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Music Writers’ Exercise
For February I did the Music Writers’ Exercise (#MWE) which involved listening to and writing a short review of...
For February I did the Music Writers’ Exercise (#MWE) which involved listening to and writing a short review of...
Alongside a yearly theme, I’m also an advocate of seasonal themes. They help keep your yearly theme fresh and...
Social audio looks set to grow in 2021. Unlike text-forward social media such as Twitter, or image-based platforms like...
With the snow falling here in London it was time to take stock and reflect on a difficult month...
The year 2020 saw us spending a lot more time on video calls. Increasingly, the home office looks like...
During 2020, my approach to habit tracking changed and changed again. This year, it’s changed once more. Here’s how...
Deciding on a yearly theme has been different this time. It feels more urgent than ever. Here’s why I’m...
Yearly themes have become more popular as an alternative to new year’s resolutions. Here’s a guide to choosing your...
2020 was supposed to be all about Momentum. That was my yearly theme. Then everything changed. What would Momentum...
Simulated annealing is an algorithmic process used to solve complex mathematical problems. The ideas used in simulated annealing can...
Aspiring writers are told they must do more reading in order to improve their writing. But reading the classics...
We all know the childhood advice to choose our friends carefully. Twyla Tharp suggests we should be just as...
The pandemic isn’t over. We don’t know when it will end. An uncertain future means it’s time to look...
Work blocks are a powerful time management tool. They’re often compared to hyper-scheduling, but the two approaches are very...
Somewhere in between fireworks celebrating freedom and a pandemic-era election, there’s the quiet voice of people asking if they...
Thought-terminating clichés are seemingly harmless and commonly used words and phrases that act to limit or stop conversation, discussion,...