24 March 20231 January 2026 Sharing Stories Shared stories cement our connections. That’s my thesis in my novel Broken is Beautiful, just launched, and in life.
18 March 20231 January 2026 Scam or Windfall Been scammed? It feels pretty bad. Which is why I was sceptical when I got a phone call saying, “You have won a prize … “
11 March 20231 January 2026 AI Chatbots – insulting or automatons? Tui trying to look more intelligent than a chatbot AI is on a rocket-speed trajectory into human awareness as language models are […]
4 March 20231 January 2026 Ocker Gumption Contrasting NZ and Oz. Is the critical difference Ocker Gumption?
25 February 20231 January 2026 Fair play for frogs Frogs jump out of gradually heating water, but humans stick with failing paths of action. So why do we keep dissing frogs?
18 February 20231 January 2026 Taboo topics Some NZ bookstores won’t stock books referring to vaccination in any way, including my new novel. What does this mean for our society?
3 February 20231 January 2026 Singing & Biking What is the similarity between singing and biking? In the learning, it turns out, as I discovered this week.
28 January 20232 January 2026 AI with Purpose This week I had to come up with a publishing imprint; I invented the name and AI helped me with the logo. […]
21 January 20232 January 2026 Mirages & politicians The news of the week in New Zealand has to be Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. The above photo is as close as we […]
18 January 20232 January 2026 Time for change All good things must change, or they stop being good. To coincide with the lead-in to the release of my novel ‘Broken […]