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Musk, Cook, and Trump Walk Into a Bar. I Mean, Beijing. And No, That’s Not the Punchline.
Last week, the most powerful men in American technology boarded Air Force One and flew to Beijing for what was billed as a historic summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Elon Musk. Jensen Huang. Tim Cook. Donald Trump. Xi Jinping. The most consequential tech and political meeting of 2026. Decision making that…
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The MacBook Neo Is Fantastic. Just Not For Me. And That’s Okay.
Let me set the scene for you. I have an L-shaped desk the size of a small aircraft carrier. Two large monitors. A 45-inch primary display connected to my MacBook Pro. A 34-inch LG on the left. Two Bluetooth keyboards. Two Magic Trackpads. An iPad Pro docked and ready. Cables everywhere. Dongles multiplying like rabbits…
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OK, Fine! I Have a Crush on Claude and I’m Not Sorry About it.
Last week I had to publicly warn Reese Witherspoon to stay away from my new (AI) boyfriend. And she completely ignored me. Honestly? I get it. Because once you experience the sorcery that Claude performs; and I’m not talking about what AI is “supposed to do”, but what THIS one actually does, you’d fight Reese…
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Help! Reese Witherspoon is Trying to Steal My New Boyfriend!
Let me stop you right there, Reese. I love you and love your work. If Legally Blonde had been set in an Apple Store, It’d be my life story. But when you showed up on my feed announcing that you were going to teach women about AI – I need you to understand something important……
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The Sickest Job Hunt: How Technology Kept Me in the Game When My Body Wanted to Quit
Last week I said the quiet part out loud. I told you about my cancer diagnosis, my chemotherapy, my layoff, and the very specific terror of watching my health insurance countdown like a timer. I honestly wasn’t sure how it would land. Vulnerability on the internet is a gamble, and professional vulnerability even more so.…
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The Quiet Part Out Loud: Laid Off, Over 50, and Still Standing
Let me say the thing nobody says. Getting laid off after 50 is terrifying. Not inconvenient. Not frustrating. Not “a blessing in disguise” — at least not at first. Terrifying. And if you’re sitting in that place right now, whether you just got the call or you can see it coming from three cubicles away,…
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I Asked AI for Help. It Gave Me Advice for a Man Named Chad.
I want to be clear: I love AI. I write about it, I use it daily, and I have genuinely thanked a chatbot out loud while sitting alone in my kitchen. I am not here to cancel the robots. But I am here to have a little talk. Because the more I use these tools,…
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Your Next Negotiation Called. AI Wants You to Pick Up.
I gave my last company eight years. Eight years of showing up, delivering, caring about the work. Then one day, they let me go. And just like that, I had to figure out how to walk into a room and convince someone new that I was worth hiring — after spending nearly a decade not…
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Dear Silicon Valley: Women Have Faces Too
And we’re already using them, thanks. So let me get this straight. A room full of tech bros in khakis and business-casual polos sat around a whiteboard, probably fueled by cold brew and unchecked confidence, and decided the face was the next great frontier in wearable technology. The face. My face. The one I spent…
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