A great way to start off the day
A great way to start the day
General Articles
Introduction
The first post on this blog.
The sharing economy
A trip to Chennai made bearable by Uber, and a reflection on services replacing human conversation.
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie - The androgynous empire of the Raadchai
A review of Ancillary Justice, on its genderless pronouns and unusual multi-body narrative viewpoint.
The Fitocracy Epoch
On how tracking workouts in Fitocracy transformed years of gym plateau into steady progress.
Hope - a Ghazal
A ghazal about holding onto hope through dark moments.
Age
A poem questioning the arbitrary limits we let age impose on us.
A future worth measuring
A poem about the coming era of quantified self and self-tracking gadgets.
Odaiba
A poem about visiting Odaiba, Tokyo's artificial island of neon color and strangeness.
Meditation
A poem on sitting with discomfort and restlessness during meditation.
A first attempt at poetry: The Daintree River Dad
A poem inspired by watching a father let his child wander freely on a Daintree River cruise.
Why the hell should I care about politics?
Musings on political apathy, prompted by another Rudd-Gillard leadership swap.
The future of sports: The square-dot game
A thought experiment on why we watch sports, and whether an abstract square-and-dot simulation could replace them.
A motivation to write
A short note announcing a break from work and a plan to write more.