Review: Atlas of AI, Dr Kate Crawford

During the course of the last few years my reading has been largely influenced with my research with The Riz Test, a project that myself and Dr Sadia Habib co-founded back in 2019 to help measure how Muslims are portrayed in the arts. As the project has evolved my focus…

Frictionless Client Offboarding...

...or How To Win Back Lost Business With Perfect Client Offboarding Experiences Quick story: A few years ago I replaced my beloved but dying MacBook Air with a new MacBook Pro without checking MacRumors [https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/] first. This meant that I was that person who bought a new…

The Evil Cult of the Internal Hackathon

Enough with your internal hackathons, enough with the nauseating tweets “The pizzas have just arrived” and “this is what hustle looks like”. Enough. Your code might well be epic and your heart tremor inducing blood caffeine levels may well be at dangerous levels — seriously, enough already. I know it’s…

The Startup Railcard (& why the UK needs it)

Originally posted on 13th July 2014 A brief history of the Student Railcard If you’re based in the UK and a full time or mature student you’re eligible for a Young Persons railcard. For students this is great because 1/3 off rail trips around the country is…

The fake VC, eccentric German Millionaire and the Sociopath

In the excellent book, Do More Faster [https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDo-More-Faster-TechStars-Accelerate%2Fdp%2F0470929839&t=ZmUzNjdlNTI3YjUxYTU4MjJiZDcwNjI3NGViNGJiZTY2Yjg5NzBlZixzS1lMV1ljZA%3D%3D&b=t%3AiWln24FjD5ejInjPbLasgA&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shaf.co%2Fpost%2F75399291209%2Fthe-fake-vc-eccentric-german-millionaire-and-the&m=1] , David Cohen warns us to…