The Open Hours newsletter
Real attempts, honest results.
Every issue: one real attempt at getting AI to do something useful for a household, what came back, an honest verdict, and one prompt you can try today. A few minutes to read.
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Issue · 10
I want help with the remembering
What dot caught in 24 hours, and how much of it the tools you already have can do.
October 15, 2026
Issue · 09
When a one-off task becomes a system
Do the task once with AI. Then make it repeatable.
October 8, 2026
Issue · 08
Why my calendar included “shower”
What ADHD taught me about organizing my life: make time visible and give every task somewhere to go.
October 1, 2026
Issue · 07
Claude filled the carts. I kept the jeans.
An hour and a half, two stores, and one pair of jeans I was keeping.
September 24, 2026
Issue · 06
Four apps, one calendar
So I asked a different one.
September 17, 2026
Issue · 05
What the first week back exposed
What the first week back exposed about our systems
September 10, 2026
Issue · 04
The judgment and control I want to keep
You can change the factory settings
September 3, 2026
Issue · 03
The first thing it scheduled was last year
The Family Calendar Assistant took me weeks to set up. The Notion board that planned my daughter’s birthday party took me an hour.
August 27, 2026
Issue · 02
The research happened on the walk
Three minutes of talking, not an hour of typing.
August 20, 2026
Issue · 01
The second photo was more useful than the first
No plant names required. Plus a homework packet, cloned in a minute.
August 13, 2026
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