by John Macdonald | Oct 15, 2025 | The250
The first one should suck. Your first blog entry, book, video, business idea, Python script, painting, clay bowl, and soufflé should all suck. Go ahead and hit publish. Buy the ads. Put it in the kiln. Take it out of the oven and dig in. If they don’t,... by John Macdonald | Oct 14, 2025 | The250
Shortcuts can feel smart. You figured it out, or someone gave you a cheat code. Efficient. Easy. But what did you miss?What didn’t you experience? What happens next time? When things break (they always break), you might realize that the shortcut came with a... by John Macdonald | Oct 13, 2025 | The250
Your brain has a limit. It’s 150. That’s the number of meaningful relationships you can manage at any given time. That includes all of your family, friends, colleagues, community, customers, and followers. It breaks down after that. If you’re me, you think 150? I... by John Macdonald | Oct 12, 2025 | AI, The250
Back to this one. So are we there with AI Agents? If I build the right agent (still a software development task, not a basic user UI task), could I actually make autobizinabox.ai a reality? TL;DR — Not yet, but AI Agents get us much closer. What It... by John Macdonald | Oct 11, 2025 | AI, The250
Until agents, AI interaction was single-task oriented. You told it who it was (”You’re an expert tech marketing copy writer”) and gave it something to do (”take the provided background material about our company and product and develop a landing page in html for... by John Macdonald | Oct 10, 2025 | AI, The250
A while back, I wrote a little story about you, Mr. Fancy Pants, and how AI can take your innovative fishing rig idea and turn it into a full-blown business. AI can’t yet do everything in that story, but now the framework is in place. That framework is...