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The end of Twitter

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You might think a social network acquired by an egomaniac billionaire that has become unsustainable after advertisers collectively ditched it would be playin...

Sideways

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In the normal scheme of things, if you place one foot in front of the other and keep doing it you tend to move forwards. The normal scheme of things doesn’t ...

Brave New World

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It turns out I can sit on my hands for roughly 48 hours. That’s how long it took the thought of building a better blogging castle to ferment, and grow into a...

Sitting on my hands

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Over the last few years I’ve walked away from one blogging platform after another - leaving Wordpress, Medium, Tumblr, and Blogger along the way.

The Strangest Experience of my Life

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On Wednesday I travelled to a restaurant for the work Christmas meal. A relaxed lunch with co-workers I rarely see. It was quite the experience.

A Quiet Dream

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I had one long, continuous dream last night. When I woke this morning I played through it in my head - recounting the various twists and turns of the story m...

The Internet Sausage Machine

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I cancelled my subscription to the Medium partner programme a few days ago. I suppose it says something about the power of suggestion, and my own suggestabil...

The Imaginary Astronaut Escapade

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I threw some photos of myself at an “artificially intelligent” application earlier today, and it resulted in the most surreal few minutes of my life - as I w...

The Christmas Market

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The annual “Christmas Market” arrived in town this evening. The main route through town was closed off to all traffic, and the road filled with stalls servin...

Coffee OClock

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It’s been a day - and that’s all I want to say about that. The washing machine has done several loads, the kitchen has been turned into a laundromat, and wor...