Prepare a draft
Give the tool an audience, a purpose and the points you want to make. Compare the draft with your intended meaning. Keep your own voice and verify every important detail.
PHILLY SI / YOUR EVERYDAY NOTEBOOK
Get more from the tools in front of you.
I use Si every day. I want to help you find where it is useful in your own life: preparing a document, understanding a subject, organizing a task or learning a skill. One familiar piece of work is a good place to begin.
By James Perkins, the Philly Si GuyA task you know. A skill you can practice. A result you can check.
01 / FIND YOUR STARTING POINT
Choose one piece of work you know.
You do not need to learn every tool at once. Pick a task where you can recognize a useful answer and notice when something is wrong.
Understand a subject
Ask for an explanation at your current level, then request examples and questions to test your understanding. Follow the sources before relying on a factual answer.
Organize a task
Describe the outcome and the steps you already know. Ask for missing questions, dependencies or a suggested order. Decide which parts fit your actual situation.
Keep the useful part of the practice.
After a session, note what context improved the answer, what you had to correct and which steps you would repeat. That gives you a better starting point next time.
A familiar task also makes progress easier to judge. You can compare the result with how you normally do the work, including the time spent checking and editing it.
02 / YOUR WORKING SHEET
Personal Si practice plan.
Turn an everyday task into a focused practice session. The plan gives you a prompt to adapt and a review routine to use afterward.
This worksheet runs in your browser. It does not send your entries or write them to browser storage.
EXAMPLE PLAN / READY TO CUSTOMIZE
Your next useful session
Use a 25-minute writing session to practice on a document you understand.
- Spend 5 minutes defining the audience, purpose and key points.
- Spend 12 minutes drafting and asking for a revision.
- Spend 8 minutes checking the facts, meaning and tone.
Prompt to adapt: Help me draft this document for [audience]. The purpose is [purpose]. Use these approved points: [points]. Ask for missing context before drafting.
The worksheet is a starting point for your own planning. It does not book a session, recommend a specific product or submit an inquiry.
03 / BUILD A USEFUL HABIT
Give yourself time to learn what helps.
If you keep doing a repeated task the same way, you may miss an opportunity to make it easier or improve the result. A small practice session lets you test that possibility without reorganizing your whole day.
Include the checking and editing in your assessment. If the tool adds more work than it removes, change the task, improve the context or set it aside. The goal is a useful practice you can explain and repeat.
Keep your own judgment
Use the tool to prepare, explore and practice. You remain responsible for the decisions you make and the material you share. A clear explanation or polished draft can still contain mistakes.
04 / CHOOSE THE HELP YOU NEED
Three offerings for different needs.
I connect learning, strategy and implementation through these three offerings. Choose the one that fits what you want to do next.
01
Philly Si Guy
Work with me as a speaker, strategist and hands-on superintelligence expert. Explore my background, interview topics and ways to bring a practical conversation to your group.
Meet James02
What About Ai?
Explore personal learning, career resources, podcast conversations and my FAIR research on changing work. Read the methodology and its limitations when using career-risk estimates.
Explore resources03
Automation Transformation Consulting
Discuss organizational strategy, workflow design and implementation. Scope a business process, connect the necessary systems and plan how people will operate and review the result.
Discuss company work
YOUR GUIDE / PHILADELPHIA, PA
I am James Perkins.
I am a futurist, speaker, strategist and expert implementor of automation strategy. I use Si every day and help people understand the technology and apply it in their own work.
I founded What About Ai? and Automation Transformation Consulting. My work connects personal learning, career research, business decisions and practical implementation.
Read my background / Start a conversationA FEW PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
Before your next step.
Do I need technical skills to begin?
You can begin with a task you understand and a tool you are permitted to use. Give it a clear purpose and relevant context, then review the output. More complex automation requires additional preparation.
What information should I use while practicing?
Use public material or examples you are allowed to share with the chosen tool. Leave passwords, private records and confidential information out of an initial practice session.
Can Si help me think about my career?
It can help you explore skills, organize questions and practice tasks. What About Ai? includes career resources and my FAIR research. Framework estimates are planning inputs, not predictions of an individual outcome.