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AI Accelerated Writing

If there is a book in you can AI get it out?
AI Accelerated Writing
A few months ago I blogged about a business plan as a joke. This month I’m writing about a real business plan. My first novel has just dropped on Amazon. Somerset Maugham wrote in 1937: “There is an impression abroad that everyone has it in him to write one book… but if that means a good book, that impression is false.” What he’s really saying is that the difference between amateur and professional writers is craft, something arrived at through learning and practice, then maintained... read more
 

Grumpy, Sober and Taking Notes: Ten Modern Annoyances

A tour of the little things driving me quietly round the bend
Grumpy, Sober and Taking Notes: Ten Modern Annoyances
One of the things I've noticed since I gave up the booze (in May 2024) is that I'm an exceptionally judgemental person. I don't know where I get it from as my parents were really easy-going, tolerant folk. Not me. Hardly an hour goes by where I don't find something to moan and groan about. I thought perhaps I was just experiencing the common cognitive bias which psychologists call the 'fundamental attribution error'. That's the one where, for example, while driving you think that... read more
 

Why isn't everyone working remotely from Spain

How the last mile became the fast mile
Why isn
I bought a new piece of kit this week, that really made me reflect on how far things have come. Long story short, I blogged about prepping for Armageddon earlier in the year, and one thing I realised needed a major overhaul was my 'home network' - the ever-growing collection of tablets, phones desktops and the ways they connect to the Internet. I've been looking for ways to make the whole thing more robust yet less power hungry. When 'El apagón' - the big blackout happened here in Spain ... read more
 

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