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Digital Twins & AI

New1 August 2026  ·  6 min read

What I use Claude for when I build a digital twin video

The twin delivers the video. Here's the part nobody asks about: everything that happens between raw footage and a finished, on-brand piece, and why that used to be the slow, expensive part.

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New1 August 2026  ·  5 min read

Six things I wish I'd known when I started making AI video digital twins

What goes wrong when you build a digital twin, and the six things that would have saved the most time if I'd known them going in. Full video included.

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Article18 July 2026  ·  6 min read

Start with your voice: the easiest first step into AI content

Making content takes too long, and that is why it never gets made. An AI voice twin is the simplest first step into AI: quick to set up, still your own voice, and it keeps building trust while it saves you hours. Here is how to make one and use it.

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Article1 July 2026  ·  7 min read

What is a Digital Twin?

The word gets used a lot. Here is what a digital twin is, what a real session looks like, why some look terrible and some look convincing, and who should and should not get one.

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Article11 June 2026  ·  5 min read

AI came for my job. Here's why I teach it now.

When clients started generating their headshots with AI, my bookings softened. Here's why I chose to learn the technology rather than resent it, and how I decide who a digital twin is really for.

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Article11 June 2026  ·  5 min read

Why your first AI videos look bad, and how to get past it

When a digital twin or AI video looks cheap, it is almost never the software. Here's what really separates a twin that looks like you on your best day from one that lands in the uncanny valley.

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Websites & Getting Found

Article14 June 2026  ·  6 min read

How to make your website cheaper without losing your Google ranking

A website is an easy cost to cut in a tight economy. Here's how to slash what you pay to run it, without quietly losing the Google ranking that brings you work.

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Article7 June 2026  ·  6 min read

How I cut three website bills to zero and got more control

I was running three websites on platforms that charged me every year and limited what I could change. Here's how I rebuilt them on a free stack, and what I learned along the way.

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Content Made Easier

Article14 June 2026  ·  5 min read

How a voice twin makes content easy, and the ways you can use it

A voice twin is a clone of your own voice you lay over B-roll footage, so you make video content without a camera or reading scripts. Here's how it works, the ways businesses use it, and why it's the gentlest way to start with AI.

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