PAI Explained: How Personal AI Infrastructure Works (And Why It's Easier Than You Think)

Most AI tools treat every conversation like you’re a stranger. You explain your context, your preferences, your constraints—over and over again. PAI changes that. Personal AI Infrastructure (PAI) is a system that wraps AI with your context. It remembers your projects, knows your preferences, and can be extended to handle whatever you need. And the best part? It’s built on simple building blocks that anyone can understand and customize. ...

January 2, 2026 · 6 min · Adam Meeker

Family First: Building AI That Knows What Matters

I have a demanding career. I manage customer experience analytics at Agilent Technologies. I teach at two universities. I’m building a consulting business. And I’m deeply involved in AI infrastructure development. But none of that matters if I’m not present for my family. My wife Tiffany and I have two daughters - Ellie (9) and Tessa (5). Between dance classes, swim lessons, gymnastics, and the endless logistics of family life, staying organized is a challenge. Staying present is harder. ...

January 1, 2026 · 6 min · Adam Meeker

AI-Powered Email: Building an Outlook Automation Agent

Email is broken. Not the technology - the experience. I have 18 email accounts across work, teaching, personal, and consulting contexts. Every morning starts with the same ritual: open each inbox, scan for urgent items, delete the noise, maybe respond to a few. Repeat. I built an AI agent to fix this. The Architecture The system has three layers: Outlook MCP Server - A Model Context Protocol server that exposes Outlook operations as AI-callable tools Outlook Skill - A Claude Code skill with workflows for common email tasks Email Organizer Agent - Higher-level automation for inbox cleanup and organization Why Outlook COM API? I chose Outlook’s COM API over cloud APIs (Graph, Gmail) for several reasons: ...

January 1, 2026 · 7 min · Adam Meeker