Daily Email Scorecard: Tom 493, AI 0
Published: Mon, 08/05/24
The other day an email dropped into my inbo with the subject line: Our AI will write your newsletter for you Turns out there are various faceless bots…
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Love Island USA's shady mindset lesson
Published: Fri, 08/02/24
A few days ago I read a BBC article about the casting process for Love Island USA, The Real Housewives of Dubai and The Millionaire Matchmaker. Some…
The offbeat “factory setting” secret behind Steve Jobs’ success
Published: Thu, 08/01/24
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it (Rumi) A few days ago I…
Will I still be writing daily emails in 5 years?
Published: Wed, 07/31/24
This is something I’ve been thinking about recently. So let’s try some stargazing. First things first: It’s no secret I love writing these emails. I…
A sign you might be losing touch with yourself
Published: Mon, 07/29/24
In January, I wrote an email with the subject line “To anyone who feels something’s missing”. In the email I suggested that blindly following the…
Why I won’t be building a website anytime soon
Published: Fri, 07/26/24
I’ve had a nagging thought at the back of my mind for a few months now: Is it time for me to build a website? At the moment I have a mishmash of URLs,…
The #1 barrier to getting good
Published: Thu, 07/25/24
On the 13th November, 1875, the music critic Nicolai Feopemptovich Soloviev wrote the following review: Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, like the…
Distractions speak louder than words
Published: Wed, 07/24/24
A rare glimpse behind the scenes of my daily email machine: Most of my writing takes place at my kitchen table early in the morning before I cycle…
Where warriors slayeth and dragons doth roar, dare I would not!
Published: Tue, 07/23/24
Lauren and I have been watching Season 2 of the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon. And I'll level with you. It’s not my cup of tea. During…
d'oh CrowdStrike
Published: Mon, 07/22/24
Updated: Mon, 07/22/24
The weekend’s internet carnage seems to have settled down. Unless you rely on carrier pigeon for your communications, you probably saw the mayhem. On…