You're not behind.
Everybody else is bluffing too.
I'm Brian. I'm 55, I work in sales, and I decided to actually figure out what AI does instead of nodding at every post that mentions it. Every Sunday I report back on what I tried, what worked, and what I broke.
No jargon. No course to buy. The unsubscribe button works on the first try.
Live online classes: Beginner Sat Sept 12, Intermediate Sat Sept 19 — three hours each, $29.
Two Saturdays in September. Three hours each.
Sat Sept 12 — Beginner · Sat Sept 19 — Intermediate · 9am–12pm ET · $29 each, $49 for both.
Brian
TriesAI.
Three segments.
Every issue.
Four to five thousand words, and I used to promise you the opposite. Turns out the long ones are the ones you actually read, so I quit apologizing for them. No filler, no affiliate links to courses I've never taken. 19 volumes in and the three segments haven't moved, because they work.
This Week I Tried…
Something I actually used AI for, with honest results. Sometimes it works beautifully. Sometimes it tells me to leverage cross-functional synergies and I want to hide. You get both stories — plus one thing you can copy and paste.
Sites I Can Actually Handle
The beginner-friendly places I learn from that don't make me feel old. Real people, real explanations, no assumed knowledge. I name names and link out every time.
Sites That Scare Me
The ones I've bookmarked and quietly closed again. I work through them one per issue so you don't have to be the brave one. Next issue always opens with how it went.
The one where I go shopping for the future, find out my oven is a rental, and learn that the machine saves me twelve minutes a week and I have been telling people it saves twenty-six a day.
Part 2 of 3. Your kitchen, your car, your office, your spare bedroom, your workout, your trip — and what actually shipped into each one.
Who this AI newsletter is for — probably you, if any of this lands
This is for you if…
- You're 40, 50, 60-something and tired of pretending you understand half the AI posts in your feed
- You work in sales, marketing, ops, or management — a real job where AI is supposed to help but nobody says exactly how
- You tried ChatGPT once, got a weird answer, and quietly closed the tab
- You don't want a course. You want a friend who'll tell you what's worth it and what's nonsense
This is not for you if…
- You're an AI engineer or have the word "founder" in your bio
- You already say "agentic" out loud without flinching
- You want hot takes, stock tips, or thought leadership
- You need code samples and API docs
There are great newsletters for those folks. This isn't one of them.
I teach a live AI class — and there are two of them this September
Three hours, online, hands-on, nobody watches slides. In the beginner class on Saturday, September 12 everyone leaves having done three real things with AI: a week of dinners, a family schedule, a budget on their own numbers. Then we point the same framework at your actual job.
Saturday, September 19 is the intermediate one, which people asked for on the day. Beginner is using the tool. Intermediate is building the system that runs when you don't — and everyone leaves with a real automation running on their own account.
$29 each, $49 for both. 9am–12pm ET. A free Claude account and a laptop is the whole supply list.
Steal my stuff
Every issue ships with something you can print, clip to the fridge, or paste straight into Claude.
One issue a week. That's the whole deal.
Free forever. Around 800 words. You'll finish it before your coffee gets cold, and you'll know one thing you didn't know before.