Blog

Clear thinking, AI literacy and the occasional meditation on why we bother.

This is where I write about AI: what it can do, what it can’t, and how to use it without losing your own voice in the process. There’s also the odd piece on writing, communication and what it means to keep learning at any age.

If something here resonates, I’d love to hear from you. And if you’d like to go deeper, workshops and one-to-one sessions are available on the Coffs Coast and online.

From the blog

And, of course, there is reading…

‘All living languages exist in a state of tension between growth and decay. Languages change because playfulness and the desire to impress are universal human traits; they grow in response to technological innovation, cultural contact and social developments. Working against these impulses to the new are the forces of stability: inertia, the fear of being misunderstood, and the fixative effect of writing.’

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‘Spelling is not important in itself, but it is a social marker enabling those who can spell to look down on those who can’t.’

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‘Remember that literacy is an accident of birth and does not confer superior wisdom or virtue.’

– The Editor’s Companion by Janet Mackenzie.