Writer’s Brief (Outline)
This section is a handoff for a writer — what the post is about and what to cover.
The Hook
I needed slides for my course in 3 hours and had nothing but a messy outline with random thoughts and screenshots pasted in.
Main Points to Cover
- The outline was garbage — just “fuck that shit” and half-formed ideas — and that was fine
- Claude turned messy notes into 18 slides with a consistent “weird 90s PowerPoint” vibe
- The meta moment: one of the slides was literally about making these slides
The Angle
Personal discovery / happy accident. “I didn’t know this was possible and now I can’t go back to making slides manually.”
Target Reader
Creative people who hate making presentations but have to give them. People who have Claude but haven’t used it for visual stuff.
Tone Notes
Casual, self-deprecating about the chaos, amused by the result. Lean into the weirdness of AI making slides about AI.
Raw Material / Moments to Write From
- Teaching a course tomorrow. Have no slides. Have an outline that says “fuck that shit” under a bullet point.
- Screenshots with Obsidian naming: “Pasted image 20260128052639.png.” Not a presentation. The inside of a brain having a mild panic attack.
- “Not ‘help me make slides’ - actually make them.” Described vibe: playful, weird, 90s PowerPoint energy, bold colors. “Add a chaos meter that shows chaos going from 230% to 55%.”
- 20 minutes later: 18-slide PPTX. Consistent color palette. A slide that says “FUCK THAT SHIT” in huge pink letters.
- Slide called “Making these slides” with “METAAAAAA” underneath. Appropriate.
- Watched validation errors fix themselves. “Text element has background. Backgrounds only supported on div elements.” Claude fixed it, tried again. Done.
- “I watched my presentation debug itself.”
- “Still not sure if this is cool or terrifying but I have slides now.”