24 September 2026 · Article
A short field guide to office and group-chat phrases
Real workplace and group-chat phrases, and what they usually actually mean, organised by context.
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15 September 2026 · Update
Receipt capture is live
Photograph a receipt, get an HMRC-reasoned category back in seconds, no manual entry.
11 September 2026 · Article
What to actually do with the things you keep saving and never open again
A simple method for turning a pile of screenshots and bookmarks into something you actually use, worked through with a real example.
1 September 2026 · Update
Playbooks are live
Save screenshots and links, and Distillery groups them into playbooks by outcome, with actions cited back to your own material.
29 August 2026 · Article
The UK sole trader expense checklist HMRC actually accepts
The allowable expense categories sole traders miss most often, and what your records actually need to hold up.
18 August 2026 · Article
Why most organising systems fail by week three
New productivity systems tend to collapse around the same point, for the same reasons. What actually holds up instead.
7 August 2026 · Article
AI has too many models now
GPT-this, Claude-that, a dozen version numbers with no clear guidance on which one actually fits your task. A plain way to think about it.
27 July 2026 · Article
Why nobody tells you what they actually mean
Most workplace feedback gets softened past the point of being useful. Here's how to spot it happening, and what to say instead.
16 July 2026 · Article
The five kinds of admin nobody warns you about
Tax paperwork, saved research nobody reopens, workplace phrases you're not sure you understood, feedback that never quite lands, and too many AI tools to choose between.