Notes / October 2026 # Thinking out loud. Short posts, useful discoveries and things I’m still figuring out. A little closer to the moment. English translations by AI. Original wording is preserved. Included images are unchanged; source links keep the rest in reach. [For the slower reflection, read Now](https://jardenberg.com/now) [Subscribe to Notes by RSS](https://jardenberg.com/feeds/notes.xml) [All feeds & downloads](https://jardenberg.com/open) [All months](https://jardenberg.com/notes)[October 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-10)[September 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-09)[August 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-08)[July 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-07)[June 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-06)[May 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-05)[April 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-04)[March 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-03)[February 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-02)[January 2026](https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-01) 4 notes · October 2026 9 October 2026Everyday AI ## [Less managing the list. More doing.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/less-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,… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/less-list-more-doing)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/less-list-more-doing/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7514245315932282880/) [![Dottie and JJ discussing how to organise ongoing work in Todoist.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7514245315932282880.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7514245315932282880.jpg) 7 October 2026Everyday AI ## [Marvin is paying attention.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/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… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/marvin-is-paying-attention)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/marvin-is-paying-attention/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7513574322658000896/) [![An Apple Watch showing a message from Marvin about a furniture delivery and a travel-date conflict.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7513574322658000896.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7513574322658000896.jpg) 6 October 2026Learning & leadership ## [Listen. Think. Act.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/listen-think-act) AI translation · Swedish → English In 2016, Hugo Falk had launched the first version of his app, Learn it, and I was running a programme for SKR called Leda för smartare välfärd. During one of our meetings, I brought Beata and Hugo together on stage, and this is what happened. Watch the video… [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/listen-think-act)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/listen-think-act/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7513162042791505922/) [![A still from a stage conversation between Hugo Falk and Beata Wickbom, with a projected phone interface behind them.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7513162042791505922-1.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/backfill/7513162042791505922-1.jpg) 2 October 2026Everyday AI ## [Friday admin has never been this much fun.](https://jardenberg.com/notes/friday-admin) AI translation · Swedish → English Folks. What a time to be alive. Friday admin has never been this much fun. [Read note](https://jardenberg.com/notes/friday-admin)[Läs originalet](https://jardenberg.com/notes/friday-admin/sv)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511782113667518464/) [![A screenshot of an AI preparing to check an invoice basis and travel expenses.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7511782113667518464.jpg)](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7511782113667518464.jpg) Collected from posts I’ve already shared.Original dates. Original images. Room to keep thinking.[Continue on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jardenberg/recent-activity/all/) Source: https://jardenberg.com/notes/month/2026-10 AI + JJ. Original human work and other people’s ideas retain their attribution. Joakim Jardenberg’s own writing: CC BY 4.0. Credit Joakim Jardenberg and preserve AI + JJ / AI translation attribution. Third-party quotations, recommendations, photographs, screenshots, logos and media retain their own rights and are excluded. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/