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Smoggie Queen (3): Stereotypes, Representation, and Lossy Compression in old and GenAI

We must ask in our increasingly AI world: Who gets to decide what survives the data compression? Who gets to say, “That's not me”? And most importantly: who gets to build the representation in the first place?

Smoggie Queen (2): Hairclips and WhatsApp Stickers

I arrived hoping to learn some tips and tricks of the trade that would make me think: Ah, that’s the secret. Perhaps a good, fresh-looking foundation that would make my skin glow, a clever way to dress my petite five-foot frame in colours other than black...

Day 1047 Duolingo Dutch

Oh my goodness, what can I say? I have absolutely loved learning Dutch and tonight I'm slightly stunned to have reached the end and incredibly sorry that it's over.

Style me like a Smoggie Queen

The competition was aimed at women over 40 who felt invisible, so I wrote down the things I knew they would be looking for: grey hair, cancer, new things, and sent them along with the requested full-length picture and a headshot.

From lost to dazzled (with merch and AI)

Looking back at the months of effort it took me to create my story and looking for an easy way to demonstrate the speed of AI, I fed the 20 key 'storyboard' points of my life, just 283 words, into Gemini Notebook LM.

It’s official: My AI course starts this Wednesday

Well… it’s official! The first bookings are in, which means my AI course is definitely going ahead. I’m really pleased

You Can’t Fall Off: From Social Media Burnout to Buzzing New Designers and AI for ourselves

Well… it happened. Just one week into promoting my AI course and I hit complete social media burnout and spent

Fresh Perspectives: New Designers 2026

A spontaneous visit to New Designers 2026 became an unexpectedly inspiring evening, prompting me to highlight five standout emerging designers exploring sustainability, wellbeing, multifunctional design and storytelling with creativity, care and joy.

Going live on Facebook, YouTube, Eventbrite

I officially started my mission to demystify AI about three years ago, back in 2023. I attended an online talk where the speaker confidently told 90 people that ChatGPT was evolving so fast, it would soon "start breeding robots." So, I did what any sensible person would do: I dropped a message in the chat box telling everyone the speaker was completely wrong. After all, I’ve been working in AI…

Launching a Live AI Course: Behind the Scenes

If you want to watch me ignoring AI advice as part of the messy, real-time journey of me building this business, whilst using AI tools to handle launch pages, sales, and community building...