Most decisions are made in what I think of as vacation mode. In vacation mode, novelty does the heavy lifting.Energy is high. Friction is invisible. Everything feels workable because nothing has repeated enough to test it. This isn’t limited to travel.People choose jobs this way. Roles. Cities. Partnerships. Even identities. Vacation mode is seductive because […]
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Location: Da Nang, Vietnam — desk, late eveningContext: Reviewing January 2026 search behavior shifts (GEO, experience signals)Status: Observational Short version:AI images are not banned.Google is not “penalizing” sites for using them.But perfect images are increasingly a liability for experience-led brands. With the latest Google Authenticity core update, the bias has shifted—from polish to presence. 1.
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Location: Da Nang, Vietnam — desk, late eveningContext: First LLM audit (creatine category)Status: Observational I went into the weekend assuming that if a product worked, AI systems would eventually recommend it. That assumption didn’t survive first contact. What I noticed instead was that efficacy barely entered the conversation. Creatine is one of the most researched
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