Competence Porn

I’m moving house right now, and so my thoughts have turned to porn. Now, now. Wait a second. Not the regular kind, or even the location-location-location sort that comes with getting onto the mailing lists of real estate agents in the new city a few thousand miles away from the old. Instead, it’s…

Microgestures

Originally published in British Airways Business Life in-flight magazine in September 2019

The tiniest movements make all the difference. At least that was what I heard when my wife threatened to burn my glasses if I…

Weeknotes, October 22 2019

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Everything finds its right time. And despite the fact I’ve been writing online for…

Burner Devices, Bunny Suits, Biosecurity Clauses, and Blood Work

Up until February, I averaged 30 countries a year​*​. Some for 24 hours, some for a week, but either way, my work ordinarily takes me all over the world. With the lockdown, of course, all of that has been put on pause…

ReadyBrek, AR, and Flirting in the age of Corona

If you grew up in the UK in the 1980s, you’ll know this image. It’s from a TV advert for a breakfast cereal called Ready Brek. It’s porridge, but much more finely milled, so it’s ready to eat as soon as you add the milk. It is unredeemingly…