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Thinking out loud
about AI that works.

No hype, no vendor spin. Just honest thinking on automation, AI, and what it actually takes to make technology work for real businesses.

Plain English June 2026

The plain English AI glossary: 30 terms, no jargon, no nonsense.

Algorithm. LLM. RAG. Hallucination. AI is full of buzzwords that mean very little until someone explains them properly. Here's that explanation.

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Plain English June 2026

"Get your data in order first." It's the biggest myth in AI, and it might be costing you.

Every consultant seems to say the same thing: sort your data before you can use AI. It sounds sensible. It's mostly nonsense.

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Strategy June 2025

Microsoft calls it the Frontier Firm. Here's what it actually means for your business.

Microsoft's vision of the AI-powered future company is real, but it's written for enterprise. Small businesses can get there faster, for less, and on their own terms.

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Plain English May 2025

The difference between ChatGPT and a tool built for your business.

ChatGPT is genuinely impressive. But there's a significant gap between a general-purpose AI tool and something built specifically for how your business works.

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Insight May 2025

The AI race is on. Are you building or being built for?

Every IT supplier you already pay is quietly adding AI to their product and calling it a revolution. Before you click accept on that price increase, it's worth asking a simple question.

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Plain English May 2025

What AI actually is: no jargon, no hype, just plain English.

You've heard the word a thousand times. You've probably used ChatGPT. But what is AI actually, what can it genuinely do for a small business, and what's just noise?

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