This week I have learned:
- The joy to be had from conversations to explore ideas and plot paths.
- Today should have been the day that Random was launched. Events conspired. But it was a joy to hear that the production processes have now concluded and there is a shipment of 750kg of randomness is now on its way.
- https://youtube.com/shorts/tWCZwmd_yxk?si=wVrDaJ0qBoGIxx02
- I’ve been invited to give a guest lecture on the Imperial College Global MBA programme. It’s quite a thing to get this work acknowledged in this way.
- I’ve also set up a Beta session for Random the Workshop in London next month. It’s great to have an employer that supports such experimenting. Why not come along?
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/random-the-workshop-beta-tickets-1985433093830
- I’ve been experimenting with using Claude to create qualitative data visualisations. It’s fascinating.
- I also built a little to do list app for a colleague. I figured in a conversation that sometimes people need a to do list because they can’t work out the priorities. So why not just pick a team for them at random?
- https://experiments.randomthebook.com/whatshouldchristiedo/index.html
- Okinomiyaki doesn’t make sense outside of Japan.
The week in media
Listened
Rammana by Salin – a remarkable funky drummer from Thailand. Sometimes I love the algorithm.
Watched
Nir Eyal talking about his new book Beyond Belief at the ever-enlightening TBD.
Next week
Five minutes of randomness
The week in photos
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