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Not a fan of the "tech" in your small business but you know you need to step away from doing things manually? These 5 free tools are a brilliant place to start to save you time (and money) without needing a computing degree! I tell you how to implement them (not just what they are!) in this guide. Link in the comments to pacify the algorithm! 💚

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The first letter in PC stands for personal, but when was the last time it felt like that was truly the case? We get targeted ads and walled gardens to navigate - but what if your tools truly understood your context? Your needs? Your day? I’ve just published a piece exploring why personal computing needs to evolve—and how we can build systems that adapt to us, not the other way around. It’s time to put the ‘personal’ back in personal computing.

Kestral Gaian wrote a great piece on why personal computing is important -- and the state of things today. We agree.

This really is a huge step forward. Anthropic has already given a lot of the base code needed to implement this and I can think of so many ways this can be used. QA Automation - Being able to simulate different variable behaviors and being able to give more open ended requests to interact with elements will give greater insights into usability and error testing. Users with disabilities - From vision or interaction assistance, I can see this helping so many people who would otherwise have to rely on dedicated hardware and slow systems to interact with everyday sites. Customer Support - Think of the ability to self help on a normal Google search of "How to round the amount in a column in excel" - to "Round all the dollar amounts to the nearest dollar in column C in this excel sheet." I'm really looking forward to seeing how people implement this technology and hopefully making it something that helps others. Thanks for the shout out Zak Perez - I'm working on setting up a VM to test this on in an isolated environment to start. Let's see what kind of cool SEO ideas we can come up with that it can do for us!

Would you trust a 🤖 to drive your computer or phone? 🤔 I’m curious if, over time, web and UX design will become optimized more for AI agents than for humans—or if those needs will eventually align. "Available today on the API, developers can direct Claude to use computers the way people do—by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text. At this stage, it is still experimental — at times cumbersome and error-prone. We're releasing computer use early for feedback from developers, and expect the capability to improve rapidly over time." https://lnkd.in/gtMHRdj3

Which workflow would you use? Step by Step here: https://lnkd.in/gKyP3tYq 🙏🏻

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