15
Jan
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
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
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 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
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-
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22
Aug
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
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
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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17
Apr
Better than sliced bread (#1)
My recent post on scepticism proved quite popular, and I got some nice feedback (thank you).
At risk of labouring
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09
Apr
West End Girls, 40 years on
I thought about trying to find a technology angle to this post. Maybe a droll commentary on algorithmic music selections,
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