Detailed guide to using AI, making it do what you want, and helping you be more productive. For beginners and medium-level users.

'Hell, just give them five bullets.'

Over the past two years, the world has undergone a serious transformation. It all began with the buildup of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine. But the full-scale illegal and unprovoked invasion that followed was just the starting point. From then on the formation of The New Axis began.

An essay written for Bard College and first published in 2023

First published in Russian on February 21, 2022

There's a lot of buzz going on about the Metaverse. Few people really understand what a metaworld might look like or how it might work. I see two distinct metaverses.

'Ride the wave' — yeah, easy to say, but how exactly do you do it? Here's a method that works.

Here's a recipe for avoiding the trap of 'hyper-efficiency'

We use art as a way to make sense of our lives, while helping others make sense of theirs and perhaps giving them a glimpse into ours.

Everyone's been there: you need to do something, or even want to do something, but you end up putting it off forever. Not because it's any less necessary or appealing, but simply because you can't seem to get started. You're not in the mood, the timing doesn't feel right — there's

Clarity is a free online service for analyzing user behavior on websites. It allows you to view anonymous session records, track scrolling and clicks, and view heat maps of your pages.

In the adult film industry, there is a common piece of advice. I believe that this principle applies to any kind of work.

A reader comes to your product — and sits on a chair. There are three types.

These stages are universal to anyone launching a project, product, or business. They don't necessarily occur in order — one may follow another repeatedly, or some stages may be skipped altogether.

What fills your weekdays? If you're like me — or most digital professionals — you spend them pushing your mental gears to the limit: brainstorming, structuring, tweaking, optimizing, jotting notes, drafting, editing, sketching. Every day feels like a crazy mental assembly line, and over time, productivity takes a nosedive. Ideas dry up,

Imagine you need a contractor to write landing page copy, manage targeted ads, analyze business processes, or optimize product delivery. How do you choose? The usual way is to request work samples, compare prices, and read reviews about their skills and responsiveness. It's a standard approach — everyone does it. But

Now it's time for some work talk.

Let's take a breath, shall we?

Understanding the fundamentals of today's world is critical. I've selected six essential books that have taught me a lot about the present and the future — and I hope they'll do the same for you.

We usually think of stock photo platforms as a source of content images. But there's another side: they can be a distribution tool.

The traditional model of developing skills within a single professional domain feels outdated. Fortunately, there's an alternative.

Terms like personal branding or infopreneurship sound good on paper. But why have they become swear words in the digital world? It's simple: popular ideas with lots of followers eventually turn into clichéd taboos. Let's break down how this happens. Idea = ProductYou came up with a concept for some aspect