spent a couple of evenings reviewing my ballot with Microsoft Copilot before heading to the polls. Not to be told how to vote, but to understand the candidates, judges, and ballot measures one item at a time. The experience reinforced something important: AI can be a useful research tool, but it still needs a human willing to read carefully, ask questions, and occasionally catch a mistake. Continue reading
From Idea to Kindle: How a Grandparent Turned a Whim Into a Children’s Book With AI tells the true story of how a simple poem — written after a playful moment with the grandkids — sat untouched for a year before being transformed into a published Kindle book. With the help of Copilot and ChatGPT, a spontaneous idea became a real children’s story, proving that creativity doesn’t retire and inspiration can come from the smallest moments. Continue reading
A lighthearted chapter in my Journey with Co‑Pilot: the week I discovered that even AI has weekly task limits — and how pushing the system harder than most earned me an unexpected timeout. Continue reading
