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A Hero of Our Time
Non-linear War One night after a long day, I turned on the television and Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe was on. Adam Curtis was talking about Vladislav Surkov,… →
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What Cars Taught Me About Love
Why the things we love are rarely the things that look best from a distance. When I was about six or seven, my favourite uncle, who… →
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Socrates with a Dictaphone
What happens when conversation stops disappearing? I’ve been thinking about what Socrates could have done with a Dictaphone and a PA. He could have sat in… →
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Batman with a Pen
How AI is changing the balance of power between people and institutions The moment I realised I was turning into Batman, but with a pen, was… →
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Flash Games Live Again!
Great news. Thanks to the team behind Ruffle, some of the web games we built at Kempt are playable again. Here are a few I’ve found… →
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Collaborating with AI
Or having a computer on your team… Lately, I (like very many people) have been exploring using AI in my work. Indeed, by the time you… →
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Finding Your First Job
And what actually makes the difference. Students and recent grads often ask me how to get started in games, or creative work more broadly. I tend… →
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Take Your Opportunities
Running a business (even a relatively small one like mine) gives you a remarkable vantage point from which to observe certain parts of life and one… →
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How the iPad Changed Everything…
I’m currently sitting watching the stream from today’s Apple event in Cupertino, they’ve just announced the iPad Air 2 (much to the chagrin of one of… →
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Non-Standard Careers Advice
Seven behaviours that quietly do more for your career than your CV ever will Today I visited a local school to do a careers talk, one… →
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Turbo-Mega-Awesome
When I was younger I knew 3 things for certain: The more exhaust pipes a car had the faster it was, Sarah Greene was very interesting… →
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Alice Cooper Was Wrong
One of my favourite songs is Alice Cooper’s “Lost in America” which I’ve loved ever since I caught it late one night on an episode of… →