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Great Man Theory
Thomas Carlyle stated that “The History of the world is but the Biography of great men.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory Most 19th Century composers said that Beethoven was…
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Under Siege
There are a lot of reports floating around on Social Media about Microsoft using customer data from Word and Excel to train its AI models.…
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Why You Should Write Down Everything: The Power of GTD
“Have you really included walk the dog on your list?” he asked.
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All Change!
You might notice that my websites are changing. There are a number of reasons for this, but the big one is I’ve been forced into…
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A Stream of Leaves
A Stream of Leaves appears in the September/October 2024 Issue of Analog The story continues the Fair Exchange series that has been appearing in Analog…
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Where’s TonyBallantyne.com?
Briefly, the company hosting the site has been sold to another larger company and they’re making a mess of the transfer. I was thinking of…
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To the Stars and Back
Eric was a very good friend of mine. I’m proud to be part of this collection Eric Brown was one of the UK’s finest SF authors.…
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Future Proofing my Notes
As I mention last week, I’ve moved my notes to Obsidian. I’m going to talk about Obsidian another time, for the moment I want to…
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I am not an influencer
As the school holidays approach and I embark on my annual sorting of my notes and resources ready for the new school year, I’m going…
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Au Revoir Evernote, Hello Obsidian
I know, I know. I’ve been in and out of love with Evernote for years now. You and I both know I’ll be probably writing…
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Pat Mills Iconoblast
I feel like I’ve spent too many posts recently talking about bad writing. It’s taken Pat Mills’ Iconoblast newsletter dropping into my mailbox to prompt…
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The Minor Reharm
Reharmonization is a musical term for changing the chords in a song while keeping the melody the same. Jazz musicians do this a lot. There’s…
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