74 notes · 8 January 2026–26 October 2026

Society & public life

Writing is a craft. Thinking is something else.

AI translation · Swedish passages

Folks. It's damn well time to clean up the way we talk about AI, writing and people. Most recently, on this week's Mediepodden, Olle Lidbom said: ‘I find it very difficult to understand why, as a thinking person, you wouldn't enjoy writing. It's sort of part…

Small things

My AI team roasts the week.

AI translation · Swedish passages

Folks, this was fun. I wrote to my AI team: “Friday afternoon. Summarize my week in the style of a stand-up comedy roast” """ JJ, most people finish the week with a to-do list. You finish it with a portfolio of software companies you accidentally founded…

Building & openness

Firing Rebrandly.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Folks, it's an old truth that several things can be true at once. For example, I can still love paying for really good services, software and content. But I can also hate paying for bad things. (Another day I'll tell you about when I fired TripIt 🥳.) Today,…

JJ Links dashboard showing a live redirect inventory and activity graph.
Everyday AI

Copy-and-paste is not a principle.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Claude refused to read a page that was already open in my browser. Then it suggested I copy the text and paste it in, so Claude could read it anyway. I asked Claude to capture a LinkedIn article for my knowledge system. The page was open in my own Chrome,…

Claude declines browser retrieval, then suggests selecting, copying and pasting the same text.
Small things

Time for someone else to enjoy Lundbylyan.

Original in English

Gothenburg is fantastic. Beyond being the city where I worked for five years, it’s been Kattis’s favorite weekend escape. So much joy, and so many absolutely perfect moments. But three homes is one too many. So it’s time for someone else to enjoy Lundbylyan.…

A smiling woman holds a large empty frame while sitting among furniture pieces in a kitchen.
Learning & leadership

Sixty. Still curious.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Folks. I turned 60 this week. I've never worked this much and never had this much fun. AI still leaves me utterly amazed. But I have also, from time to time, been afraid of becoming redundant. That worry, although I no longer remember what triggered it…

Joakim Jardenberg makes a peace sign beside a stencil of an older person on a mobility scooter.
Society & public life

Another way through the fifteen points.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Folks, a while ago my team and I hacked together 15 points for a better Sweden. During a conversation about language (with a human) this morning, I realised there was another way to slice the pie that was missing. By theme, rather than looking at each…

The fifteen-points site presents eight connected themes in Swedish.
Everyday AI

Revisit your AI disappointments.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Folks, a few days ago I wrote a post about how “pocket agents” change everything, illustrated with a photo of Kattis's watch, where Marvin popped up and pointed something out to her. Completely automagically, based on her real life, and in a genuinely smart…

AI-generated English version of the photo of Kattis's watch, showing Marvin's message about a delivery-date conflict.
Everyday AI

Less managing the list. More doing.

AI translation · Swedish → English

I LOVE the feeling of ticking things off my to-do list. I HATE spending time managing that list. You know: gathering things and adding them, watching out for clashes and moving things around, updating it, living with the fear that you’ve missed something,…

Dottie and JJ discussing how to organise ongoing work in Todoist.
Everyday AI

Marvin is paying attention.

AI translation · Swedish → English

Folks. Kattis has lived with Marvin since November 2022. He knows her inside out and helps with things large and small. But with the launch of Dot, he has acquired a whole new soul and a whole new depth. The whole idea of pocket agents that are always on…

An Apple Watch showing a message from Marvin about a furniture delivery and a travel-date conflict.
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