I have thought of a new habit I want to try to adopt. I read a lot of articles every day but I don’t tend to make any notes on them, which isn’t very efficient as I just forget most of what I have read. This new habit should make my article reading time more useful: thisisjam.es/reflecting/l...

I just saw lots of people on park benches looking at mobile phones on a lovely sunny day. It inspired this little rant. thisisjam.es/reflecting/b...

I have been trying to set up a desk studio so I can quickly record presentation videos. My latest experiments: thisisjam.es/experimentin...

My latest artwork: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #creativity #magic

I have been experimenting with adding subtitles to the videos I make, using Whisper and ffmpeg at the command line. Works great. thisisjam.es/experimentin...

William Blake thought that John Milton was of the Devil’s Party without knowing it. I’ve worked out why. Milton was possessed by Satan when he wrote Paradise Lost. thisisjam.es/reflecting/w... #books #magic 😈

I’ve read quite a few books by British science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky, and highly recommend some of his older works (Children of Time especially). I talk a bit about some of his books in this review, as well as the couple I have most recently read: thisisjam.es/reviewing/al...

When using LLMs it is often useful to be able to keep long threads going so that it has all the context. But I keep running into the usage limits on my Claude Pro plan. So I have started to get the LLM to summarize large threads and use that to start a new thread: thisisjam.es/experimentin...

I have created a personal Life and Business Coach using Claude. I have written a bit about it here: thisisjam.es/creating/usi... #productivity

I have been creating a new system for myself - a personal life and business coach. I have written how I did it here: thisisjam.es/creating/cre... #productivity

James Cameron recently did an interview in which he said that it doesn’t matter if AI models are trained on copyrighted content. I strongly disagree. I've written about it here: thisisjam.es/reflecting/j...

The habit of writing posts to my website is a really good one. It keeps a record of what I’ve done, motivates and directs me, and helps me clarify my thoughts. But I’ve not been doing it as often as I would like. So I am going to try to post something every day in June. thisisjam.es/reflecting/j...

I wrote a short horror story about an AI Engineering group I run in Barcelona: thisisjam.es/creating/rec...

I wrote a little bit on the theme of “being successful”. thisisjam.es/reflecting/o...

I tried out some Markdown editors. Obsidian is very tempting. thisisjam.es/experimentin...

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Today I’ve got round to doing something I’ve been meaning to do for ages - starting a link blog. The idea of a link blog is to write about articles and videos you watch, to help retain the information and to make it useful for your future self and others. #productivity thisisjam.es/creating/kee...

This afternoon I’ve been vibe coding with my youngest son. Whilst vibe coding may not be a great way to learn how to code, it is a really good way to explore geometry, maths and fractals — it’s really easy to set up demos. It’s also great fun. thisisjam.es/creating/vib...

Just a little experiment in how best to show artworks in revealjs presentations, so that I can zoom in when talking about different features of the work: thisisjam.es/experimentin...

Today I realized it's not enough just to stop using X - having an account means I still would count towards user numbers. So I have completely deleted my X account.

Experiments I did with Indian & Parker inks and bleach. Painting with inks on watercolor paper is easy to get even tones and strong blacks. Snakes have a long and important association with magic, and appear in myths like the Epic of Gilgamesh and Eden/Genesis. thisisjam.es/illustrating...

Creative people should be protesting about the abuse of copyright by the tech giants, and we need to make sure the law doesn't dilute copyright. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I created an animation of the little light-displays that sparks used to make in the soot on the back of the fireplace when I was a child. Read about it here: thisisjam.es/creating/spa... #animation #creativity

Two great, free talks have been released in the last 24hrs, one from the brilliant Andrej Karpathy, and another from Andrew Ng and the writers of the O’Reilly book Hands on LLMs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTG... learn.deeplearning.ai/courses/how-...

I have completely redone my professional site, and added a video. For a while I tried to mix my professional work with more personal creative stuff, but I decided it didn't work. Made with Bear App and Quarto. @bearnotesapp.bsky.social @quarto.org www.beyond2060.com

I tried a new productivity technique today — recording me talking using Voice Memos on my iPhone whilst running with the dogs. I often get ideas when running and want to good method to record them. This was a successful experiment. #productivity #ios #iphone thisisjam.es/experimentin...

