Yearly Archives: 2026
An Internet of Bots
I spent much of the weekend redesigning my website… with the help of AI. When I say “with the help of AI”, I don’t mean I pressing a button, making a cup of tea and coming back to a shiny … Continue reading
HumAInity – Are we staying in control?
The last few months, I have spent plenty of time using AI to build applications, automate tasks and generally see what is possible… not leading edge, just helping out. The experience has been enlightening and humbling. What would previously have … Continue reading
[AI] Winter Is Coming
For those of us bottom feeding on cheap(er) AI services, we got a shock this week. DeepSeek increase the pricing of their model APIs in some cases by 14x. This means, of course, bills of $5 a month jump to … Continue reading
Could winning make us come last?
Last week I spent time building the FCA Consumer Duty Lending Simulator, really as a bit of fun to promote our new refresher course around Consumer Duty essentials. Running through the detail, there was obviously plenty to consider around good … Continue reading
The World Cup: Controversy and the price of attention
Once again the World Cup is over, and I am rattling around the house wondering what to do with myself in the evening. There have been some good matches and certainly plenty of intrigue, together with change. We have had … Continue reading
AI Backlash – the Human Touch?
This week I was down at MAD//Fest again. As an event full of people from the marketing and PR industry it is one I enjoy, something completely different from my usual fare. Most of my year I spend time at … Continue reading
“How I built a Collections System on the train from Manchester”
With all the furore about Anthropic’s Fable, somewhere between Nuneaton and Rugby, I decided to see what would happen if I used it to build a complete collections system. Now, this had to have login controls, role based access controls, … Continue reading
Hydration break needed?
With the World Cup well underway and temperature in the UK rising this week all I can think of is hydration breaks. No I am not talking about the hydration break you may have in the bar, when your team … Continue reading
Are we becoming AI’s managers?
Last week I reached AI overload. All the new features and that multi-threaded, multi-tasking feeling of just trying to keep up with it all. So from this last weekend it has quite deliberately been an AI detox week. Just time … Continue reading
Scorchio
This weekend in the south of the UK it has been properly hot. It has been the kind of heat that can be divisive: it is too hot, I am staying indoors, it’s all climate change, quick get to the … Continue reading
Too Much AI? – Am I a Metal Head?
For anyone living under a rock, by all accounts, an AI revolution appears to be upon us. Yes, we’ve talked about using AI for years, but often this leaned more towards wishful thinking around automation than the genuine arrival of … Continue reading
Found what you are looking for?… it can find you!
Fresh off the back of my comedy course experience the other week, last week I spent the evenings enthusiastically looking for gigs. Okay, I am a newbie and not in central London, but how hard can it be. Time to … Continue reading
It’s the way you tell them
This last week I spent time on Dec Munro‘s intensive stand-up comedy course, at the Angel Comedy Club, at the Bill Murray in London. It was a great bunch of people, all very interesting and I learned a lot. Now, … Continue reading
The OG is not AI
This week, the topic of AI came up in my Italian lesson. We were reflecting on just how much has changed over the last few years. What was unthinkable only a few years ago is now possible (including high-quality translations … Continue reading
Outlandish Predictions for 2026
Having made it through the new year celebrations it is now time to take stock and turn out focus on just what will happen this year. There is of course no shortage of punditry and armchair opinion online, however here … Continue reading
