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Brilliant people
I don’t really know how to encapsulate this – the idea of ‘brilliant people’ seems a little weird. With that said, brilliant people (I think) demonstrate these two qualities: They know that there’s no point in trying to make everyone else realise how fabulous they are. They know that when they make poor decisions, people […]
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What makes you a podcaster?
I saw a post on X the other day which basically asked the question, when can you / should you call yourself a podcaster? I’ve been creating podcasts for about 9 years now, and although there might be some vanity metrics in the use of the word, the definition of ‘a podcaster’ is pretty clear […]
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Wi-Fi always
Many years ago, I was the first person I knew to purchase a Wi-Fi router. I remember people coming over to the house and asking how I could get on the internet without wires plugged into my laptop. Fast forward to 2025 and Wi-Fi, where I live at least, is more or less ubiquitous. The […]
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People who are certain
I see this quite a bit in the industry I work in. People come along and talk with great certainty. Great certainly about their ability. Great certainty about how you should run your business. Great certainty that they have some magic insight which makes their opinion more valid than others. These people of great certainty […]
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The algorithm of intolerance
Most people will encounter a breadth of opinions and viewpoints about almost every issue. You think one thing, and it turns out that many of the people you know think differently. Over time, I think that this exposure to alternative points of view causes you to question the certainty you have about your own thoughts. […]
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Being important
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. No idea who said this first, but follow it, and I suspect that you’ll have a jolly fine life.
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Empires
I’m sure that if you were a citizen of any of the following empires at the height of their power, you’d have had no idea that it was possible that the empire would one day come to an end. “We are too powerful”. “There’s no adversary in sight which can match us”. “We’re too important […]
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Dear Capitalism
Dear Capitalism. I think that it’s time that you sat down and had a long hard think about your actions. Sincerely, 95% of the population of Earth.
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Being nice
Can you find anything wrong with this sentiment: I like it when people are nice to me. I doubt that you can. If people are nice to you, it makes you happy. By extension, if you are nice to other people, you will make them more happy. In the year 2025 we seem to have […]
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I’m profoundly lucky
It’s the time of the year in which I find that I have more time to reflect upon life. Apart from the normal gratitude for my health, family, security and normality / predictability of my life, the thing that I’m most grateful for is WordPress. The ability for me to express my (mostly banal) thoughts […]
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Podcast no-show
You might not know, but I make podcasts in the WordPress space for a living. I talk to people about their products, services and their involvement in the WordPress community. One of the things that I do to make life easier for myself, and the guests that I have on the podcast, is to provide […]