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07
Jan
'Like' image with zero likes

Time to shake up your social media?

Preamble I ended up writing quite a lot about the impact of AI last year, more through necessity rather than
7 min read
31
Dec
A Sony HF60 cassette tape

2023 in a mixtape

TL;DR Here's a selection of new music I've enjoyed over the course of 2023, plus
1 min read
17
Dec
A robot wearing a santa hat

Past, Present, and Future: A Christmas AI Story 🎄

The creative inspiration for this post came to me around 10am on Saturday 9 December, 2023. Or did it…? I
6 min read
08
Dec
A picture of Nyan Cat, a famous Internet meme, a cartoon cat with a rainbow behind them

Big, clumsy, hairless cats

After my last Grinch-who-stole-Substack post, I thought I would lighten the mood a little and take it down a notch
2 min read
04
Dec
A pixelated computer screen

So long Substack, and thanks for all the bile

This was my last post on the Substack platform. If you received this in your email inbox, nothing will change
6 min read
25
Nov
Fix your broken UI before you build your shiny AI

Fix your broken UI before you build your shiny AI

I attended a couple of conferences over the last week-and-a-bit. They were good. Good content, good speakers, good side conversations,
4 min read
14
Nov
A photo of two people standing in front of a large screen projecting the words: "hello. this is exciting."

The culture that changes the culture

I’m writing on a different topic from the one I originally had planned this week. My thoughtfully curated content
9 min read
06
Nov
Circling back, doubling down

Circling back, doubling down

Hello dear reader, I hope all is well. This week’s dispatch is a tiny bit more opinionated than previous
6 min read
28
Oct
Taylor Swift, holdind a microphone

My musical immersion (Taylor’s Version)

So this is a bit of a deviation from the norm for me (can you even have a norm after
4 min read
23
Oct
Photo of a 48k ZX Spectrum, with blurring/glitching effects added.

Finding the joy in enforced delay

In my less successful moments as a parent, I’m prone to stumbling into the it-wasn’t-like-this-when-I-was-your-age trap. I say
5 min read