What James Watt Would Think About AI
Wednesday at 7:30pm is my favourite time of the week. It’s when I go to Greenock Writers’ Club for my weekly fix. We’re a diverse mix of ex-teachers, doctors, support workers, engineers and even the odd ex-prisoner. When I look around the room, it feels like a scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. […]
AI – Don’t Hate it, Embrace it.
A client messaged me today and said, “This AI thing is worrying. I hate it.” Fair enough. Each to their own. But as someone who has run a web business for almost 30 years, I can say this with absolute honesty: if we hadn’t embraced change, we would have been out of business many times […]
Why I’m Rethinking How I Work — For My Eyes’ Sake
After more than 30 years of staring at screens, it’s finally caught up with me. Over the last year, I’ve had to visit the hospital a number of times for specialist drops to reduce the pressure in my eyes. What started as mild discomfort turned into something more disruptive — watering, blurriness, and that feeling […]
It’s not Rocket Science
One thing that’s always puzzled me is how so many smart business people miss the biggest opportunity to grow their business, by not investing properly in their website and a regular plan to bring in more enquiries. It’s not rocket science. (And to be honest, I’ve never thought rocket science was that complex, put some […]
AI Scare Stories – we’ve been here before.
Every time some new technology comes along, the drums of fear start beating. Back in the 70s and 80s, we were told: • Digital watches would ruin kids’ ability to tell the time. • Calculators would stop them learning how to count. • Personal computers would take all the jobs, there would be mass unemployment, […]
