Schools: give me your data
England fines parents 500,000 times a year over term-time holidays but publishes term dates as a colour-coded JPEG. It's not okay. There is no central…
The feed
Every recent week note, newest first. No ranking, no algorithm — just the order they were published in. There's an RSS feed if you'd rather read it elsewhere.
Automating the boring
Tonnes about AI taking jobs and robbing humankind of creativity. I agree. But I've said – as far back as 2022, on stage, in front of my industry peers at the…
Inconsistency
Turns out I'm not so surprisingly inconsistent at writing weekly notes. I didn't simply forget to write them, I just wasn't really feeling it. I kept asking…
Running thoughts
It's been a very hot week. My forearms are sticking to my desk, my hands are sticking to my MacBook, and somehow that got me thinking about doing more sports.…
Essentials
It’s been a very hot week with consistently high temperatures, which has made everything feel a bit slower and more drained than usual. I’ve been thinking…
Revisiting 10 predictions for 2023
I'm writing this on the summer solstice, staring down the barrel of a week that promises record breaking temperatures here in the UK. I love the heat so you…
Miet Warlop in Brussels
Hi there! Of course, I’m already starting my weeknotes with a half-week delay. But oh well! I still want to document what happened last week, especially the…
Field Journal and Dino Quest
I’ve been emailing authors and academics, influencers and intellectuals about two brand new podcasts I’ve been working on, Field Journal and Dino Quest from…
Bricks & Minifigs
I seem to have floated from meeting to meeting all week as the nice weather of last has turned somewhat sour. I've loved all the Bricks & Minifigs drama over…
It's hot out
Two episodes of Great Escapes edited as we work out logistics for the next season. I've spent some significant time reworking alphaguess by removing redundant…
KW 22
Obwohl es eine kurze Woche war (der Montag war Pfingstmontag), hat mir die Arbeitswoche ganz schön zugesetzt. Unsere neue, idiotische Arbeitsweise sorgt dafür,…
Birthday
Thursday was a double-header: it was my birthday and also the night of the 2026 ARIAS at the Roundhouse in London. I spent the evening managing the social…
Starting
Es ist Dienstag und ich schreibe die ersten Weeknotes. Ich denke, ich verstehe. Man kann die Note für eine Woche die ganze Woche über bearbeiten. Ja, das…
Cadence
This week started somewhat slow but picked up towards the end. I've noticed that cadence a lot more recently; Monday is busy, Tuesday/Wednesday are somewhat…
New Project and Wedding in Devon
I was up in London on Tuesday to discuss a new work project, codenamed Carrier. It's not that secretive; it's just an internal system for dealing with…
The Devil Wears Prada 2
I saw the new Devil Wears Prada film on Saturday and really enjoyed it. The first movie is one of my favourites. Anna Wintour is someone who's always…
Principality Stadium
I had a great time wandering across Principality Stadium in Cardiff and playing rugby with Ben Thomas) on Monday. I stayed at the Parkgate Hotel which was very…
ARIAS Nominations
Spent most of the week with my head in a visual editor, rather than an audio one, working on nominations for the Audio Academy ARIAS. I'm thrilled that both…
This is weeknotes
I've recently developed a philosophy that should, in hindsight, have been somewhat obvious: If I have to make something, I should make a tool to make the…