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Specs Pop Lucky Break

Who doesn't love a good origin story. I just read about [behind London's Times paywall] how an optician who for twenty years thought he could better the big brands finally start-up his dream. As a buyer of such wares myself, I warmed to the USP; same-day glasses. Here's the first

Bletchley Inspired Brand

I suspect the AI Safety Summit caught your feeds last week. UK Prime Minister Sunak invited the great and the good and the China for a bout of regulation porn. That's not to say I dismiss the chance 'bad actors' soon subjugate those of us out the loop. It's more

Zoom Background Study

I continue to be surprised by the lesser-spotted curated zoomscape. I blogged on findings of a survey recently, suggesting that two-in-three companies have created a specific space in the office for video calling. My experience differs. Even if such a place exists, the thought put into it seems misaligned to

Apollo Rescue Thinking

"One of the many lessons out of all this is starting on day one it was from the very first moment, assume you're going to succeed and don't do anything that gets in the way." The thoughts of Ken Mattingly, Nasa astronaut and famed lifesaver of the Apollo13 moon mission.

Your Prospect's p(doom) Number

"At certain Silicon Valley parties, tech bros have started introducing themselves with their names and “p(doom)” numbers, their personal estimates of the likelihood AI will destroy humanity." Trendspotting of London Times columnist James Marriott last week. Expressed as numeric probability anywhere between zero and one, it could be a

The Moral is to the Physical as Three to One

I came across this military adage from a former British army officer. It is apparently Napoleon’s dictum of war. Who did have at least his final six years on St Helena to mull that one over. In the modern-day context that we "will probably cite Ukraine as one of

Office Return Needs Video Call Skills More Than Ever

Above chart from behind London's Times paywall, dated 23rd October 2023. As they drool over the recruitment surveyor's PR interpretation, "the tide is turning on hybrid working". Whether you prefer unstoppable trend or mere stabilisation is though irrelevant. Salt-pinching can lead into rabbit holes such as vested interest bias or

Countering Your Decels

The constant battle between making money for the sake of it or the pursuit of betterment with purpose as chief focus can unsurprisingly be seen in the field of AI. I remain baffled by these two positions' jostling. As for me, I discovered early that when you do something primarily

5pm Club

The 5am Club. Runaway 2018 self-help lifehack manual by Robin Sharma. I am not buying it. It comes from a long line of quasi-science pop authors all preferring the morning lark route beats that of the night owl. To achieve “productivity, prosperity, performance and impact” on the scale of “superstars,

Roadblock Coaching

What is the opposite of a life coach? More downtime doomscrolling, another supposedly boundary pushing clickbait slant on personal improvement. In part I clicked through in the slim hope I'd learn about a new emerging cohort of 'coaches'. Having magically unearthed how they can enrich lives. Freeing the frustrated from