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  • April 21, 2022

    Ise Ise Baby : Coherent Ising Machines and the New Frontier of Non-Von Neumann Computing

    The approach is one of the most promising candidates among “non-Von Neumann” computer architectures.


  • April 13, 2022

    Making Sense of the World : the Entangled Perspectives of Camilla Pang and Julia Ravanis

    Two of the best science books I’ve come across in a good while: Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang, and Skönheten i Kaos by Julia Ravanis. Reading them back to back created an impression of perfect symmetry.


  • April 13, 2022

    Stockholm We Have a Problem : Public Sector IT Failures and the Case for Open Source

    Sweden has become a unicorn factory and programming is one of the most common occupations, but successful IT-projects are rare outside of the private sector.


  • March 31, 2022

    The Price of Change :  Paying Citizens to Make Better Choices

    What would happen if instead of encouraging people with subtle queues, you’d simply pay them cash?


  • February 25, 2022

    The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck : Kim Scott on Radical Candor

    A good boss have to offer very direct feedback. For that not to be brutal, you must invest in the relationship beyond what’s often thought of as professional.


  • April 28, 2021

    At the Crossroads of Intellectual Property and Software Engineering

    The ins- and outs of open hardware; the power and perils of building your products on top of FOSS-stacks; the dos and don’ts with design patenting, and so much more.


  • April 25, 2021

    Culture Encoded : Ellen Ullman’s Life in the Machine

    Close to the Machine : Technophilia and its discontents by Ellen Ullman chronicles the dawn of the Internet from the point of view of a freelance programmer. I loved it intensely.


  • April 21, 2021

    Girly Stuff : Lessons from Katrine Marçal’s Mother of Invention

    The system has always worked hard to hide the fact that women are just as brilliantly ingenious innovators as men are.


  • March 11, 2021

    Brevity is Good For Business : Why Knowing When to Shut Up Can Boost Productivity

    Animals can teach us something about cutting to the chase.


  • November 15, 2020

    Creative Doesn’t Mean Nice : Striking the Balance in Company Culture

    Culture can be a company’s most valuable asset, but creative a good one is hard.


  • November 10, 2020

    Ghost in the Machine : A Brief History of AI in Therapy

    Machine based therapy would be the ultimate proof of generalised artificial intelligence. I’d like to think it’s not too much to expect.


  • September 24, 2020

    Use the Force

    Knowing your opponent’s most ardent desire is the key to beating them at their own game.


  • September 17, 2020

    Steady On Target

    It’s all very well to come up with an award winning strategy, the tough bit is to stick to it when the goings get rough.


  • June 11, 2020

    Defining Done

    Endings are tricky business; how do you know when you’re done?


  • June 5, 2020

    Managing Mozart

    Great leadership requires constant fluid shifting between different modes of operation.

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