2 Weeks AI
Summary
For my dad’s milestone 70-something birthday, he asked for a gift that would help him “make the most of ChatGPT”. A fun brief, and one I figured I’d execute in the most over-the-top and over-designed way possible! Introducing 2 Weeks AI — a free two week course written for total beginners (my dad).
Drawing on my experience coaching teams to use AI well — and my own nerdy enthusiasm — I created a two-week syllabus to help anyone get started with AI and integrate it into daily life. From downloading the app to writing prompts, researching, and learning deeply with AI, each of the 14 lessons builds progressively and is delivered as an interactive card.
Because this was a passion project (with no commercial agenda), I had a bit of fun. Gratuitous animations, confetti explosions, soft blurs, and squishy bubbles. It’s rare you get to design just for yourself — so I made the most of it.
A lesson a day 🍏Direct link
With a little help from AI (to help with the JavaScript logic), the app reveals one new lesson per day, each of which can be marked as complete. You can also opt to get lessons delivered to your inbox — each one designed to build momentum and reward effort with a satisfying “aha!” moment 💡 — showcasing what I consider to be the true magic of AI.
Through a bit of trial and error, I landed on a horizontal layout that made browsing lots of content surprisingly fun. After a few requests, I open-sourced the code — it turns out the format works great for to-do lists, release notes, and blogs too. Fork on GitHub
Daily prompts Direct link
To keep the habit going after the course ends, I added a bonus feature: a rotating set of daily prompt ideas for 30 days after completion. It’s a small addition, but an important one — helping turn AI curiosity into lasting practice.
Worth it?Direct link
Absolutely. In the case of my dad, he claims to have loved it and now confidently uses ChatGPT in his day-to-day life — which is the result I was looking for!
Beyond that, over 10,000 🎉 people have completed the course (thanks, Reddit and Product Hunt!), from lawyers and accountants to truckers and teachers. Some even sent me lovely thank you notes! It cost me more time and money than I care to admit — but it was worth it to give something back.
Writing the course helped me, too. It sharpened how I think about prompting, when to involve AI, and how to use context for better results. It also reminded me that AI is a good pair-coding partner… you just shouldn’t trust its code without checking!
Weird. Squishy bars & my dad riding a sheep dressed as Batman!
Behind the work
- Role
- Personal Project
- Company
- 2 Weeks AI
- Date
- 2025
- Alpha Tester
- André Usborne
- Code Co-Pilot
- Chat GPT
- What I want you to know…
- Giving back matters to me — and this project let me do that through education. I set out to make learning feel fun and approachable, all while tackling a new challenge of designing a mobile-first, consumer-facing app.
- Ask me about…
- The layout experiments and re-engagement strategies I tested (and scrapped) before landing on the version you see here.