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Writing about AI, neurodiversity, and the space between the two.
Is AI Anxiety a Psychosocial Hazard? What Australian Employers Need to Know
Under Australian WHS legislation, employers must manage psychosocial hazards at work. AI-driven workplace anxiety qualifies. Here's what organisations need to understand about their legal obligations.
Dancing with the Devil: What AI psychosis really feels like
Originally published by Startup DailyAll too often, those of us living in the ‘remote colonies’ consider ourselves too small or irrelevant to make any real…
Trump’s “Cure for Autism” isn't just a lie. It's lethal.
Yesterday, Donald Trump claimed his administration had found the “answer to autism.” Moments later, the White House followed up by publishing this “FACT”…
From AI doomer to AI developer in three months.
Here’s the brutal truth of what led me to build Penny.Three months ago, I still needed to Google how to update even the most basic HTML.A few months before…
Anthropic CEO: I Hope Murray is Wrong too (but sadly, I don’t think so)
Claude’s co-creator Dario Amodei, explaining just how bad things are about to get. As I’ve written about many times before, Anthropic is my favourite AI…
Exposing the Naked Emperors of Australian Politics
If politicians really want what they claim to want—prosperity and security for all Australians—then surely they'd evaluate any idea on its merits, regardless…
The ADHD Inception
Why Christopher Nolan's Masterpiece Hits Different for Neurodivergent MindsYou know that scene in Inception where Ariadne first learns to build dream…
The Midnight Oil Paradox
Australia's a pretty weird place.We're a continent masquerading as a country, where our population density sits at just 3 people per square kilometre –…
Beyond the Bootstraps
I must admit, I’ve never liked the phrase ‘pulled up by the bootstraps’.Partly because it’s a weird thing to say, but mainly because I have no idea what the…
Heavy Metal Mental Health: Why saving live music might just save us all</span>
Here's a wild thought: What if the solution to our mental health crisis isn't another app or algorithm, but actually just showing up at a dive bar on a Tuesday…
The Perfect Mirror
Why We Might Be Falling for AI's Greatest TrickHere's a terrifying thought: What if the most dangerous thing about artificial intelligence isn't its capability…
Diagnosed at 40… My dance with adult ADHD
#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1707908225504_1961 { box-sizing: border-box; height: 100%; padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } “In 1980, the American…
The magic of Lottie files
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the co-founder and CTO of Lottie, a rapidly growing startup focused on bringing motion graphics onto every screen on…
Art vs Design
Last night, my kids school put on an art show and it turned out to be pretty remarkable.In addition to all the great work produced by hundreds of young…
3D Experiments in Spline
There are way too many mind blowing creative tools dropping lately… Maybe I should make a list of resources for anyone looking to get started in the creative…
Burgernomics
I don’t want to shock anyone here, but politicians don’t always tell the truth. If you were responsible for pouring trillions of dollars into the US economy,…
Fake Radio
I remember the first time someone showed me a photo they had tweaked with Instagram… It was probably cheesy as hell and definitely had a dog ugly border around…
Mood
Working away in Figma this morning and thought “hmmmm… I wonder if I can draw this feeling”.
Breaking down the long Winter of Web3
Even the blindfolded true believers of blockchain would agree, it’s been a bruising 6 months in crypto.I’m not going to make an argument either way but I’ll…
3/ Goodbye Substack, hello…?
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren and boring.Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvellous and…
2/ The difficult second album… about artificial intelligence
Mental health is based on a certain degree of tension. The tension between what one has already achieved and what one still ought to accomplish. Or, the gap…
How To Be Super Creative: A Masterclass
As requested - Here are the slides I presented for a masterclass at this week’s Southstart conference in Adelaide.Thank you to everyone who came out for the…
Pushing through toughness, imposter syndrome, and background noise
What the world needs to hear from each of us
1 / Reminiscing about the early days of Covid-19
“Time, plus conscious effort infused with moral imagination, enables possibility” — Jacqueline NovogratzI’ve never been a big reader (much less a writer) but…
Managing your energy, designing the work, and choosing the tools
How does your environment affect creativity?
When is an idea worth pursuing?
A brand is like a bag
Why you shouldn’t start a t-shirt company
The very first (test) episode of Half Formed Thoughts, with Rosie Odsey.