Three AI Tools I'm Using Right Now

A lot of AI products don't stick. These did, and one of them helped me write this newsletter.

I don’t know about you, but lately it feels like every day, if not every hour, there’s a new AI tool I’m supposed to be trying. Build agents. Buy Mac Minis. It’s a lot. And it has a way of making you feel behind before you’ve even started.

So I try as many as I can. Most of them don’t stick. These three are tools I’ve been using for a few weeks now, so I know they’ve become a part of my daily flow.

1. Wispr Flow

I’m dictating the first draft of this newsletter as I walk to a coffee shop near the Rosslyn Metro. That’s Wispr Flow.

It’s a voice transcription tool you can use on your phone or computer — not just inside its own app, but directly in Slack, email, wherever. On your computer, you hit a single key and start talking. I use it constantly: for pieces like this, for quick verbal downloads after in-person meetings, so I have notes before I forget everything.

I’ve used Otter.ai at conferences for years to capture keynote transcripts so I can listen instead of type. Wispr Flow is different — the way it formats, the way it reads your intent, the bullet points it pulls out on its own — it’s become a daily tool in a way Otter never quite did. (Though don’t get me wrong, I still use Otter.ai at all the public events I want a transcript of.) If you talk faster than you type (and I definitely do), it’s worth trying.

PS: If you use my referral link to sign up, you get a free month, and I get one too. They aren’t paying me for this placement; they just offer a referral program that I’m using.

Want the other two? I cover Claude Design — including how I used it to build slides for two upcoming talks — and Perigon.io, the contextual intelligence tool I’m using to track global elections in a way Google Alerts never could. Both are in my premium content library — a resource I built this weekend for paid subscribers with tools, frameworks, and analysis you won’t find in the free newsletter. Check it out here.

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