A free local resource helping residents and small businesses understand and use AI — without hype, pressure, or sales tactics.
Read Today's AI News →Start with the parts that affect real life: how the tools work, where they help, where they mislead, and what local businesses should pay attention to.
What ChatGPT, Gemini, and similar tools really are, how they work at a basic level, and where their limits show up. Start here if all the AI talk still feels fuzzy.
Google still matters, but more people now ask AI tools who to hire. This page explains what that changes and what a local business should fix first.
Practical ways small businesses are using AI tools right now — from answering customer questions automatically to writing social posts — and what actually saves time vs. what's just hype.
What a small business website actually needs today, why Google Business Profile matters more than most business owners realize, and the basics of showing up when people search locally.
Misinformation, scams, privacy concerns, and overreliance — the downsides of AI that don't get talked about enough. How to use these tools smartly and safely.
An honest rundown of the AI tools that are actually useful for everyday people and small businesses — what each one is good for, what it costs, and whether it's worth the learning curve.
Three free, self-paced courses built for Citrus County residents and small business owners. Course 1 covers AI fundamentals, tools, and staying safe. Course 2 covers AI tools for business, GBP, and local SEO. Course 3 covers agentic AI — AI that doesn't just answer, it acts. No signup, no cost, works on any device.
Browse Free Courses →Every morning, an AI agent scans dozens of sources, filters out hype, and rewrites what matters in plain English — so you don't have to wade through jargon.
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I work full time. This site and the free course are how I contribute to the community — they're available 24/7 and don't require scheduling anything. If you have a question or something catches my interest, email is the right way to reach me.
Everything here — the topic guides, the free course, the practical advice — is designed to be genuinely useful without anyone needing to meet in person. Read at your own pace, refer back whenever you need it.
Have a question the guides don't answer? Send an email. I'll respond when I can. I'm not promising same-day turnaround, but I read everything and I'll reply if I have something useful to say.
If someone reaches out with a project that genuinely interests me — an unusual problem, a nonprofit doing good work, something technically compelling — I may engage further. No guarantees, but it's worth asking.
Everything on this site is free. But some problems need more than information — they need someone to actually fix it. I'm a busy man, but I genuinely love this stuff. If you've got an interesting problem and want to work on it together, reach out. If the timing works and the problem is worth solving, I'm probably interested.
I have a full-time career I'm not leaving. This site runs entirely at my own cost — no sponsors, no ads, no investors — because I believe AI is genuinely important technology and I don't want our community to fall behind while everyone else figures it out. The guides, the course, and the occasional email reply are what I can realistically offer.
If you're a local business owner who's felt like AI is out of reach, too expensive, or just not something you'd understand — that's exactly why this site exists. Most of the tools are free. The concepts aren't complicated once someone explains them plainly. That's what I'm here for.
Send an Email →I've spent nearly four decades designing and managing technology at the highest levels of enterprise IT and datacenter operations. Cloud migrations, large-scale infrastructure, security architecture — the kind of work most people never see but rely on every day.
I'm not looking to retire or launch a startup. I have a good job and I plan to keep it. But I live here in Citrus County, and I've watched AI go from something abstract to something that's genuinely reshaping how businesses operate, how people find information, and how entire industries work. I think it's one of the most significant technology shifts I've seen in nearly 40 years — and I think that matters for this community.
A lot of people here — residents and small business owners alike — feel like AI is something for big tech companies, Silicon Valley startups, or people with IT departments. It's not. The tools are free or nearly free, they work on any phone or laptop, and the learning curve is shorter than most people expect. But getting past the confusion and the noise on your own is hard. That's where I come in.
This site — the guides, the free course, the email — is something I built and run at my own cost, on my own time, because I genuinely believe this technology is worth understanding and I don't think anyone in this community should be left behind because they didn't have access to the right information. There's no sponsor, no ad revenue, no business behind it. Just me, trying to be useful.
Everything on this site is free. But some problems need more than information — they need someone to actually fix it. I'm a busy man, but I genuinely love this stuff. If you've got an interesting problem and want to work on it together, reach out. If the timing works and the problem is worth solving, I'm probably interested.
A professional, mobile-friendly website built from scratch. Not a template service — I build things the right way. If that's what you need, let's have a conversation.
Getting your business to show up when people search locally — Google Business Profile, on-page SEO, and making sure you're visible in AI search tools as well as Google.
Automating the repetitive stuff — customer inquiries, appointment scheduling, review requests, email follow-ups. If you've got a process worth automating, it might be worth a conversation.
Walking through AI tools relevant to your situation — answering questions, pointing you in the right direction, and going deeper if the problem is interesting enough to be worth it.
Email is the best way to reach me. I'll read it and reply when I can. No forms going to a call center — it's just me, and I'll respond if I have something useful to say.