When moving data into or out of the cloud, the real cost isn’t storage, but latency, egress fees, and lost flexibility.  For instance, if you spin up AI ...

Last week I was walking along the street and recognised a student that I had taught many years ago. They saw me, waved, and shouted ‘Fresh Fish Sold ...

While many speakers focus entirely on the content of a talk, I put lots of effort into my slides. In fact, my ‘first’ slide is actually three slides ...

Lots of people will be heading up to the Edinburgh Festivals, and so I thought that it would be fun to put together a free, self-guided, magical ...

I have spent most of my career giving talks. From time to time I share some of my thoughts on the tricks and tips that make for a compelling ...

Feeling the futurePsychologist Daryl Bem and I first met in the mid-1990s when we taught on the Rhine Research Centre’s Summer School Program. I am a ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5IlOyBAbI Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Comedian Andrew Stanley talks about his journey as ...

When students learn to debate, they gain valuable life skills. Debates teach kids to research their topic, make informed choices, and argue ...

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First, a quick announcement – I will be presenting a special, one-off, performance of The World’s Most Boring Card Trick at the Edinburgh MagiFest ...

Note: Post (mostly) generated by ChatGPT based on text transcript This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast, we’re joined by global AI and digital ...

I have lots of talks and shows coming up soon. Meanwhile, here are two podcast interviews that I did recently. …. First, I chatted with ...