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As a middle-aged man who works in tech, it has been a matter of some consternation that I have never appeared on a podcast.

Well, it’s been over a year since I migrated from WordPress to Hugo but – you know – life.

“Move fast and break things” has gone from a cool phrase to believe in to the process boogie-man.

Many American commentators have a very particular view of the EU and regulation.

This piece is inspired by this post on daringfireball, which, in turn, was inspired by AP’s style guide on phone numbers.

Another John Scalzi book, and another good one.

Has the company that you work for just announced that they are being acquired?

Last week Apple launched a new low-cost laptop called the MacBook Neo.

Another year, another William Boyd book [affiliate link].

I forgot this in my roundup of 2025, party because it’s not the first time I’ve read it, and partly because I read it at the very end of the year.

Eight books last year, against my target of twelve.

A few years ago, I read “Crisis?

I got a new iPad to replace my 2018 iPad Pro.

I am late to the party.

I’ve lived in London for thirty years1.

For my first job after university, I worked for a company with a ISO9001 certification.

I hear John Elledge a lot on podcasts, so when his new book came out I was immediately interested.

I’ve gone through a number of RSS clients over the years.

In a world where everything is owned by a gargantuan commercial entity, RSS is subversive, an act of rebellion.

Brent Simmons: I had a bias about engineers that worked for large corporations.