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12
Feb
Various piles of compact discs

Stick around for joy

This post is about music and how we consume it. It delves into what's changed in the widespread
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02
Feb
Two boys standing on a frozen loch

Monthnote, January 2025

I've been considering some changes to the posts I publish over the last few months. What better time
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15
Jan
A conductor stands in the background, with three rows of string instruments in front of them.

Good conductors required

Towards the end of last year I delivered a presentation at Digital Scotland, the annual conference for public sector technology
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29
Dec
A range of different coloured cassette tapes.

Now that’s what I call a mixtape 2024

As I bimble through the spongy unformed days between Christmas and New Year, I’m coming to terms with the
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28
Oct
Image from the original Atlantic publication to accompany Vannevar Bush's 'As We May Think' article, showing a scientist with a camera strapped to their head.

Dead behind the eyeglasses

This post is sort of about augmented reality (AR). But the bigger point it’s grappling with is about who
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11
Oct
A cake with a number 1 candle on it

A year of writing frivilously

I published the first of these newsletters late last September. Little did I know that one year later I would
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30
Aug
text based on the cover of Charli XCX's brat album (extended edition). It reads: "bluesky and it's the same but there's less arguing so it's not"

The lost art of discovery

Greetings! Hope you’ve had a most agreeable brat summer. As I’ve been attempting to sift through the never-ending
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22
Aug
The word 'resist' on a sign, in front of a fence.

Minor acts of AI resistance

I suppose you could call this post a minor act of resistance. It’s been a year since I first
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12
Jul
Oxjam logo

History repeating

A lot of my writing tends to be about looking back – sometimes fondly, sometimes not so – on the way things
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14
Jun
An image from the original Pac-Man - the blue ghost

Old ghosts, irregular posts

Hello 👋 It’s been so long since I published anything that I got an automated email from my newsletter software
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