October
How to transcribe audio or video files
Workflow
Do not use Gemini 2.5 models for audio transcription
Workflow
16 October
FluidVoice dictation runs locally, but I don’t recommend it (unless you’re desperate for the privacy guarantee)
Workflow
14 October
Ask many models
Workflow Writing
Use Tile to ask many models
Browser extension Workflow
How to support AI adoption on your team
Training
Coding in October: Claude Code for frontend, Codex for everything else
Coding
13 October
It’s easy to make multi-agent workflows with OpenAI Agent Builder
Workflow
7 October
Try a lapel microphone for voice input
Workflow Inspiration
11 September
Let AI see your calendar, to-do lists and email
Training Workflow
2 September
Newsletter #3
Newsletter
1 September
Prompt: correct my French, and help me learn
Prompts Writing
Was pizza invented by Americans to sell nylons?
Prompts
29 August
Can ChatGPT Agent record invoice payments in Xero? Yes, and I will use it.
Ambitious delegation Prompts
28 August
Collection of "how I use AI" links
22 August
Can ChatGPT Agent find me a flight? Yes, and I will use it.
Ambitious delegation Prompts
21 August
Claude: enable extended thinking
Prompts
Make keyboard shortcuts for common prompts
Workflow Prompts
20 August
You can link to pre-populated chats
Ask your LLM to help you write prompts
Prompts
19 August
Can ChatGPT Agent book a hotel? Yes.
Ambitious delegation Inspiration
15 August
Claude Code: some impressive examples
Coding
ChatGPT: how does memory work?
Workflow
Claude can now reference previous chats
Workflow
14 August
AI is great when I'm a noob, but not when I'm a world expert
Prompts
Prompt: make transcript readable
Prompts Workflow
13 August
Call transcription with Granola
Workflow
12 August
The Airtable sidebar assistant is great
Data processing Workflow
Make your LLMs ready to hand
Workflow
7 August
Drafting a simple blog post with AI
Workflow Writing
Spreadsheet data enrichment: Google Sheets vs Shortcut vs Airtable
Data processing
6 August
Newsletter #2
Newsletter
Make complex texts more listenable
Workflow