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Twenty slides, 15 seconds each, no notes | #104

The hardest talk I've ever given, how I learned it off the night before, and the free tool I built from it.

17 hrs ago • John Conneely

6 Ways I Use Gemini Notebook To Solve Problems | #103

Six step-by-step ways I use Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, so nobody has to go searching Confluence, Jira and Slack for answers that already…

Oct 12 • John Conneely

The free-to-use HTML tools I've been building on the side | #102

Small tools I build on the side, free to use in your browser. The newest one is first and it is updated as I add more.

Oct 6 • John Conneely

How to Tell Whether Your AI Validator Actually Checks Anything | #101

How to audit whether your AI validator runs real checks or just asks the model to confirm quality - with a drop-in prompt to find out in minutes.

Jul 15 • John Conneely

Stop Claude Building the Wrong Thing and Make it Ask you 4 Questions First | #100

A native question tool lives inside Claude Code and most people never use it outside plan mode. Here is how to wire it up, and which Claude surface…

Jul 9 • John Conneely

How I Finally Sorted My Claude Code Memory | #98

How a single Substack post unlocked Claude Code's hidden memory system - and the full setup prompts to replicate it yourself.

Mar 18 • John Conneely

The Mirror That Breaks Things: Notes from ProductCon London 2026 | #97

My notes from ProductCon London 2026 - eleven talks, one uncomfortable message: AI doesn't create your problems. It just makes them impossible to look…

Mar 3 • John Conneely

Building My Content Creation Agent Ecosystem: Part 1 | #96

This blog is going to be a little different. Learn how I built an AI content creation system, tested it four ways, and discovered authenticity beats…

Feb 16 • John Conneely

Understanding Claude Code: Skills vs Commands vs Subagents vs Plugins | #95

Anthropic shipped plugins, marketplaces and skills in the last three weeks. I spent too time rebuilding my Claude Code setup after each release. Here's…

Oct 21, 2025 • John Conneely

How to Become a Product Manager | #94

The best route into Product Management is through adjacent roles. This blog covers what to focus on, how to build product sense, and the mindset you…

Jul 1, 2025 • John Conneely

How to Create a Design System to Add as Knowledge to AI App Builders | #93

Improve your AI app builder designs by feeding a design system into the builder. Here’s the prompt I used to create one from scratch.

May 9, 2025 • John Conneely

Ep13 - Beyond the Interface - Rethinking UX from the Inside Out | #92

Explore how UX lives beyond the interface - inside team workflows, internal tools, and overlooked platform systems - in this talk I gave at a Dublin UX…

May 6, 2025 • John Conneely

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