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A content analysis of the Amazon Astro ad

I recently discovered that Amazon has released a new robot called Astro. Astro rolls around your house on wheels and provides a live feed…

Sep 29, 2021

A content analysis of the Amazon Astro ad

Sep 29, 2021

5 things I learned about completing a PhD thesis

I submitted my PhD thesis today, ending the longest and most complicated project in my life so far (that is, until I get the examiners’…

May 4, 2021

5 things I learned about completing a PhD thesis

May 4, 2021

My 2020 Year in Reading

I love the Goodreads challenge thing (I don’t really hit the target, but that’s not the point). This year was more theory dense than…

Jan 1, 2021

Jan 1, 2021

Why Facebook arguments are the worst

Today I woke up frustrated and angry about yet another Facebook argument.

Apr 23, 2020

Why Facebook arguments are the worst

Apr 23, 2020

Digital Arsonists

In human history, there has never been a company like News Corp. Not just the scale and reach of it, but also the insidious political…

Jan 10, 2020

Digital Arsonists

Jan 10, 2020

Sequels, Star Wars, and Dissatisfaction

This is a big of a ‘whole sequel trilogy’ review — it’s not spoiler heavy, but it will ruin key beats from The Rise of Skywalker so tread…

Dec 19, 2019

Sequels, Star Wars, and Dissatisfaction

Dec 19, 2019

Lost in the homotopia

Recently, I was chatting at the pub with a friend of mine. It was a planned conversation — something intellectual, to talk about a project…

Sep 26, 2019

Lost in the homotopia

Sep 26, 2019

Delphic Maxim 147: On reaching the end, be without sorrow

I set myself the challenge of responding to each Delphic Maxim for 15 minutes a day. This is the final post.

Aug 10, 2019

Delphic Maxim 147: On reaching the end, be without sorrow

Aug 10, 2019

Delphic Maxim 146: As an old man (or woman) be sensible

I’ve set myself the challenge of responding to each Delphic Maxim for 15 minutes a day.

Aug 9, 2019

Delphic Maxim 146: As an old man (or woman) be sensible

Aug 9, 2019

Delphic Maxim 145: As of middle-age be just

I’ve set myself the challenge of responding to each Delphic Maxim for 15 minutes a day.

Aug 8, 2019

Delphic Maxim 145: As of middle-age be just

Aug 8, 2019

Pat Norman

Pat Norman

I jam at Sydney Uni about education, rationality & power, digital frontiers, society and pop culture. And start a thousand creative endeavours and finish none.

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