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Gemini

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Google Gemini from first login through product map, Workspace, and coding surfaces — one continuous path.

Getting started

  1. 1 What Gemini is (and Google’s many AI names) Gemini is Google’s AI assistant family, not one button. Part 1 separates company, models, and products, translates old names like Bard and Duet AI, and maps the app, Workspace, NotebookLM, and AI Studio without hype. Scheduled · September 24, 2026
  2. 2 Free vs paid Google AI plans (Plus, Pro, Ultra) Free, Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra are a plan ladder, not a personality test. Part 2 translates older Advanced and AI Premium labels, separates Workspace seats from personal subscriptions, and offers a calm chooser before you pay. Scheduled · September 25, 2026
  3. 3 Gemini app and web: first 30 minutes A timed first thirty minutes in the Gemini app and web: confirm your account, run one real low-risk task, revise once, and save the artifact outside the chat so your first session produces work, not vibes. Scheduled · September 26, 2026
  4. 4 Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Drive Gemini inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Drive is powerful because it sits next to real work. Part 4 covers a draft-edit-verify-send loop, practical prompts, and team habits so side-panel AI does not become oversharing or beige sludge. Scheduled · September 27, 2026
  5. 5 Photos, screenshots, PDFs, and multimodal basics Photos, screenshots, and PDFs make Gemini feel magical and easy to overtrust. Part 5 gives structured prompts, a safe upload ladder, and verification habits so multimodal help stays useful without becoming a data incident. Scheduled · September 28, 2026
  6. 6 Privacy and Workspace admin basics for normal users Privacy for Gemini is mostly a few controls and a hard line between personal Google accounts and work Workspace seats. Part 6 covers activity settings, admin questions for non-admins, data classes, and habits that prevent shadow IT incidents. Scheduled · September 29, 2026
  7. 7 When Gemini is the wrong tool Gemini is the wrong tool for source-of-record systems, licensed advice, banned data, and unreviewed high-stakes work. Part 7 closes Learn Gemini with a wrong-tool map, a good-enough checklist, and paths into the deeper Gemini series. Scheduled · September 30, 2026

Product map

  1. 8 Consumer Gemini vs Workspace Gemini Consumer Gemini and Workspace Gemini share a brand name but not the same account, admin, or data rules. Part 1 of the Gemini product map shows which door fits which job and how to stop shadow IT mix-ups. Scheduled · October 1, 2026
  2. 9 Gemini in Android Studio and Code Assist Gemini in the IDE is not the chat app. Part 2 of the Gemini product map covers Code Assist style tools, Android Studio, and the mid-2026 consumer transition so you install the right coding surface for your license. Scheduled · October 2, 2026
  3. 10 Gemini CLI and Antigravity CLI (what replaced what) Gemini CLI and Antigravity CLI are terminal agent surfaces in a mid-2026 transition. Part 3 of the Gemini product map explains what replaced what by tier, how CLI differs from IDE and chat, and how to migrate without cargo-cult install notes. Scheduled · October 3, 2026
  4. 11 Google AI Studio and API light Google AI Studio and the Gemini API are builder doors, not the consumer chat plan. Part 4 of the Gemini product map separates wallets, sketches a safe first experiment loop, and points enterprise work toward Cloud controls. Scheduled · October 4, 2026
  5. 12 Models chooser without hype Model names change faster than team training decks. Part 5 of the Gemini product map gives a job-first chooser for Flash-class vs Pro-class, plan gates, pins and evals, and a one-page team default policy without leaderboard hype. Scheduled · October 5, 2026

Everyday use

  1. 13 First week of useful tasks with Gemini A five-day plan for Gemini that produces real work: one deliverable per day, a simple revise-and-save loop, and three keeper prompts so everyday AI stops being a novelty and starts being a habit. Scheduled · October 6, 2026
  2. 14 Research, planning, and writing with Gemini Research and writing with Gemini works when you force a pipeline: questions, trusted sources, outline, draft with placeholders, then verify. Part 2 of the everyday tutorial is claim hygiene for fluent drafts. Scheduled · October 7, 2026
  3. 15 Learning hard topics with Gemini Learn hard topics with Gemini using a study loop: observable goals, a short map, active quizzes and teach-backs, then verification against real sources so fluent explanations do not become confident mistakes. Scheduled · October 8, 2026
  4. 16 Multimodal: photos and documents that help Everyday multimodal help with Gemini: whiteboards, screenshots, and PDFs using structured prompts, short upload rules, and quick verification so camera-roll magic does not become a data incident. Scheduled · October 9, 2026

Google Workspace

  1. 17 Gmail: drafts, summaries, and tone with Gemini Gmail plus Gemini works when you use a strict loop: summarize, draft with constraints, edit in your voice, verify, then send. Part 1 of the Workspace tutorial keeps tone tools useful without polished mistakes. Scheduled · October 10, 2026
  2. 18 Docs: outline to draft with control Docs plus Gemini stays useful when you control the path: brief, outline, section drafts, human facts, then voice edit. Part 2 of the Workspace tutorial stops beige one-shot essays and fake precision. Scheduled · October 11, 2026
  3. 19 Sheets: formulas, cleanup, and explanations Sheets plus Gemini is for explanations, cleanup plans, and validation ideas you test on a scratch tab. Part 3 of the Workspace tutorial keeps formulas from becoming untested production magic. Scheduled · October 12, 2026
  4. 20 Drive: find, summarize, and organize Drive plus Gemini helps you find, summarize, and propose organization, but permissions and sensitivity still rule. Part 4 of the Workspace tutorial keeps AI digests from becoming accidental leaks. Scheduled · October 13, 2026
  5. 21 Team habits and oversharing risks Workspace AI needs team habits: data classes, approved surfaces, human edits on external content, a prompt library, and a clear oversharing ladder. Part 5 closes the Workspace tutorial with an operating system, not more button tours. Scheduled · October 14, 2026

Coding surfaces

  1. 22 Gemini in the IDE from zero Gemini in the IDE from zero: right account, approved tooling, a tiny first task, and a hard rule to read every diff. Part 1 of the coding surfaces tutorial builds power-tool habits without wrecking the repo. Scheduled · October 15, 2026
  2. 23 Terminal agents: CLI and Antigravity mental model Terminal agents (Gemini CLI and Antigravity CLI) raise autonomy and blast radius. Part 2 of the coding tutorial gives a mental model, a safe starter kit, and migration habits after mid-2026 renames. Scheduled · October 16, 2026
  3. 24 Ask, edit, test, review loop The coding skill that transfers across IDE and CLI is a loop: ask clearly, edit small diffs, test what matters, review before merge. Part 3 of the Gemini coding tutorial makes that loop non-negotiable. Scheduled · October 17, 2026
  4. 25 Quotas, editions, and why it stopped When Gemini coding tools stop, diagnose plan gates, quotas, accounts, policy, and deprecations before you blame the model. Part 4 of the coding tutorial is a practical “why did it stop?” map for mixed consumer and enterprise teams. Scheduled · October 18, 2026
  5. 26 When a full IDE agent is overkill A full IDE or CLI agent is often overkill. Part 5 closes the Gemini coding tutorial with a job-size chooser, a lean stack, a decision card, and a recap of the full Gemini track on Analytics Made Simple. Scheduled · October 19, 2026