Claude Connectors: How I Turned Claude Into My Intern
What Claude connectors are, whether it's safe to connect your email, how to get Google Tasks and two Gmail accounts working with Claude, and what to do when...
The Mandi Channel
AI for your whole life, darling. Less screen. More queen.
The Mandi Channel is a YouTube show from artist, AI educator, and 21-year software veteran Mandi Loomis of Champagne Fabulous® that teaches beginners how to use AI (especially Claude Cowork) to handle life's boring computer chores.
Here's the deal: most AI advice is made by tech bros, for tech bros, and it all wants you chained to your computer even longer. Absolutely not. I spent 21 years making hotel software training so much fun that salespeople forgot they were learning, and now I'm doing the same thing for AI. Real demos, normal-person speak, zero nerd degree required.
You're too fab for that. Give it to the bot.
Show notes and soapboxes
Show notes from the YouTube channel, plus my other thoughts about AI.
Stop Freaking Out About AI - Understand the Facts Instead of the Frenzy
Is AI really destroying the environment? Is everything you type into AI public? Artist and 21-year software veteran Mandi Loomis fact-checks the two biggest AI myths using independent...
What Is Claude Cowork? A Beginner's Guide to Getting Set Up
What Claude Cowork is, how it differs from Chat, what it can do for real life, and how to get set up with the free Hot Butler Bot....
What will you learn on The Mandi Channel?
Claude Cowork for total beginners
Step-by-step tutorials for people who have never touched AI, showing you how to hand real chores (groceries, trip planning, paying bills, the whole digital nuisance pageant) to your new favorite robot sidekick.
AI facts without the frenzy
Independent research on the AI myths everyone keeps repeating (energy, privacy, all of it), translated from nerd to normal so you can decide for yourself.
Life first, screens second
The whole point of this channel is LESS time at the computer, not more. The mantra around here is "Less screen. More queen."
Hosted by Mandi Loomis, creator of Hot Intern Bot™ and the Champagne Fabulous brand, based in Prescott, Arkansas.