by John Macdonald | Nov 2, 2025 | AI, The250
AI is a tireless brainstorming partner. That’s one of its best features. So use it that way. Don’t ask for “the perfect headline” or “the best CTA.” Ask for 10. Or 25. Tell it you want a whole bunch of ideas to pick from, mash together, or get inspired by. The point... by John Macdonald | Nov 1, 2025 | AI, The250
You want clever output. However, to get what you’re looking for, your prompt needs to be to the point and specific. Boring, really. Plus, you want the LLM to ask you questions and make it interactive when useful. An LLM is very sure of itself. To the point of... by John Macdonald | Oct 31, 2025 | AI, The250
Unlike with humans, where less is more and simplicity is king, AI needs more words from you. Brevity doesn’t help. Succinctness doesn’t help. Inference definitely doesn’t help. AI doesn’t infer what you meant, only what you typed. Verbosity helps.... by John Macdonald | Oct 30, 2025 | AI, The250
AI works much better if both you and it know who it is — which role each of you is playing. The first thing to remember is that you’re the boss. You’re always the boss. To get the most and the best out of an LLM, you have to think and direct as the boss. ... by John Macdonald | Oct 29, 2025 | AI, The250
AI can be both the most brilliant teammate or the worst. It all comes down to how you talk to it. Talk to it? Yes. ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are Large Language Models (LLM). They understand language (maybe like humans, maybe not, the jury is still... by John Macdonald | Oct 28, 2025 | AI, The250
With humans, less is more. Less description. Less narrative. Less words. Less is more because our brains work better with simple. KISS. Simple is more coherent. Simple is easier to understand. Simple reaches more people. Simple is more memorable. ...