Comparing Trials To Oranges

Manton Reece pondering about free trials whist at the coffee shop: > At the coffee shop this morning I asked the barista to make my latte before I paid for it so I could try it first. Wait, no. Because demos and trials are an important complement to things that

I love shooting at Bank

Winter Wonderland

Just a few , too busy to take many shots though

Authorship And The Web

Don’t worry, this isn’t the usual post about AI and it stealing everyone’s content. That’s true, of course, but this post is a bit different — although still AI-adjacent. As is customary around this time of year, I start to think about my goals for the following

YouTube: Information vs Entertainment

On a recent Vergecast, Nilay and David were chatting about the very real idea that the current state of streaming services is just cable TV all over again. Of course, they are correct, but they also kept coming back to the idea that the only services that make a serious

A Fresh Sheet

The best feeling in my online life is when I have inspiration for a post and I open a fresh sheet in Ulysses. Just then, right before I start typing my garbled English onto the sheet and ruin the whole thing, that is an electric feeling that anything could happen.

Babysitting Yourself

After more than 40 years (yes, I am old) I am well aware of needing massive barriers in the way of my bad habits. I have very little self-control when it comes to dopamine boosting things, and my phone is the worst. I realise how pathetic that is. Over the

Don’t Forget Too Quickly

There’s an old adage: today’s news is tomorrow’s chip paper. For anyone outside the UK, it essentially means that news—and the attention it garners—moves on fast. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to products, influencers, and technology. That said, some topics tend to

See Into Sam Altman’s Soul

There is nothing I enjoy more than an insightful discussion on notebooks, and hearing Sam Altman on the How I Write Podcast was a fascinating listen. I made a few notes whilst walking the dog this morning, but before I got a chance to go over them, this excellent rebuttal

Brokenness Is Awesome

Cory Dransfeldt loving the fact that Social media's broken: > Find your space and don't feel obligated to participate in any of it. Like Cory, I have my website (I check in on the social bits of micro.blog sometimes although I wish I could turn