This week I have learned: how nice it was to meet up with a bunch of people I worked with at the BBC some 20 years ago. We've all got a little bit older, but nobody has really changed that much. It was a delight to catch up on what we've been doing, reminisce about … Continue reading Weeknote 733 – reunion
This week I have learned: I probably, in the great scheme of things, underestimate my ability to be creative. It's the drawing thing, that if you aren't able to draw well, then you're not (from school onwards) marked as being creative. I create a lot of things. I'm increasingly fascinated by making software things. At … Continue reading Weeknote 732 – LLMing
This week I have learned: in a fascinating round-table event featuring Team Topologies' Matthew Skelton, that maybe we need a change in the sorts of people who work in tech if technology cycle times fall in the coming years (that's a big "if", mind). People who revel in context shifting. People who take pride in … Continue reading Weeknote 731 – human contact
Remarkably, this Wednesday saw the 15th Anniversary of my very first weeknote. Remarkable because I picked up on the technique by reading about it in a paper copy of Wired magazine (for younger readers, a magazine was like a blog printed on paper. For even younger readers, a blog is like a really overly wordy … Continue reading Weeknote 730 – Fifteen Years
(An experiment in stakeholder management, creativity and vibe coding) Some months ago, I came into the possession of a bag of 10 small rubber ducks. The reasons why are on a need-to-know basis, and you probably don't need to know. I thought about turning them into art. Originally, I was going to glue them to … Continue reading Ducks in a Row
This week I have learned: the great joy that can come from a new pair of loudspeakers. the great frustration that can come from trying to get modern electronic equipment to coexist with other pieces of electronic equipment. It usually starts with troubles connecting and is shortly after followed by "downloading the latest firmware update." … Continue reading Weeknote 729: keyless
This week I have learned: about leadership. I adore the conversations on WB-40. This week's, with my dear friend Nancy Doyle, has been hugely impactful on my thinking. She's a clever one, that Professor Doyle. how LLMs can be used to help design games. I'm currently working on a board game that simulates the stuff … Continue reading Weeknote 728 – Leadership
This week I have learned: about the perils of the creative process. We went to see Ben and Imo at the Richmond Orange Tree theatre on Tuesday evening, a play about the relationship between Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst at the time of his writing of Gloriana, the opera commissioned for the Queen's coronation celebrations. … Continue reading Weeknote 727: Latin
This week I have learned: the word "Shitrature" to describe the sort of book that is the sort of dip-in dip-out stuff you find in toilets. of the Flourishing Business Canvas which looks fascinating (thanks to John W for both of the the above) the sense of achievement in playing a new-to-the audience hit at … Continue reading Weeknote 726: surveys
This week I have learned: to enjoy the silence. After four months of hectic, I've entered a lull. This is nice because it's allowed me to collect my thoughts a bit. And do some experiments. talking of which - experimenting with using NotebookLM to create surveys for "maturity assessment"-type activities. It's fascinating and appears to … Continue reading Weeknote 725 – a period of calm
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