Wonder Tools ✨ Catch up on recent posts
Perplexity's updates, Google latest free AI, and more
I’m spending time away with my wife and daughters this week, so I’m sharing recent posts you may have missed. I’ll be back next week with a new piece.
🌟 Tally: Superb Free Surveys
Tally is the best free tool for creating surveys. They’re better-looking and more flexible than Google Forms, and they’re just as easy to create in 60 seconds. Use it for any kind of survey, whether you’re getting feedback from clients or students, collecting RSVPs, or gathering ideas.
Declutter your Digital Mess
Most bookmark tools feel like cluttered digital filing cabinets—full of folders, tags, and organizational overhead. mymind is a minimalist alternative.
🎯 Perplexity Update
Perplexity has become my primary tool for search. I rely on it for concise summaries of complex topics. I like the way it synthesizes information and provides reliable citations for me to explore further.
🏗️ Build Better Presentations
Chronicle is a promising new tool for creating compelling visual presentations. Prioritizing design and full control over bullet points or speed, Chronicle offers a valuable alternative to PowerPoint and other popular online slide services like Gamma
Google's free AI Studio ⚡️
Google’s AI Studio and Labs let you experiment for free with new AI tools. I love the way these digital sandboxes — like the one from Hugging Face — let you try out creative new uses of AI. You can dabble around then download and share what you make, without having to master a complex new platform. Read on for a few Google AI experiments to try. All are…
🧠 Claude 4 is here
One of the best AI models just got even better. Claude 4 launched yesterday and I’ve been using it for everything from analyzing files and planning projects to copy editing and creating visual dashboards. Read on for my take on its most useful features, limitations, and five ways to use it.
🚀 Find Your Next Great Job with AI
I’ve been curious lately — how might AI help my former students — and so many others looking for new jobs — in a challenging & complicated market?