This post details how I spent an hour using Comet and Claude to systematically optimize a year’s worth of my newsletter strategy. Comet helped analyze open rates, churn, and subject line patterns, while Claude provided strategic advice and updates for onboarding and editorial systems. The combined use of both tools led to actionable improvements, a more community-oriented approach, and a better methodology for ongoing review—demonstrating how the right questions and tools can drive real results.
Month: August 2025
Outdoor Summer Cinema
We took the kids to see Pixar’s Elio at our local outdoor summer cinema.
Cold Brew With Lemon and Dalgona at Home: Simple Summer Coffee Experiments
Tried a light cold brew with lemon and a quick Dalgona (whipped coffee) at home. Here’s the gear, ratios, and tweaks that worked in 40°C heat.
Perplexity does video generation now
Some quick video generations of myself.
Thoughts on Claude
1. I love using MCP server, but Claude sometimes forgets that it has access to it, so I now have two TextExpander expansions that I can execute at the start of my day, and also at regular breaks during my work day. Somewhat ridiculously, I have to remind Claude what my local time is. I…
A quick spin with ElevenMusic
A quick and dirty test of ElevenMusic, the new music generator from ElevenLabs
One of these days I’ll be sick of playing Balatro
But today is not that day.