🖋️ LongForm
Want to reduce the noice and just focus on things with a little more meat - the this category is for you. Like so much on this site we have a ‘WIP’ as i take some out - and put some in - but safe for at least starting in 2026.
The Dawn of Mediocre Computing
A bit of a ‘catch up’ post. Across various domains I often reference Venkatesh’s work. Once more today, which prompted this post - because I realised that for whatever reason - I hadn’t ever captured the essence of his ‘mediocrity’ series - and thought I should.
🎥 Fountain of Youth, 2025 - ★★★½
Guy Ritchie .. who’s going to say no. Good cast. Fun story .. in the class of National Treasure and all the rest.
🎥 Nonnas, 2025 - ★★★
It’s Vince Vaughan so of course I checked it out. Not his best, formulaic - think I’ve seen the story a few times before - but cute nonetheless.
Nonnas, 2025 - ★★★
It’s Vince Vaughan so of course I checked it out. Not his best, formulaic - think I’ve seen the story a few times before - but cute nonetheless.
No Title Needed … But This Still Is A Title
Poking Wordland …
Reminder to self.
This is routing to Philpin.com which is currently flagged as an AI experiment. This is not an AI experiment.
🎥 The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★
Home alone and had heard good things. Just lovely. Just wonderful. And yes, I cried.
🎥 The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★
Home alone and had heard good things. Just lovely. Just wonderful. And yes, I cried.
About Isaac Asimov
Prompted by a William Gallagher post, A short take on Asimov, memory, and how storytelling evolves. “it’s not the colour of the pill, but the effect”. … A reflection on reading, writing, and what still holds up.
A Public Policy Framework
Another doc prompted by something on LinkedIN - this one around a twenty year old doc called ‘Public Policy Framework for the New Zealand Innovation System’
I was curious as to
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how well we had done - not well.
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how well we could do - hard - but not impossible
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how much the analysis connected to my own experiences and thinking - a lot
While down here, I bang on this a lot - as do others. It never seems to take hold. For whatever reason(s).
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Time To Self Medicate
Is Silicon Valley a destination, or just part of the journey?
… and where is it anyway?
… oh and why, despite the best attempts, countries all over the world seem to fall short of replicating it.
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Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold
🔗 Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold
I don’t particularly recommend books.
I recommend people.
Mike Maples is one of those people.
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Charity Is Doomed To Fail
If you don’t know who Dan Palotta is - you should.
This is a short introduction to him, his ideas and his work and how it ties to something I wrote nearly 10 years ago.
We built 🔗 The Future Found with these principles at core.
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Work Life Balance
Chris Lockhead dropped a post on LinkedIN regarding retirement.
To me retirement is the macro version of the daily work-life balance.
It solves the wrong problem really well.
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More by Pulp
Found the link via Daniel Savage - thank you - it has been a while - so did not see this one coming. As I type not fully released (June) … but Pulp ✅ Jarvis ✅ Richard Hawley ❌ .. as far as I can see is not on the record - but there seems to be one of his songs on it - we don’t know which one right now. (Well try to come back to this an update when it gets fully released.
The Overview by Steven Wilson
This album is currently featured on 4 public lists on AlbumWhale - all mine!
BUT - this not exactly a reshare - but an opportunity for you to click on this link and hear the Orchestral Version of The Overview.
Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure
Always loved The Cure. First studio in 16 years. My thanks to Patrick Rhone for highlighting this. As he writes
It’s fantastic. Both classic and modern at the same time.
For me - his voice is definitely not what it was - but that would be hard - he's still got it.
Life, Death And Dennis Hopper by The Waterboys
ALWAYS loved The Waterboys. This made me sit up - an entire album dedicated to Dennis Hopper - where the music itself moves through the years of Hopper’s life.