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Michael MacLennan

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Michael MacLennan
Grammarly Review: Your Everywhere Comms AI Subeditor

Experiments & Applied Learning

Grammarly Review: Your Everywhere Comms AI Subeditor

We tested Grammarly for 18 months across real client work: emails, proposals, newsletters. Is it the AI safety net every comms pro needs?

07 Jul 2025
We Tested ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool: Here's What Comms Professionals Need to Know

Experiments & Applied Learning

We Tested ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool: Here's What Comms Professionals Need to Know

We put ChatGPT's new Deep Research feature through its paces with a real comms challenge. The results? Not perfect, but more than strong enough to prove its worth in certain situations.

04 Jul 2025
Tool Testing: Our Review Methodology

Experiments & Applied Learning

Tool Testing: Our Review Methodology

The communications world is drowning in AI tool recommendations. Most appear to be written by people who've never actually used them. Our approach is different. Testing Models Every tool gets tested on communications work – the type we have actually done in the past, or that we are currently

01 Jul 2025
Prompt Engineering: Our Production Standards

Experiments & Applied Learning

Prompt Engineering: Our Production Standards

Prompt engineering sounds sophisticated, but it's really just learning to ask AI systems better questions. Our approach focuses on what actually works for communications professionals. Real Scenarios, Real Constraints We produce and refine prompts on genuine communications tasks: press releases that need writing, crisis statements that need crafting,

01 Jul 2025
How We Build: App Development Ground Rules

Experiments & Applied Learning

How We Build: App Development Ground Rules

When we build AI tools for communications, we're not trying to create the next unicorn startup. We're solving real problems that comms professionals face every day.

01 Jul 2025
Why Applied Comms AI? (And What to Expect)

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Why Applied Comms AI? (And What to Expect)

I'm here to experiment, fail, learn, and share everything along the way. Think of this as your comms insider's guide to figuring out AI together.

25 Jun 2025
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