doingit.today helps people who don't call themselves techy get real jobs done with AI, one hands-on lesson at a time.
Tech Guild · live sessions
No tech backgroundStart from zero, in plain English.
Hands-on lessonsYou do it as you learn it.
Learn with othersBring questions to Tech Guild.
How doingit.today works
We do two things. We map how you work, then show you short lessons with Pip.
Try an example:
1We map your work
Paint a normal day.
Drag across the hours you spent on each thing. Then tap a block to say what it was and what you used. Roughly is fine.
Your Monday09:00 to 12:00
09:00
09:0010:0011:0012:00
Your Monday so far
2We map your work
See it as steps.
Tick the blocks that make one job. We draw it as steps, with the tool you use and the time each one takes, and mark the ones AI might help with. Nothing changes until you choose.
Your workflow:
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3You learn to do it
Learn it with Pip.
Each step AI might help with gets a short lesson. Pip shows you once, a few cards explain it, you check you've got it, then you try it in the real tool. After that, the step is yours.
A friendly group that will meet every two weeks to learn tech and AI together, starting on Thursday 12 November. Each session takes one topic, in plain English, with time for your own questions.
Find a course
Choose the tool you want to learn. Example courses
What a lesson looks like
Every lesson is four short steps. Pip shows the idea, explains it, checks you've got it, then you try it for real.
from our What is AI? course
app.doingit.today/coursesApp preview
Meet your teachers
Each topic has its own teacher, with a story of their own. Pip’s lessons are live, and the others are on the way.
Your guide, and AI basics
Pip
Opens every course, and teaches the first steps with AI.
Lessons live
Computers
Gus
Spent forty years on a factory floor building computers by hand.
Coming soon
The internet and the cloud
Nimbus
Works the night shift at a data centre, where everyone’s photos live.
Coming soon
Mobile apps
Dot
Has run a phone repair stall on the high street since the brick phone.
Coming soon
The story of AI
Lumi
Looks after a library with more books than anyone could read.
Coming soon
Agents
Bo
Runs errands all day, and checks everything before handing it over.
Coming soon
Not sure where to start?
Tell us one job you do every week. We'll map it, and point you to the right course.
No. Courses start from zero, in plain English. If someone can send an email, they can start.
Do we have to buy new tools?
No. We start with the tools your team already uses, and only suggest a new one when it clearly helps.
What happens to our information?
It stays yours. We only use it to map your team's jobs and run your course. We never sell it, and we'll delete it whenever you ask. Read the short version.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the size of your team and how many jobs we map together. We'll give you a clear price on the call, before you agree to anything.
Explained simplyPip explains each idea in plain words.
Made for the class screenPlay it at the front, and learn it together.
Checks as you goQuick questions after each idea.
A lesson, on the class screen
Every lesson has four parts, and each one works with the whole class watching.
What is AI? · Lesson 1: AI learns from examples
Pip asks a question and acts it out. Every line shows on screen, so the class can read along.
Meet the teachers
Each topic has its own teacher, with a story of their own. Pip’s lessons are live, and the others are on the way.
Your guide, and AI basics
Pip
Opens every course, and teaches the first steps with AI.
Lessons live
Computers
Gus
Spent forty years on a factory floor building computers by hand.
Coming soon
The internet and the cloud
Nimbus
Works the night shift at a data centre, where everyone’s photos live.
Coming soon
Mobile apps
Dot
Has run a phone repair stall on the high street since the brick phone.
Coming soon
The story of AI
Lumi
Looks after a library with more books than anyone could read.
Coming soon
Agents
Bo
Runs errands all day, and checks everything before handing it over.
Coming soon
Start with “What is AI?”
Our first course. Each lesson takes 5 to 6 minutes, so it fits at the start of a class and leaves time to talk.
1
AI learns from examples
Why a computer learns “apple” from labelled pictures, not from rules.
2
ChatGPT guesses the next word
How a chatbot writes, one likely word at a time.
3
Why it sometimes makes things up
Why AI can sound sure and still be wrong, and how to check.
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More on the way
Including how to stay safe with AI.
Made for the classroom
Made for people who are new to AI, so it works for pupils and teachers alike.
Plain words, no jargon
Every line on screen as Pip speaks
Pause, slow down or replay
Real things to look at, like apples
Where it fits
Computing lessons
Online safety lessons
After-school clubs
Staff training days
Bring Pip to your school.
Tell us about your school, and we'll talk through how the lessons could work in your classrooms.
We don't run these sites. We check the links work, and swap any that stop being free.
One free resource a week
A new cheat sheet, guide or template in your inbox. Leave any time.
This page shows the layout only. The stories are examples, not real people. Real stories go here after the first Tech Guild sessions, shared with each person's permission.
Their map: Weekly stock order
1Check what sold last weekIn the till appYou
2Draft the order listWith ClaudeAI helps
3Compare supplier pricesIn Google SheetsAI helps
4Send the orderBy emailAI helps
Example story
How a café owner made the weekly stock order easy
Described the order in their own words, saw it as four steps, then learnt to let AI draft the list from last week's sales.
More stories
Example
A hairdresser · Booking new clients
Replies and bookings, sorted from the phone
Learnt to draft friendly replies and keep one bookings sheet.
Example
A community group lead · The newsletter
The newsletter starts with a draft, not a blank page
Plans each issue with Claude, then makes the header in Canva.
Example
A shop owner · Monday sales report
From pasted numbers to a chart and an email
Tidies the sales in Sheets and writes the email with Gemini.
Example
A tutor · Planning lessons
A term of lesson plans on one page
Drafts plans with Claude and keeps them in Notion.
Example
A volunteer · Event posters
Posters made from a short brief
Writes the brief with ChatGPT, then makes it in Canva.
Example
A freelancer · Chasing invoices
Polite reminders, in their own voice
Keeps a simple sheet and drafts reminders with ChatGPT.
Done it .today?
Tell us about a job you now do with AI. We'd love to share it.
Lots of people hear about AI every day, but nobody shows them what it could do in their own week. So we start from the work you already do, and teach you to do the fiddly parts yourself.
I'm Jamil, and I build apps and websites for small businesses. I keep meeting clever, capable people who feel AI isn't for them, because nobody has shown them where it fits in their own work. doingit.today is my answer: start from a job you really do, and learn the AI parts one small step at a time.
What we believe
Plain English, alwaysNo jargon, and nothing assumed.
Your own workLearn on a job you really do.
Better togetherQuestions are welcome at Tech Guild.
Teach at Tech Guild
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