The Almost Useful Project
Steven LeesHow do we build clearer prompts, safer workflows, better notes, rougher drafts, and more useful systems? Almost useful AI. AI tools, experiments, prompts, workflows, mistakes, and practical lessons.
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I Thought I Was Building It for Her
I love this bubble of time we are in right now with the tech.
I was “flirting” with a woman, I tried to vibe code my first video game.
While everyone else was talking, drinking and catching up, she was quietly playing what looked like St...
The Garden Can Wait
A letter about music, memory, family, ageing, and the ordinary moments that keep asking for our attention.
Today I went over to help my godfather Tim.
I thought we were going to do some gardening.
I have been spending more time with him...
How to read an AI launch announcement
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A launch post is two documents welded into one. There's the safety story and there's the sales document, and the join is usually invisible unless you go looking for it. The skill isn't...
Technology Is Still Archaic Without Wisdom
Conversations with Mum
Yes, there is a prompt for you readers to try. Go to the end!
Mum and I were sitting around the kitchen table when she said something most technologists would not expect.
Thanks for reading The Almost Usefu...
We're Talking to Rectangles
Can we stop for a second?
Not stop worrying. Just stop pretending this is normal.
I'm talking into a rectangle. The rectangle is turning my voice note into an article.
A few years ago, talking into a rectangle meant sighing at Siri in a...
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An Almost Useful Project: A public notebook for work that isn't perfect yet, but isn't useless either. A father writing about WTF (what the future) is going on in a small town in Australia. Almost useful answers with nearly helpful tools.
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