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Nothing Earth Shattering
Exploring technology, culture and the spaces in between.

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19
Jan
A view out to the sea from Portobello beach in Edinburgh on a winter's day - the sand is slightly frozen, and the groin stretches into a calm, sun-kissed bay

2026 go pop 🎉

Kicking off the new year with links about Blue Monday, Buttondown and various musings on values.
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31
Dec
A Sony Walkman cassette player, and old school headphones, pictured on an orange background

2025 mixtape

TL;DR: I've selected a bunch of my favourite tracks from 2025 and put them in one sparkling
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17
Dec
A woman clutches a mobile phone while playing Capture the Museum in the National Museum of Scotland.

The legendary Capture the Museum

As we crawl towards the end of the year, I thought I’d write about a nice digital thing. A
8 min read
09
Dec
A neat display of some old-fashioned drawers for filing cards.

Admin Night, right?

As much as it feels like a clunking old cliché to be fired up by two men talking on a
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30
Oct
A young girl trying to pop a large bubble.

People like real things

Thoughts on trust, authenticity and bubbles in response to the launch of Sora, OpenAI’s new video-sharing app.
8 min read
31
Jul
Sceptics United

Sceptics United

Earlier this month I gave a presentation at the #CampDigital conference, hosted in Manchester by the lovely folk from Nexer
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30
May
Close up photo of lower case lettering in a typesetter tray

Appetite for disruption?

Contrasting the seismic digital transformation of the publishing industry with the vague promise of AI. With some slop thrown in.
7 min read
31
Mar
A table top in a graden with a colurful mig of coffee and a ginger cat called Potato sitting on top of it

Monthnote, March 2025

This is my monthnote for March, a post where I reflect on my previous month's work alongside other
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28
Mar
Graffiti on a corrugated iron fence in Greece which reads: "All we need is more likes"

Carelessness inc.

Like a moth to a flame, I could barely contain myself in the rush to download the audio version of
5 min read
02
Mar
A streetsign that says 'Humps' with arrows pointing left and right

Monthnote, February 2025

This is my second attempt at a monthnote, a post where I reflect on the previous month's work
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