Our tools are better than ever, but often the work feels harder. I want to talk about the daily cognitive strain of modern development, from the constant context switches to expectations that leave no room for deep work. Perhaps along the way we can find ideas for designing workflows and teams that protect our focus, use AI wisely, and treat human attention as our most critical infrastructure.
Read MoreThe comforting stories about “what it cost to become you” quietly turn personal biographies into moral invoices that justify high salaries. Along the way, we’ll explore a twist on socially necessary labour time to separate genuine needs from the class entry fees we pretend are necessities.
Read MoreThe popular myth of meritocracy in Australia is an ideological tool used to justify systemic inequality. Let's explore how education, work, and wealth are shaped not by a "fair go," but by underlying class structures that perpetuate privilege.
Read MoreWe're going to revisit ten guiding rules I wrote four years ago and see what still holds up when they're tested against real life, neurodivergence, discipline, and doubt.
Through seven distinct and innovative titles, we'll explore the core principles of exceptional game design, analysing how each game blends mechanics, narrative, art, and music to create unforgettable experiences.
The figure of the “witch” is a political target whose real-world knowledge threatened the powerful. Women healers, midwives, and keepers of folk medicine have been systematically branded for over half a millennium as heretics in a war over knowledge, bodily autonomy, and control.
Using the strange case of an Australian Halloween as a central analogy, let's look at how global capitalism flattens time and place, severing our rituals from their history and ecological context to sell them back to us as hollow commodities.
When Axon interviews Lyra, he’s forced to confront the limits of his own worldview. The act of documentation becomes a mirror, reflecting more of himself than of her.
My writing explores a spectrum of ideas, from sociological fulfillment to urban fantasy politics. Rather than following a set formula, my creative process is akin to a dialogue with authors whose works I enjoy, using thematic parallels to their works to frame my own character-driven, philosophical narratives.
No amount of guilt or buying things can repair the damage capitalism inflicts on our sense of community, purpose, and genuine connection.
I aim to answer one simple question: Do androids dream of original ideas? To answer this question, we’ll go back to when I was desperately trying to put together a talk about AI and creativity....
We're taught that history's greatest victories for justice were won through peaceful protest and moral persuasion, but every right we take for granted was secured through economic disruption, militant resistance, and the credible threat of violence. By sanitising our history, we've convinced ourselves to protest in ways designed to be safely ignored.
Some thoughts on how sousveillance—surveillance from below—can be used by ordinary people using smartphones and digital tools to monitor power structures rather than simply being monitored by them.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder is often the result of surviving family systems designed around control rather than care. We'll examine how narcissistic family dynamics create the patterns that define CPTSD, and why understanding these systems is important for recognition and healing.
The Monday morning ritual perpetuates our acceptance of an economic system where artificial hierarchies determine worth rather than actual contribution. What we would do with our time if survival wasn't dependent on selling our labour?