I have taken a brief hiatus from this blog to reconsider how I use it. I wasn’t enjoying trying to find a strict schedule: my thoughts refused to be marshalled that way, and I was left feeling uninspired. Then this particular passage came to me as a distraction: you’ll soon see why. Since then I … More A Rude Awakening
When I set out to write blog posts at the weekends, I had forgotten what a pre-pandemic weekend looked like. As we ease out of lockdown, it’s slowly coming back to me that weekends are busy, social affairs (even for this introvert!) – perhaps not filled with opportunities for peaceful thinking and writing. So I … More The State of AI
I don’t feel qualified to speak about anything. This is a problem in writing blog posts, in doing a degree, in having human interactions! I have no confidence in my thoughts or in my voice. I remember even at school, when the teacher asked a question, I would always wait and look around the classroom … More Putting the I in Imposter
I’m back! This website has been dormant for a while, but I have resurrected it with the resolve to write posts again. Why? I am going to make some commitments, based on lessons learned from previous blogging attempts: This is partially a selfish endeavour, but I hope only partially. I intend that by learning, writing … More Hello Again World
Hello world! You may recognise this greeting as the traditional first output of a new computer programme. It also serves nicely as the opening line of a new blog, especially one which will be concerned with coding, computing… and the world. To be clear – I am not a computer programme. My name is Megan … More Hello World
Cryptic Meg 