I have made a video showing the process I use to update my website using Bear App and Quarto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=icsP... I have also written about the process here: thisisjam.es/creating/qua... @bearnotesapp.bsky.social @quarto.org

I have written and created a video about my method for maintaining my website. This is the single best change I have made to my productivity processes ever: thisisjam.es/creating/qua... #beartips #quarto #productivity

My latest drawing, an alien neuron or life-form from the moon Europa. #art #illustration 🎨🖼️

I have written my quarterly reflection for Q4 2024. It includes the most important thing I've ever done for my productivity ever! #productivity thisisjam.es/reflecting/o...

I created a new Tree of Knowledge image over Christmas. thisisjam.es/illustrating... #art #illustration 🎨🖼️ #witchsky #witchcraft #occult

I highly recommend this book - Question 7 by Richard Flanagan, my latest review: thisisjam.es/reviewing/qu... #BookSky #Books #Bookworms #authors #Readsomething

My review of The Devil’s Best Trick by Randall Sullivan thisisjam.es/reviewing/th... #book #bookreview #books 📚📕

My review of Slow Productivity by Cal Newport #book #bookreview #books 📚📕 thisisjam.es/reviewing/sl...

A quick review of the book The Devil's Atlas by Edward Brooke-Hitching thisisjam.es/reviewing/th... #book #bookreview #books 📚📕

A wonderful new visual essay from the brilliant Bartosz Ciechanowski @bciechanowski.bsky.social, one of my Gods of the Visual Essay thisisjam.es/reflecting/o... #dataviz 📊 ciechanow.ski/moon/

Giant mushroom feeds a family for a week! #fungi #mycology 🍄🍄‍🟫 www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm a big fan of visual essays. I wrote this little essay about some of the Gods of the Visual Essay, including Tim Urban, Nicky Case, and Blueskiers @bciechanowski.bsky.social @xkcd.com @stephenwolfram.bsky.social @maggieappleton.com . Follow them all! #dataviz 📊 thisisjam.es/reflecting/o...

I spent some time one summer holiday experimenting with a visualization of the Medici family tree, drawing it by hand on the iPad. I'm quite pleased with how it came out, although I will do it better next time... #dataviz #datavis #infographic #history 📊 thisisjam.es/creating/a-m...

My hand lettering used to be terrible. I practiced on the iPad, and now my lettering is much better. This is a little essay about how I improved my digital handwriting: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #Art

A lovely Shaggy parasol, Chlorophyllum (I think!), El Pont de Suert, Lerida, Spain More of my fungi photos here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #fungi #mycology 🍄🍄‍🟫

I believe this is Chlorociboria, which stains wood bluish-green due to a pigment called xylindein. Taken at El Pont de Suert, Lerida, Catalonia, Spain. More of my fungi photos here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #fungi #mycology 🍄🍄‍🟫

Orange Peel Fungus, Aleuria aurantia, taken at Collserola Park, Barcelona. More of my fungi photos here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #fungi #mycology 🍄🍄‍🟫

My visual notes on the book The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins. Atkins is a BBC News journalist and great at explaining complex situations quickly with authority. Highly recommended. #infographic #dataviz #sketchnotes #sciencecommunication #booksky #book thisisjam.es/reviewing/th...

The line work for my Marriage of Heaven and Hell image, inspired by William Blake, before applying color. The text in the image is from the book by Blake, written with a calligraphy pen. #ArtAdventCalendar #art

The 3nd of my illustrations of the story Somnium by Johannes Kepler, sci-fi from 1634. A witch helps her son visit the moon. It may have caused Kepler's mother to be tried as a witch. More here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #ArtAdventCalendar #SciFi #ScienceFiction #witchsky #witchcraft #occult

The 2nd of my illustrations of the story Somnium by Johannes Kepler, science fiction fantasy from 1634. It's fascinating, and was possibly a cause of his mother being tried as a witch. Read about it here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #ArtAdventCalendar #SciFi #ScienceFiction #witchsky #witchcraft

I did some illustrations of one of the first science fiction stories - Somnium by Johannes Kepler. It's a fascinating story, and was possibly a cause of his mother being tried as a witch. More details here: thisisjam.es/illustrating... #ArtAdventCalendar

My review of Derek Siver's book How to Live. It isn’t really a book, it’s more of a list of deepities. The kind of statements you’ll find on an instagram feed. If you like pictures of sunsets with cheesy quotes on them, this book is for you. #book #booksky thisisjam.es/reviewing/ho...