It s been about 3 months since I posted AI Articles and reading , and I think I need to do it more regularly. Here s a bunch of quotes from the best things I ve been reading / watching / listening to that are informing how my thinking about AI and the software industry is developing. On harness [ ]
I ve been working at Culture Amp for over 8 years 4 times longer than any other place I’ve worked. Clearly something here is working well for me. I ve been working at Culture Amp for over 8 years 4 times longer than any other place I’ve worked. Clearly something here is working well for [ ]
I want to start capturing my notes from important articles I m reading about the impact of AI. AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It by Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye While this may sound like a dream come true for leaders, the changes brought about by enthusiastic AI adoption can be unsustainable, causing problems down [ ]
“Dad, what’s this song called?” This is the question my son Hugo asks when he’s hearing a new song and he likes it and wants to add it to his playlist. Hugo loves to choose the songs in the car “Dad, can I have your phone?” with the playlist songs being repeated over [ ]
“I had all these plans for December to be different this year.” Most Decembers recently have felt busy. The end of the year events, the end-of-school celebrations and gifts for teachers, the pressure to finish work for the year strongly, the preparation for Christmas and for holidays, the gifts and the parties. And somewhere in [ ]
I love these reflections on prayer from Pádraig Ó Tuama in his Poetry Unbound episode Ernesto Cardenal Give Ear To My Words . I ve enjoyed his podcast for some time now, and I don t think I realised how much of a theologian he is I have a lot of respect for the way he [ ]
This post on HBR defines Workslop AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity. I like the term and definitely have felt the pointy end of it: On social media, which is increasingly clogged with low-quality AI-generated posts, this content is often referred to as “AI slop.” In the context of work, we refer to this phenomenon [ ]
I m presenting at DDD Perth 2025 today. It s a great event, promoted as A one day, fully inclusive, approachable and affordable tech conference for everyone. My talk is Paths Beyond Senior , and here s the links in my talk and slides. I ll post the slides and recording when I can. Links and Resources Books
I got to lead communion at my church recently a ritual to remember Jesus and how he gave his life. I ve got a recording here, a written version below, and at the bottom the scriptures and song that were swirling in my head as this came together. Hello, I’m Jason, and I get to [ ]
Apenwarr with a healthy reminder that me and my coworkers are already rich, even if we don’t feel rich. And people who are richer don’t feel rich either: We all talk a lot about how the “top 1%” are screwing up society, but software developers nowadays fall mostly in the top 1-2% of income earners [ ]
Drew Breunig has great technical posts about utilising AI, but this commentary on how it first breaks and then promises to fix sales and hiring processes stands out. Is there a fix for all of this? Will it normalize? I don’t know. I do know that both the examples above have created a [ ]
I m going to wade right into discussions of war, foreign policy and faith. What could go wrong? No simple stories First of all, I want to acknowledge these matters are complex. And simple demonization of either side of a conflict doesn t speak to the truth. And simple wishing for peace can feel really naive, ignoring [ ]
The gospel which Jesus preached is a direct challenge to the power structures of this world. We do not often, perhaps, think of it like that. Children of our times as we are, we like to keep politics and religion in separate and watertight compartments. But try selling that line to a Jew of the [ ]
What is even more astonishing is that on both occasions Jesus commands us to do the same. After washing his disciples feet, Jesus says, I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you (John 13:15). After giving himself as food and drink, he says, Do this in [ ]
The topic of evangelism has been following me around. The literal meaning is something like “telling the good news”. It’s often taken to mean sharing your faith with someone from a different background, and hoping they come around and want to join you in it. It’s something I’ve been uncomfortable with most of my life [ ]
This excerpt from Amy Carmichael s If hit home. Almost every sentence challenged me, and at the same time reminded me why I chose to come back to Christian faith, even when I had so many doubts about both the belief systems and the church: the way of Jesus feels incredibly right and good, enough so [ ]
Describing his first attempt at a sermon, where he was determined to be God s lawyer , and argue the case for God effectively, but completely stalled out in the moment: I do not know how long I stood there rubbing my hands, hoping that something would come back. It seemed like forever. Finally I blurted out, [ ]
There were images I did not understand, but which fell on my mind with such slow opening grandeur that once I distinctly heard the clean and fundamental cracking of trees. First the image, then the thing; first the word in its taste and smell and touch, then the thing it meant, when you were calm [ ]
God is love and forgives us freely. But God does even more than this. Forgiveness alone is not enough to release us from our sins. Complete release only comes when we are free from the urge to sin. It is completely possible for us to receive forgiveness and still die from the consequences of our [ ]
Charity writes one of my favourite tech blogs, and this meta-post about the art and experience of writing resonates. Charity Majors: On Writing, Social Media, and Finding the Line of Embarrassment I can really relate to her experience of writing with ADHD (I don t have a diagnosis, but I have my suspicions): Over the past [ ]
We re heading into the Easter weekend. I ve been reading Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter as a way of engaging with the story and reflecting. I ve loved the Advent book by the same team, and so I bought the Lent / Easter book, and tried to read it a few years ago, but [ ]
I m trying to navigate Woolworth s customer support hotline and they ve personified their AI as a character named Olive . While collecting identity verification information: Olive: What s your date of birth?Me: 16 Oct 1987Olive: That s the year my mum was born! She was one of the first websites with picturesMe: WTFOlive: What s your postcode? My thought process, [ ]
Henceforth, when we feel the hammers of life beating on our heads or on our hearts, we can know we must know that he is here with us, taking our blows. Every tear we shed becomes his tear. He may not yet wipe them away, but he makes them his. Would we rather [ ]
Kate Bowler hosts the Everything Happens podcast, and has also written a book of blessings . I can t remember how I stumbled across this one, but I did, at a time when I was in the depths of carer s burnout. It resonated with me more than almost anything else I d read before (or since!) about how [ ]
I m reading Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter this lent and there s another reading from The Gospel in Solentiname by Ernesto Cardenal. I ve quoted a similar reading before from their advent book. They re beautiful conversations. They re discussing the scene where Mary (sister of Martha and Lazarus) pours absurdly expensive perfume on Jesus. Maria s [ ]
It started with an email: Hi Steve Jason O Neil here it was nice to meet you on Sunday, thanks for the friendly welcome. For whatever reason I chose small talk instead of sharing something I wanted to, but you said you re a pastor who loves the story, so here s an introduction to mine. It s [ ]
Like so many other aspects of organizing, listening is a practice, and at times, it’s a strategic one. We might need to hear something true that makes us uncomfortable. Listening deeply makes space for that to happen. But even if the person who’s talking is off base, we can often still learn by listening to [ ]
My uncle, Brendan Eaton (Bung) passed away in January. Here s the story I shared at his funeral today. The story I want to share of uncle Brendan is about one of the most frightening moments of my childhood, and how he was there for me in that. In the hospital a few weeks ago I [ ]
Last night I was journaling, still processing some of the things that happened in the final year of my marriage and in particular, some of the things I felt to be God speaking to me at the time, and how I had interpreted them. See at one point, right at the very beginning of [ ]
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. Luke 2:41 (NLT) My favourite podcast for a decade now has been On Being with Krista Tippett, and she opens every interview with the same question: Can you describe the spiritual or religious background of your childhood? (In whatever way you interpret that question). [ ]