Articles
The full stream of what I’ve been writing — AI, markets, watches, real estate and whatever else happens to have my attention.
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Making Sense of Business AI: From Simple Chatbots to Intelligent Agents
A practical guide to seven levels of business AI, from simple chatbots to intelligent agents. Through a kitchen-renovation example at a 30-store home improvement retailer, explore how AI can assist customers, draw on experienced employees’ knowledge, connect with business systems, handle phone calls, and help coordinate real work.
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What Is Actually Going On With The U.S. Economy?
Treasury yields, inflation, recession fears, government debt, and energy prices can seem to send conflicting signals. Here’s how they connect and why they matter.
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My Watch Story | From Casio to Seiko, Rolex & Beyond
A childhood Citizen, my father’s Rolex, my first TAG Heuer, and an old G-Shock that unexpectedly brought me back to watches. The story of how a simple hobby became something I genuinely enjoy.
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Before Real Estate: The Road That Brought Us Here
Before real estate became part of our lives, there were other businesses, years in the corporate world, risks, successes, setbacks, and a lot of learning along the way.
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Limitless
AI is starting to feel less like a tool and more like an extension of my brain — a place where thoughts, ideas and connections can be captured, organized and developed as they happen.
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The Conversation I Want to Be Ready For
I started learning AI because of Valentina. Now I’m working backwards from the conversation I want to be able to have about the technology, the business, implementation, ROI and what comes next.
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Be Neutral
A small experiment in letting ordinary concerns stay ordinary — and seeing what happens when you stop carrying tomorrow around in your head today.
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How AI Actually Gets Things Done
AI becomes much more interesting when it moves beyond conversation. Tools, permissions, memory, integrations, human escalation, and business systems are what turn intelligence into actual work.
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The Watch World Forgot How Icons Are Built
Watch culture often treats modern homage brands as if imitation is a new moral failure. But many of the industry’s most respected names began by sourcing, borrowing, adapting, and surviving. Prestige came later.
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Panama Changed the Rules for Foreign Property Buyers
Panama’s new Qualified Investor rules favor first-sale properties at $300,000 while requiring $500,000 for resale real estate. The change could reshape where foreign buyers put their money—and which parts of Panama’s property market benefit.