AI in Practice ChatGPT Memory Has Quietly Changed (Plus & Pro) If you use ChatGPT Plus or Pro: memory now goes beyond saved preferences. Past conversations can be retrieved when relevant. Business accounts are different.
Quantum Computing Just eight European quantum computers? When the EU says it is building eight quantum computers, the number sounds precise. It isn’t. This piece explores why that question is harder than it looks.
Europe Why WhatsApp Channels Trigger the Digital Services Act WhatsApp did not become social media overnight. But Channels added public reach at EU scale. That single design shift is enough to activate the logic of the Digital Services Act.
AI in Practice ChatGPT Personal vs Business If you use ChatGPT both privately and at work, you may have noticed this: one conversation seems to carry on over time, the other keeps resetting. Same system, different behaviour. That difference is deliberate, and it matters.
WhatsApp in 2026: From Phone Numbers to Names WhatsApp is introducing usernames. A small change that reshapes identity, privacy, and how people and businesses can be reached without sharing phone numbers.
AI Governance Exploring ISO 42001 and AI governance As I dive deeper into EU AI regulation, ISO 42001 keeps surfacing. This piece explores what it is, how certification works, and why it matters for vendors.
Europe The limits of “unlimited” mobile data Unlimited data rarely means the same thing twice. At home, abroad, or on eSIMs, the limits shift. This piece maps where they actually are.
Everyday life runs on daily data Mobile data, roaming and fibre form one system. We only start to notice it when circumstances change.
Typography, in motion In modern cars, text is no longer read but registered. Letters function like icons, designed for saccades, speed, and cognitive restraint.
Colour, systems, and the moment it clicked A Japanese colour book, a digital-first brand, and a late encounter with Pantone led me to finally understand why print colour always felt confusing.
Future of Work AI literacy: from definition to practice AI literacy rarely shows up as a skill gap. It appears when organisations need to justify decisions, manage risk, and remain accountable.
Kobo and Kindle solve different problems For a long time, I treated Kobo and Kindle as roughly the same thing: e-readers with different ecosystems. Only when I started using them side by side did it become clear that they are built around very different setups. Not different features. Different models. Once you see that, the
Word of the year: model The word model comes from modulus, Latin for ‘measure’. It refers to simplified representations we use to make sense of reality, from maps to AI systems.
Direct Debit: US versus EU A viral US video warns against debit cards. The real difference, however, lies in how direct debit works in America versus Europe, and why that matters.
Blogging year in Review 2025 A short reflection on writing, learning, and making deliberate choices in a year where the digital ground kept shifting.
AI Governance The Hot Potato of Compliance From GDPR to the EU AI Act, a recurring pattern emerges: European regulation lands in procurement, spreading responsibility, caution, and friction.
Why AI Image Editing Is Often Rebuilding AI can make true pixel edits, but many image “fixes” work by reconstruction. Typography and colourisation expose where rebuilding replaces editing.
Europe Understanding the layers behind digital payments A continuation of my exploration of digital payments, looking at how different layers relate and how the Mollie–GoCardless story helps illuminate the broader picture.
Apple Pay, Apple Wallet, Apple Card: How Apple Reshaped How Money Flows While writing about how money flows, a simple confusion between Apple Pay and Apple Wallet exposes the hidden layers of modern payments and power.
Europe How Money Moves A new payment feature raised a bigger question: how does money actually move today? From wallets and card networks to regulation, this is a map of a system most of us never see.
Europe Europe Fines X: The Moment the DSA Became Real I’ve been learning the DSA as it unfolded. With Europe’s first fine against X, the law steps out of abstraction and into the real world.
Structuring Knowledge with Obsidian Discovering how Obsidian, Markdown and a light taxonomy can reveal the hidden structure of five years of writing and open a path toward knowledge engineering.
Europe Qivalis, a New Euro Stablecoin A new euro stablecoin from Europe’s major banks shifts stablecoins from the margins into the financial system and strengthens the euro’s digital foundations.
Quantum Computing When the Future Starts Knocking Quietly What feels like a tech abstraction today may end up rewriting our notions of trust, identity and privacy sooner than we expect. The quantum future has begun.
AI in Practice Making Content Ready for Intelligence Unstructured content already holds the knowledge organisations rely on. The shift is learning how to reveal its structure so intelligent systems can use it.
