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Mark Whitby
Rememeber Dragon Dictate – What happened to Voice Dictation?

From Audrey to AI: The Evolution of Voice-to-Text It’s funny to think about, but talking to your computer has been around longer than the home computer itself. What started as clunky experiments with machines that could barely understand numbers has now become everyday productivity. These days, you can open your laptop, phone, or a tool like Typeless, start speaking, and watch your words appear instantly with near-perfect accuracy. Let’s take a quick journey through the history of voice-to-text and see

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AI
Mark Whitby
The Future of Writing Is Speech: Typeless AI Voice Dictation Explored

Typeless is redefining the way you turn speech into polished writing. It’s not just voice-to-text—Typeless removes filler words, senses corrections, auto-formats your spoken lists and steps, and adapts tone depending on what you’re writing. It’s private by design, keeping your voice data local and not stored in the cloud. In short, it transforms raw voice into ready-to-share text with minimal friction. If you’ve been dreaming of a dictation tool that finally feels natural, Typeless might just be the one.

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Internet
Mark Whitby
Why I Use Glasp: A Quick Glasp Review

Why I Use Glasp: A Quick Glasp Overview I use glasp every day because it’s the simplest way I’ve found to collect, highlight, and share ideas while I’m reading online. The glasp chrome extension makes it effortless — just highlight, save, and it’s instantly stored in my account. No extra tabs, no messy copy-paste, no forgetting where I found something. For me, the real magic of Glasp is how it integrates with my writing and research. I can revisit highlights,

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AI
Mark Whitby
Is AI Killing the Economy? Or Just Changing It?

Is AI Killing the Economy? Or Just Changing It? Quick Read TL;DR Artificial Intelligence is being adopted faster than electricity, PCs, or even the internet. But is it killing jobs, reshaping the economy, or opening up new opportunities? Let’s break down what the latest Anthropic report really says and what it means for your future.AI Adoption Is Moving Faster Than Anything in History   Artificial intelligence isn’t creeping into our lives—it’s sprinting. In the US alone, 40% of employees now

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Technology
Mark Whitby
How to Help ChatGPT Discover Your Products – Supercharge Your Product Visibility

Want more of your products discovered by ChatGPT and AI-powered shopping tools? In today’s market, it’s not enough to just list products—you need to optimise them for conversational queries, structured metadata, and rich content. This article walks through how to make your product data clean and complete, choose keywords people actually talk and search with, use review content as discovery gold, and ensure your site and feeds are accessible and crawlable by AI systems. Whether you’re selling gadgets, apparel, or

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Mark Etting
Mark Whitby
Organic Search Is Seriously Changing And Rapidly

You want your serch to be relevant… yes? That top organic spot used to be every marketer’s dream. But now with AI Overviews (AIOs) dominating search results, reaching it can feel like a consolation prize. It’s time for a new approach that focuses on total SERP domination, not just one ranking. A framework offers a solid way to think about it. The challenge: AIOs are designed to answer questions directly, killing the need for a click. Pew Research found that

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Ref
Mark Whitby
Finally! A Simple Way to Create Consistent Video Without Losing Your Mind

Daniel Priestley Just Dropped Something Big – And I’m Here for It So Daniel Priestley just shared some pretty wild numbers — his video views have gone from 7,000 a month to 7 million in just over two years. That’s not a small jump, that’s rocket fuel. And here’s the honest bit I love: he admits this didn’t happen by magic. He had a seriously good (and seriously expensive) agency behind him. Most of us can’t throw that kind of

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Technology
Mark Whitby
The Pages I Like & The Ones I Don’t

The Pages I Like & The Ones I Don’t We all have our favourite corners of the internet the ones we keep going back to because they just work. Maybe it’s the clean layout, the way the words seem to pull you in, or how effortlessly you can find what you’re looking for. Then, on the flip side, there are the sites that make you want to throw your laptop out the window. Cluttered design, confusing navigation, clunky pop-ups, or

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Lifestyle
Mark Whitby
Am I a Generalist or a Specialist? I’m a Guide — And This Is My Edge

The False Choice: Generalist or Specialist? – We’ve all heard the old clichés. “Jack of all trades, master of none.” “Pick one thing and be the best at it.” “You’ll confuse people if you’re not consistent.” Those lines might’ve worked in a world of resumes and job titles. But we’re not in that world anymore. In today’s economy — where AI is replacing single-skill workers, industries are blending, and people want more than just a career — the “one lane”

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