When I first heard of Sora, I immediately thought of the Shimano gear system on my road bike. That this name is to be used to describe the next huge shift in AI brings to mind a related analogy; if AI was a gearbox, Sora is surely the equivalent of shifting up a gear as... Continue Reading →

A quarter of a century ago this month, I got my first job post-university as a Technical Consultant, joining a startup as its first employee. 25 years is a long time, and technology as we know and use it has changed beyond all recognition. I’ve since worked in seven different businesses in a mixture of... Continue Reading →

Wow, Elon Musk doesn’t do things by halves, does he? His arrival at the social network Formerly Known As Twitter has been a tale of change delivered at breakneck speed, a pace so fast even his employees struggle to keep up. And this week, Elon’s fascination with the letter “X” took on a whole new... Continue Reading →

This week, I added "ChatGPT" to my Microsoft Word dictionary, as the fabled word processor duly appended its red squiggle underneath the term. I'd urge you to do the same when the opportunity presents itself, as this is a tool that isn't going away any time soon. If you have missed it, ChatGPT (Chat Generative... Continue Reading →

Meta's announcement of its new, high-end Quest Pro virtual reality headset is an exciting development for the industry, as the race to open up the Metaverse continues at a pace.

December 1 marks my sixth month at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Fresh out of aviation and its painful demise thanks to the pandemic, I have been getting stuck into the world of Legaltech and supporting the SRA's strategic objective around increasing the adoption of technology in legal services. There's much to learn and there's... Continue Reading →

My time at school was many moons ago; more than a quarter of a century in fact. It feels like an eternity, and to all intents and purposes, it is. Through those rose-tinted mists of time, all I remember most is just being able to hang out with my friends and classmates. Fast forward to... Continue Reading →

I've had the pleasure of visiting CES twice in the past (2014 and 2019), and with the pandemic forcing the organisers to go fully virtual this year, I took the opportunity to join in remotely to not just catch up on the latest tech, but see what the online experience was like. First of all,... Continue Reading →

Welcome to the final instalment in the series, where we've looked at a few key elements of the innovation process. This last piece will look at arguably the toughest step, which comes right after the trial; the road to projectland, as our team used to call it. This is where we scale up our innovation.... Continue Reading →

To date in this mini-series, we've looked at the importance of listening and engaging with your business, and why an innovation process is vital. This time, we're going to consider two other vital components of the trial: setting objectives, and measuring results. If you've gone to all the effort of scoping, building and delivering a... Continue Reading →