Photography, Books, Arts and Sports
Thirty days, one shared spreadsheet, and a room full of writers who turned out not to be rivals but pacers. Notes from a TWJ community challenge on what daily accountability gives you, where it bites, and why resting without guilt was the real breakthrough.
Welcome Claude Code Artifacts – Claude can now build web pages that publish themselves. The pitch is fewer status updates — but the bottleneck was never communication. It was trust, and a self-updating page only dresses that problem. Read the update for more info.
Twelve years ago, I published my first book, Essential MATLAB and Octave. What began as an introduction to scientific computing for students and engineers became the starting point of a much larger journey as an author, educator and technologist.
Now, after writing three additional books, revising two of them for second editions, and spending more than a decade working in data science, machine learning and AI, I am returning to where it all began. Revisiting a first book is a curious experience: some ideas feel timeless, others reveal how much both the technology and the author have evolved.
In this post, I reflect on the lessons learned from writing technical books, how MATLAB, Octave and scientific computing have changed since 2014, and why the second edition is about much more than updating syntax and screenshots. At its heart, it remains a book about computational thinking—a skill that has become even more relevant in the age of AI.
A fascinating exploration of the connection between neuroscience and counselling practice, A Counselor’s Introduction to Neuroscience by Bill McHenry, Angela M. Sikorski, and Jim McHenry explains how advances in brain science can inform therapeutic work without losing sight of the human element. Accessible, practical, and thought-provoking, it offers valuable insights into neuroplasticity, emotional regulation, and the biological foundations of change.
That’s the part worth slowing down for. Not because the rest of the keynote was bad, au contraire, but because it is worth spending some time on this. Credit first, because it’s earned. This is… Read More »WWDC26 – The Announcements
The model that finally reads the brief Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.7 on 16 April. It’s a direct upgrade to 4.6 — same price, same endpoints, same SDKs. No migration drama. Except — and this… Read More »Anthropic Releases Opus 4.7
Why This Mechanics Book Still Matters (and why you should read the full review)
Having a day off by the seaside. Just off the Easter Bank Holiday and with quite a few activities recently — from directing plays to a course in counselling, new cloud platform at work and… Read More »Unexpected Inspiration
Apple Business launches 14th April across 200+ countries, replacing Apple Business Manager, Business Essentials, and Business Connect with a single unified platform. Built-in MDM, Zero-Touch deployment, business email with your own domain, app distribution, and a free entry tier.
Back in rehearsal rooms this week. 🎭 Earlier this week I went back to OSO ARTS CENTRE | The theatre on Barnes Pond for the first table read with the actors I’ll be directing in… Read More »Directing at OSO – Writers’ Studio Spring 2026