At both the Global ZDay event in Brisbane, Australia the New Zealand ZDay event in Auckland in 2017 and at the Global Zday event in Frankfurt, Germany in 2018 I gave this presentation about the Price of Zero transition to a Natural Law Resource Based Economy. The slides are based on the presentation given on… Continue reading ZDay presentation – Price of Zero Transition to an RBE
SM Tickets Bureaucracy – Anna Akana Edition
For those looking for a quick instruction manual on redeeming with SM Tickets (as of Feb 2025): The TLDR is that I arrived too late. They now only accept ticket redemptions between 10am and 3pm, which is just way too restrictive. This means I’ll have to go back. Which means less time with my family… Continue reading SM Tickets Bureaucracy – Anna Akana Edition
The Byzantine World of SM Tickets: A Tale of Bureaucracy Gone Wild – Dua Lipa edition
What should have been a simple ticket collection turned into a bureaucratic nightmare at SM Tickets. After an initial failed attempt at SM City Masinag’s service counter, the next day devolved into a labyrinth of redirections, digital scavenger hunts, and byzantine requirements. The final straw? A live video call with the ticket holder wasn’t sufficient authorization – they demanded a physical signed letter, proving that in the age of digital convenience, SM Tickets remains steadfastly committed to making simple tasks unnecessarily complex.
Agency, Initiative and AI’s
I asked Claude about the term Agency and what it thinks is needed for an AI system.I though the response was a good answer to the argument about consciousness and AI systems. Basically the LLM’s, even with reasoning, don’t have agency as we’d think of it and that might be something we consider important for… Continue reading Agency, Initiative and AI’s
Summary of The Unaccountability Machine
The key ideas of “The Unaccountability Machine” by Dan Davies. This book explores how modern systems and organizations have developed in ways that make it increasingly difficult to identify who is responsible when things go wrong.
The central concept Davies introduces is the “accountability sink” – systems where decisions are delegated to complex rulebooks or procedures, making it impossible to trace the source of mistakes. When something goes wrong, there’s often no clear person or entity that can be held responsible.
Vercel’s Stealth Move: How they Silently broke the Hobby plan Deploys
In the fast-paced world of web development, unexpected changes to our tools can bring projects to a grinding halt. This is exactly what happened when Vercel, a popular hosting platform for static and serverless deployment, quietly altered their system in a way that broke our established deployment process. As a small business relying on Vercel’s hobby plan, we found ourselves facing three days of failed builds with no warning or explanation. This article delves into our frustrating experience, the lack of communication from Vercel, and the broader implications of such unannounced changes for developers and businesses. It serves as a cautionary tale about the hidden costs of ‘free’ services and the importance of transparent communication in the tech industry.
Book Summary Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense
I recently listened to the audiobook of: Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense by Rory Sutherland I love it. The book seems to do a great job at providing the EQ (emotional) side of things compared to the IQ often talked about in most of the books I read on Entrepreneurship… Continue reading Book Summary Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense
Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change – Book Summary
I just finished listening to the Audiobook of Start at the End Book: Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change by Matt Wallaert Links: Website, Audible (Audiobook), Goodreads (reviews), Amazon (buy the book) I love the behaviour change framework. It seems more practical and useful than the BJ Fogg model for… Continue reading Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change – Book Summary
Ankle Heating or Cooling Brace – Random idea
You can read the PDF version of this: Idea I’d love a shoe or leg brace which I can plug into a wall socket and it could use some smarts to heat up or cool down my Achilles tendons and ideally even massage it.The aim is to be decreasing injury healing time.Maybe it could also… Continue reading Ankle Heating or Cooling Brace – Random idea
What is The Zeitgeist Movement in 2024?
Hey,What is this (Zeitgeist) Movement really all about? Zeitgeist Movement SA Chat So I got a question from someone today asking what The Zeitgeist Movement is about. This is something that resonated with me because Cliff and I are working on remaking the tzm.community website and a big part of it for me is that… Continue reading What is The Zeitgeist Movement in 2024?
Lenny’s Podcast Summaries Q2 2024
I’ve downloaded a bunch of Lenny’s Podcast episodes, extracted the Subtitles from them and then asked Claude (the AI) to summarise them. These aren’t all of them, just ones that really stood out to me. Note: If anyone has any issues with this, please let me know. I love the stuff coming from Lenny’s Podcast,… Continue reading Lenny’s Podcast Summaries Q2 2024