Hey there! In my latest blog post, I’m diving into really fascinating territory. We’ll explore taking control of our media consumption, with a call to “kill your feeds,” plus my personal 16-month experiment with theanine! Also, discover how social comparison might secretly boost success and learn some tricks to break and form habits effectively. Plus, I chat about impactful reputation strategies and the future of AI in media. 📚✨

• Kill your Feeds – Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think:
• My 16-month theanine self-experiment: randomized and blinded, N=1
• The Hidden Power of Social Comparison: We’ve been told social comparison is toxic, but what if it’s secretly fueling our success? Discover how to harness envy for motivation, growth, and lasting achievement.
• Transform the daily grind to make life more interesting – a philosopher shares 3 strategies to help you attain the good life: A shift in mindset as you go through your day-to-day can help you cultivate a psychologically rich life.
• To Change a Habit, Get Extreme. Progressively.: Starting a new habit is very different from breaking an existing one. If you want to give something up, try this advice.
• Succinct data structures: An overview of a class of data structures I didn’t know about!
• 5 Ways media companies can boost audience trust when using AI: While AI offers substantial benefits, recent studies have revealed a trust gap between media companies and their audiences around AI use.
• WatchTime Selects Creative Licensing International to Expand Globally; Creating New Formats, Audiences: As AI-powered search upends the digital landscape, publishers grapple with declining traffic, legal battles, the erosion of interest, and the decline of curiosity. by: Paul Gerbino The evolution of search engine technology, specifically the shift from Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), signifies a fundamental disruption in the online publishing ecosystem. The […]
• Former Independent editor says AI will free up reporters to create more ‘guff’: Chris Blackhurst said “guff” would fill the void left as journalism’s business model collapsed.
• The Digital Packrat Manifesto: DRM and big tech’s war on ownership has led me to make my own media libraries, and you should too.
• The Autodidacts: Much of what I do, in multiple fields, could be reduced to one skill: troubleshooting. I’ll define troubleshooting as systematically determining the cause of unwanted behaviour in a system, and fixing it. Troubleshooting is often learned tacitly, in the process of explicitly learning “the skill”. Troubleshooting is rarely discussed
• The Meeting Manifesto:
• The Post-Performance Review Guide No One Talks About, Part 1: Experienced Engineering leader and International speaker, Allison McMillan, helps companies with gathering design and facilitation to navigate transitions, as a Fractional VP of Engineering or CTO, or providing 1:1 advising and mentorship support. Read more about her thoughts on engineering leadership, conference talks, and services offered.
• Chasing Squirrels: Avoiding Strategy Drift: “Can we go for a walk? I think we have a huge opportunity to offer SaaS tools to participants of our marketplace instead of monetizing customers.” – Representative quote from a founder I work with evaluating a change in strategy Building a new company, I find myself faced with opportunities to revisit and modify Beacon’s […]
• Advanced Stats 101:: Going to school on what the advanced stats mean
• The Reputational Cue Ball: Most people understand reputation matters, but few recognize how it functions as a strategic asset that either unlocks opportunities or leaves you perpetually trapped in impossible situations. The mechanics of this process mirror an unlikely source of wisdom: the game of billiards.