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Self-determination theory (SDT) is one one of the core pillars of my professional practice. I was glad to see that a past client of mine, the association of certified human resources professionals of Québec, has adopted this framework...
Tim Bradshaw and Cristina Criddle for the FT: ‘Close to the Terminator narrative’: the dawn of self-improving AI. On one hand I want to pat myself on the back for writing that this would happen more than 3 years ago — be vague enough and...
Power Cat 2026-06-04 I managed to slip this one by my wife who usually stops me from making these jokes
It might appear that I have been going to some pretty extreme lengths to belabor the obvious: we live in a world populated by material objects made of atoms. Atoms exist in particular places at particular times and move around according...
More of a review of the voyage itself than the book
Hayden Field and Tom Warren, reporting for The Verge: For years, Microsoft’s AI business leaned hard on its early and exclusive partnership with OpenAI. But the drama-filled marriage slowly devolved into a situationship, and the pair...
If Fujifilm wanted to, they could do something really cool, that would be a massive sales success. The perfect time for them to do this is now, or really beginning two or three years ago and continuing at least a little while into the...
All the way back in 2022, I posted about a candy company I had recently discovered called Misaky Tokyo. They specialized in kohakutou, a traditional Japanese candy that looks like gems and geodes. Basically fancy rock candy. And I was...
I've been on Apple Music literally since the first day it started. I've loved Apple Music ever since and I have no real issues with them. However, since I've been migrating away from all things Ame...
Adam Engst, TidBits: If you are still using Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac, it will stop working fully on 13 July 2026. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook will enter “reduced functionality mode” — a euphemism meaning you can view and...
I’m scrolling through the Sotheby’s sale of furniture from Barbara Gladstone’s well-appointed home and wondering why there’s so much art mixed in. Was there concern that some art might attract less attention in a design auction? Or was...
For this episode, we need to talk about professional support, the politics of uniforms, and a bit more, with insufficient stem-bolt-related content.