Unexpected Inspiration
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
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Gemini Just Got Weird (In a Good Way)
Google’s latest Gemini update brings AI music generation, an upgraded on-device model called Nano Banana 2, and grounded APA citations for scientific papers. Three very different capabilities, one clear signal: Google is betting the generalist AI platform wins.
Apple Business: One Platform to Replace Three
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.
The Claude Ecosystem – Different Tools for Different Jobs
Everyone’s using AI. Fewer people are using it well. The real advantage isn’t using AI — it’s knowing which layer to reach for, and when. In this post I break down the three distinct layers of the Claude ecosystem and show you exactly how to deploy each one.
Directing at OSO – Writers’ Studio Spring 2026
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
Claude in MS Copilot
Microsoft Expands Copilot’s AI Brain: Why Claude Is Joining the Mix Microsoft has begun quietly reshaping the architecture behind Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the change tells us a lot about where enterprise AI is heading. Until… Read More »Claude in MS Copilot
A Periodic Table for AI
Before Mendeleev, chemists had 60 elements and no theory. Before DVMIB, multimodal ML had hundreds of loss functions and no shared language. A team of Emory physicists just changed that — deriving CLIP, Barlow Twins, and VAEs as special cases of one framework, then using it to build something better. Here’s what it means in practice.
Advanced Data Science and Analytics — 2nd Ed has entered production
I’m very pleased to share that the second edition of “Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python” has now entered production. After months of writing, rewriting, refactoring code, updating examples, and expanding chapters, it’s now… Read More »Advanced Data Science and Analytics — 2nd Ed has entered production
From Tokens to Transformers
Rethinking NLP in the Second Edition of Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python When I first wrote Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python, natural language processing (NLP) occupied a niche corner of the data… Read More »From Tokens to Transformers
Forecasting the Future: Time Series, Prophets, and Cross-Validation
The second edition of Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python features significant updates, focusing on trustworthy model building and practical forecasting. A chapter dedicated to Meta’s Prophet framework discusses its strengths in handling seasonality and trends, emphasising robust evaluation methods to ensure forecasts remain reliable in real-world applications.