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  • Reading More = Reading Better

    Reading More = Reading Better

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    Issue 8 of my newsletter – subscribe here It’s hard to shake the feeling you’re having the same thoughts and ideas as everyone else if you just watch and read and listen to the same content – which these days tend to be the most upvoted or retweeted. This is a problem if your job involves…

  • Telling Tall Tales on Twitter

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    Issue 7 of my newsletter – subscribe here When you listen to a stand-up comedian, you probably know their stories are being exaggerated for comic effect. That’s fine! Everyone understands they aren’t watching a documentary. We don’t need a disclaimer on the front door telling us the events depicted inside are fictional, even if we might…

  • Money Illiteracy, Apple Arcade

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    8–12 minutes

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    Issue 6 of my newsletter – subscribe here Since buying a house a couple of years ago, I’ve noticed more and more people talking about overpaying their mortgages, and I find the whole idea mystifying. The mechanics of mortgages were alien to me until recently, and they may well be to you as well. In the…

  • British Servility, Gamification of Jobs Inside the API

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    Issue 5 of my newsletter – subscribe here The rise of Conservative MP Rory Stewart has sparked an intense frustration in me. Many people who would never vote for a right-wing party have confessed liking this “British eccentric with preternatural intelligence“, as Hadley Freeman from the Guardian described him. What is it, precisely, that Freeman admires…