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We Are the Weather: imperfection can save the world

There are things we all know we should do, but continue to resist because they seem too hard. But the real limiting factor is changing…

best-of

Max’s best of 2020

The best things I found this year

Media

A journalism/ social media clash (and what we should do next)

Natasha Bernal shared a piece in my feed today where the new WeWork CEO tried to re-establish the business’s credible path back to IPO.

Augur

Calmer business

It’s easy to underestimate security. Especially if you have it.

startups

Balance is key to accurate startup stories

I’ve worked on most sides of the fence in startup land now — inside a (now Unicorn) from Series A-C, inside VCs, for tech publications —…

wishlists

Wishlists are like buying but better

I’m currently reading a book about libraries by Susan Orlean. It made me think about the current ABC limiting the UK’s potential for…

sexism

Being sexist.

Note: I’ve had the thinking in this post rattling around my head for a little while now, and earlier this year gave me a reason to note it…

startups

Oral History of Silicon Roundabout

(I originally wrote this for Forward Partners but their blog has been deleted so…) Perhaps no property in Old Street shows how the area has changedas much as the new White Collar Factory on the roundabout itself. The building hosts companies like Adobe, Box.com and Capital One, with a

tech PR

A tale of Comms, Content & Context (and 6x months at Forward Partners)

What I’ve been doing to build the next phase of Augur

So Far With

So far with… new iPad Pro 11” and 12.9”

Is there more to see with the latest model?

Apple

The point of the Pencil

For a while, I’ve tried to use my iPad as much as I can for work, reverting to laptop as and when necessary. Kind of like not pulling out…

Apple

Returning to iMessage from Facebook Messenger

I’m not exactly a Facebook hater – I just want to make sure I use it as if I signed up for it today and was finding its purpose, instead of…

Star Wars

The Last Jedi brings Balance to the Force

BEWARE, SPOILERS THROUGHOUT.

Star Wars

In the Last Jedi, Luke stopped trying.

And the other word for faith, which comes up in both this and Rogue One is...

Apple

What would you pay to skip a year?

This is the way to think about iPhone X.

iphone

So far with… iPhone X

Here’s one fact that sums up my iPhone X experience so far:

work

Why would I read in my Inbox?

Ever since Getting Things Done changed my professional life, I’ve treated my Inbox as one thing: a pile of papers waiting to be turned into…

mental health

Mental health, every day

Yesterday’s World Mental Health Day revealed lots of people reaching out to one another with support and shared experiences.

So Far With

So far with… a Cellular Apple Watch

More “less is more”

tv

Game of Thrones and writing the inevitable

There was a time when all stories were inevitable. Characters were locked in the process of their genre – tragedy, comedy, history.

So Far With

So far with… iPad Pro 10.5” and iOS 11

The mobile working dream continues, but it’s not quite lucid yet…

health

Writing feels like flossing my brain

(Not that flossing.)

Stacking

I’m trying to train my brain to realise an important fact:

terror

How we talk about terror

Blaming yesterday’s London incident on Terrorism is like blaming school shootings on video games.