Any AI people here? What's a good way to summarize a bunch of YouTube videos and categorize talking points? Feed one video at a time?

I have nobody to share this news with, so whatever... imma share it here. My short story is apparently being typeset in Prairie Schooner's upcoming Winter 2026 issue right now :) The long silence has finally broken. Whewww. I was starting to wonder if this story would ever see the light of day. That's all 😊

Question: How do you get out of a slump when you have no particular reason to be slumpy? --- Case in point: I've been feeling slumpy for the past... oh, I don't know... however many days. Aside from writing my daily emails, I've done little else. OK... maybe that's not entirely true. I did write the latest Field Notes. In any case, time to shrug off this slumpiness and get to work. I have blog posts to write, a couple of workshops to prepare, get back on LinkedIn, and maybe write a few pitches to brands. And figure out how to be more *effective*... that's the answer to the worries of the universe if I'm to believe Ben Settle.

Typically, at this hour of night, I'm nice and spry. Except today. Today I'm ready to fall asleep and have a few dreams. You know why? Because I still have to finish writing the Field Notes that was meant to come out 34 minutes ago. Anyone else struggle from selective tiredness with curious timing?

Earnie Smith of Tedium just posted this on LinkedIn, and I thought I'd share for the AI heavy-users (I'm not one of them). He compares the cost and functionality of some of the emerging AI tools to the existing big ones like Claude and ChatGPT. I thought it was interesting! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smithern_ai-ai-claude-share-7455264433762824193-FUvz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAELCakcBlNuetp6WxFBvqWgLIgZa-Jdk3p8