The cognitive dance I am doing day in, day out continues to be pretty exhausting.  Am I fatigued because of the heat wave or because my diabetes is running wild? Is that twinge in my abdomen a precursor to another bout of pancreatitis or because I am 53? How can a diet as unchanging as…

Originally I titled this post ‘AI = Not Interested’ but I realised that is not really my state of mind. I am somewhat interested. I am not dismissive of the discourse.  There is something happening. I’ve enjoyed Tom’s experiments and Doug’s folk software (a term he introduced me to that I prefer over the slightly…

I’ve been back at work for 10 days and today should have been my 100th (working) day in this role. I actually think I’ve managed 65 – so I’ve been off sick a third of the time I have had this job. Which, I have to be honest, is making reintegration a little bumpy. In…

With 25 emails left until I reach 500 the end is nigh for the Internet of Public Service Jobs newsletter. Even before more recent medical misadventures and the decision to step back from my side projects and ease back, I had already decided to bring it to a close because it had become increasingly expensive.…