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Gemini

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

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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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.

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.
  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.
  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 · September 8, 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 · September 9, 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 · September 10, 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 · September 11, 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 · September 12, 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 · September 13, 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 · September 14, 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 · September 15, 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 · September 16, 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 · September 17, 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 · September 18, 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 · September 19, 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 · September 20, 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 · September 21, 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 · September 22, 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 · September 23, 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 · September 24, 2026