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.
Author: Jim
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.
EOS Webcam Utility Pro is a joke
I was all set to film courses with my Canon M200 and new Elgato Prompter when Canon’s webcam software decided to completely crap out on me. Nothing like paying for a subscription service that doesn’t actually work.
Creating my tone of voice with Claude
I used Claude AI to analyze my varied writing—technical, course, book, and newsletter—to build custom style guides for my projects at Informatic AI and Remote Resilience Hub. By training it on both my book and favorite newsletters, I created tailored tone-of-voice guides and a practical quality checklist that keeps my content focused, conversational, and reader-driven.
Behind the Screens – generating a comic with Sora
Sora had a hard time keeping things consistent this week.