Small wins (list)

Learn the lyrics to your favourite song, so you can sing along to it as you walk down the street. Oil a door handle that’s always been just a tiny bit awkward, with a can of WD-40 that has a long nozzle. Go to a pottery exhibition and buy a mug that feels really good […]

Running a Premortem

In the past, running a Premortem has been the single most helpful exercise I’ve found for dealing with complex, risky projects. This is the core idea, but there’s a little more to it. I’m not joking when I say that a premortem refocused the hardest death-march I’ve been on, and another premortem was a key […]

Why has Google open sourced TensorFlow?

I was sitting in a sun-warmed pizza restaurant in London last week talking about deep learning libraries. Everyone had their favourites. I was betting on TensorFlow, the new kid in town released by Google in late 2015. In response, a Torch fan pointed out that Google may invest in building up TensorFlow internally, but there’s no reason for […]

Todo Zero

What if I suggested that you finish each day with nothing left on your todo list? This is the only rule of Todo Zero. You might find yourself biting back some choice words. This sounds like unhelpful advice from someone with a much simpler life than yours. Not so fast. Picture a world-class juggler with […]