Why every business is in the experience business—and how entrepreneurs can build experiences customers seek out and remember.
Why every business i…
Why every business is in the experience business—and how entrepreneurs can build experiences customers seek out and remember.
Dave Hamilton
June 3, 2026
Apple Intelligence translation, taming your Desktop, fixing 4K Mac displays, iCloud email tips, and the Plex price hike.
Apple Intelligence t…
Apple Intelligence translation, taming your Desktop, fixing 4K Mac displays, iCloud email tips, and the Plex price hike.
Dave Hamilton
June 1, 2026
Dave Hamilton and Stu Dias dig into AI and music: tools vs. threats, Suno, AI mixing, and protecting your gig income.
Dave Hamilton and St…
Dave Hamilton and Stu Dias dig into AI and music: tools vs. threats, Suno, AI mixing, and protecting your gig income.
Dave Hamilton
June 1, 2026
In this episode of Business Brain, we get practical about putting AI to work on the everyday stuff, not just the big business plays. Shannon walks through building a custom food log with Claude after …
In this episode of B…
In this episode of Business Brain, we get practical about putting AI to work on the everyday stuff, not just the big business plays. Shannon walks through building a custom food log with Claude after a doctor’s visit — snap a photo, let the AI ID the ingredients, get a clean report emailed before the next appointment, and pin it to your home screen as a web app. The bigger lesson: if all we’re doing is chatting back and forth with our favorite AI, we’re missing roughly 90% of what it can do. Don’t know what we’re missing? Ask the bot itself. Build the custom tool, start a Health fo…
Dave Hamilton
May 29, 2026
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into what happens when a holiday throws off your rhythm. Dave detached over Memorial Day weekend and paid for it on Tuesday, proof that a long weekend needs t…
In this episode of B…
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into what happens when a holiday throws off your rhythm. Dave detached over Memorial Day weekend and paid for it on Tuesday, proof that a long weekend needs the same planning as a road trip if you want to land softly back at your desk. We get into the language we use to talk to ourselves, why a “to-did” list might be the best Sleep aid going, and how offloading reminders frees up the brain cycles you’re burning trying to remember everything. Find the system that fits how your mind actually works, and you’ll sleep better knowing you checked the …
Dave Hamilton
May 27, 2026
Geek Pride Day kicks off an episode packed with the kind of tips you’ll actually use. You’ll learn why Shift+Tab is your fastest escape from a runaway numbered list, how holding the lower-left Car…
Geek Pride Day kicks…
Geek Pride Day kicks off an episode packed with the kind of tips you’ll actually use. You’ll learn why Shift+Tab is your fastest escape from a runaway numbered list, how holding the lower-left CarPlay button summons Siri, and why copy/paste (and drag-and-drop) between apps still beats exporting and re-importing every time. You’ll also get the real story on Comcast’s email migration (spoiler: it’s not mandatory), discover why the Screenshot app blows past Command-Shift-5 (and -4), and figure out how to shut down the fake browser notifications hijacking your Mac. Then it’s into the m…
Dave Hamilton
May 25, 2026
Ride shotgun with Dave as he records GigGab on the drive home from a Casual Gravity gig, finally living out the show’s original mission. You’ll hear why packing your own mixer saves the night when…
Ride shotgun with Da…
Ride shotgun with Dave as he records GigGab on the drive home from a Casual Gravity gig, finally living out the show’s original mission. You’ll hear why packing your own mixer saves the night when the venue only wants a single feed from the band, what it’s like when an in-ear band plays its first fully sober gig, and why counting songs in to a click track changes everything once adrenaline stops driving your tempo. Then dig into relearning vocal harmonies for the Underground Band: using the Moises app to isolate vocals, pulling sheet music, and plunking out intervals on piano to lock sta…
Dave Hamilton
May 25, 2026
In this episode of Business Brain, we kick off Casual Friday AI with Dave’s pitch to learn Markdown — the plain-text format that every AI engine now prefers. Skip it, and you’re burning tokens (…
In this episode of B…
In this episode of Business Brain, we kick off Casual Friday AI with Dave’s pitch to learn Markdown — the plain-text format that every AI engine now prefers. Skip it, and you’re burning tokens (and cash) every time the robots have to wade through bloated Word docs. Then Shannon drops the move that’ll change your week: connect Claude to Slack and let it pull weekly summaries of wins, blockers, and who’s actually carrying the team. It’s the kind of leverage that turns a flood of channels and DMs into one tidy report waiting on your desk every Friday. From there,We dig into Markdown f…
Dave Hamilton
May 22, 2026
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the messy, human side of managing a team — specifically what happens when you take over customer service and realize the old habits have to go. Dave sh…
In this episode of B…
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the messy, human side of managing a team — specifically what happens when you take over customer service and realize the old habits have to go. Dave shares how he’s rewiring an eight-year-old support operation, swapping correction for reassurance, and learning (reluctantly) that buy-in and consensus aren’t a waste of time — they’re the whole game. The breakthrough? Stop telling your team what to say. Make them draft it, workshop it, and own it. That’s how empathy becomes a reflex instead of a script, and how your reviews start climbing…
Dave Hamilton
May 20, 2026
You’ll sharpen your daily tech game this week: add names directly to Mail recipient fields, kill those sneaky iOS nickname pop-ups before they embarrass you, and stay alert to Low Power Mode. Long-p…
You’ll sharpen you…
You’ll sharpen your daily tech game this week: add names directly to Mail recipient fields, kill those sneaky iOS nickname pop-ups before they embarrass you, and stay alert to Low Power Mode. Long-press your steering wheel button to summon Siri faster, welcome ChatGPT and Perplexity to CarPlay, untangle Apple’s App Entitlements, and stream HLS video right inside the updated MGG iOS app. Don’t Get Caught treating your LLM like a glorified search bar—re-task it as a brainstorming partner, let agents check each other’s work, troubleshoot stubborn email issues, and have it build its own …
Dave Hamilton
May 18, 2026
OG co-host Paul Kent rejoins Dave Hamilton to talk about how The Houserockers have stayed booked into their 27th year, and what your band can steal from their playbook. You’ll dig into the social me…
OG co-host Paul Kent…
OG co-host Paul Kent rejoins Dave Hamilton to talk about how The Houserockers have stayed booked into their 27th year, and what your band can steal from their playbook. You’ll dig into the social media reality of 2026 (Reels are currently king), why your mailing list is the asset you actually own, and how to grow to 10,000 followers without losing your soul. Paul makes the case that if you want gigs, your band has to be a business, which means alignment on mission, passion, and musical style with the partners or employees standing next to you on stage. There’s nothing wrong with playing fo…
Dave Hamilton
May 18, 2026
In this episode of Business Brain, we unpack why so many websites still have terrible search even with AI everywhere — and it comes down to tokens. We break down what a token actually is, why feedin…
In this episode of B…
In this episode of Business Brain, we unpack why so many websites still have terrible search even with AI everywhere — and it comes down to tokens. We break down what a token actually is, why feeding an LLM your entire knowledge base on every customer query gets expensive fast, and how the math changes dramatically depending on which model you choose. A real-world example shows the difference between a $2.5M-a-month implementation and a $25K one running on a leaner model. The takeaway: figure out what it’ll cost to leverage AI against your existing customer data, then decide if the lift is…
Dave Hamilton
May 15, 2026
