I have never written a line of code in my life unless you consider peek and poke commands on a Commodore 64 code. In any case, today I created a stand-alone PC program that takes a story premise, writes a script, writes character sheets, and then writes location descriptions. Then it breaks the script into shots and writes detailed prompts. Full Markdown, json and export. Now I am sure that there is a lot that could be added to it, a lot could be tweaked and who knows how well it works yet. I don't. But, to me, being of sound mind and advanced age, I never expected to be able to do this. Now I am working on four more things. Let's see how this does.

A second brain typically means "an AI-augmented personal knowledge system where the AI doesn’t just store notes—it reads them, reasons over them, synthesizes insights, surfaces forgotten connections, and can help act on them." Basically a database of all your thoughts, ideas, communications, etc. I've broken them into different subsets of areas of focus. I'm also creating folders with information related to specific business practices or business experts. Then you point Claude to those areas and create a skill to review the information based on what you want out of it.. Using recommendations from people ahead of me and the Claude space, which are most those people :), I'm using the free download Obsidian to organize this information. Ideally, you'd put Obsidian into your standardized work flow and automatically export data to the appropriate folders through your workday so the second brain grows naturally with your experience. Right now this process is manual, so it's taking some time to get enough data in there to test out different skill markdown files,find out how best to store the information, organize the information, and access the information. I'll let you know how that goes.

I'm taking a deep dive into Claude Cowork. I'm attracted to the markdown file approach that allows the AI to quickly understand your wishes, preferences, brand, voice, etc. without requiring it to be entered each time in the context window. Local entrepreneurs reached out about needing digital assistants help/growth. So, I'm using that as the push to learn what Cowork does well and not so good. It'll be a fun ride. I'll share my journey here, of course. On the other hand, these work-arounds to AI's lack of memory issue reminds me of the early days of building your own computers and looking for ways to bolster the tech beyond what the designers thought was possible. I remember when my brother doubled the size of a 3/5 inch floppy disk. We noticed a notch cut out on one end of the floppy disk that allowed the drive to be written on, so we cut out a notch on the other side and, wallah, we had an unofficial two-sided floppy disk with two writable sides. The tech may change, the evolution seems to remain the same.

Sometimes when I sit down to write, I remember Seth Godin’s line that “We’re not normal. We’re weird. All of us.” And honestly? That explains my entire drafting process better than any productivity app ever could. Writing, for me, is basically choosing to be professionally weird on purpose. Godin says the weird “insist on making a choice,” and that’s exactly what writing feels like: choosing to put words on a page even though your brain is offering 47 alternative activities, including reorganizing your sock drawer or researching the history of Belgian zoos. And the best part? Writing is the one place where weirdness isn’t just tolerated — it’s the whole point. You get to build your own tiny tribe of readers who think your particular flavor of strange is “normal,” and suddenly you’re not just typing… you’re leading a miniature cultural uprising from your keyboard. So here’s my takeaway: If mass‑market thinking says “write something everyone will like,” Godin’s manifesto says “nah — write something your tribe will love.” Weird is the strategy. Weird is the brand. Weird is the plot twist. And honestly, if being weird is the requirement, then I’m already over‑qualified.