Category Archives: Opinion

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

It’s been a busy few weeks – juggling multiple deadlines and tasks, all seemingly top priority and all needed yesterday. It reminded me of the old in-tray exercise – once a staple of job interviews and assessment centres. If you … Continue reading →

The other week, I was asked to review a scientific article, providing a topic explanation all the way from high-level concepts to the latest cutting-edge research. As is often the case with these things, it became quite technical by the … Continue reading →

After New Year, but before that first Monday back at work, we enter a twilight zone. There is nothing more to celebrate… the mince pies, still stacked high, are on sale… and it can be easy to be just kicking … Continue reading →

There was big news this last week in case you missed it. No, it was not the budget, it was that nearly £300,000 of cheddar cheese was stolen by fraudsters. It seemed this was the leading story on all the … Continue reading →