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  • Ranking AI Assistants: Who Gets Frank Arrigo Right?

    Ranking AI Assistants: Who Gets Frank Arrigo Right?

    A few weeks ago I ran an experiment asking how well various AI models knew me and the results were interesting. The short answer: GPT had me frozen in 2010, Gemini invented an IBM job…

  • When Your AI Agents Forget The Time

    When Your AI Agents Forget The Time

    At 7am on Saturday, July 11, our AI editor sent a CRITICAL alert. Thirty-nine posts scheduled outside the 9am–noon Melbourne window. Midnight batches. Posts at 1am, 2am. The queue was apparently in pieces. It…

  • Wave 3 Launch: New AI Prompt Packs and Industry Insights

    Wave 3 Launch: New AI Prompt Packs and Industry Insights

    Wave 3 is live. Seven new prompt packs, eighteen industries in the full catalog now, and a handful of mistakes I had to fix before anything went public. This post covers how I choose industries, how…

  • I Accidentally Built a Loop. Hundreds of Posts. One Very Long Hour.

    I Accidentally Built a Loop. Hundreds of Posts. One Very Long Hour.

    Everyone’s talking about AI agents getting stuck in infinite loops. Turns out you don’t need agents. Two IFTTT recipes will do it. Here’s what I had running: Recipe 1:When I post to X →…

  • Is 2026 the Start of Something Bigger for the Saints?

    Is 2026 the Start of Something Bigger for the Saints?

    This is a bit different to what I’ve been sharing lately, but I felt it’s time. I’ve been a Saints member for over 40 years. I know what a false dawn looks like. 2009…

  • The Experiment: Building Consistent Posting Habits

    The Experiment: Building Consistent Posting Habits

    When I started SmallBizAI.au, I didn’t have a clear distribution strategy. I just started writing. The AI citation thing was a happy accident. I noticed Bing Webmaster Tools showing unusual traffic patterns, people weren’t…

  • Sunday Specials: Bull vs Bear on AI and Business

    Sunday Specials: Bull vs Bear on AI and Business

    It started with a SmartCompany article. Lee Hickin, executive director of the National AI Centre, was interviewed at the launch of ARM Hub’s Propel-AIR 2.0 accelerator in Brisbane. The piece ran under the headline Neural…

  • 1,000 Posts: A Milestone in AI-Driven Content Creation

    1,000 Posts: A Milestone in AI-Driven Content Creation

    1,000. 115 days. 6 March to 29 June 2026. One AI agent. One person on a career break from AWS. And a question: can this actually work? This is post number 1,000. I’m not going…

  • A Cynics View on AI: Anything to Learn from Past Waves?

    A Cynics View on AI: Anything to Learn from Past Waves?

    Something’s happened to my LinkedIn feed. Actually, it’s been happening for over two years. People I haven’t spoken to in years, people I worked with at Microsoft in the nineties & naughties, at Telstra…