▶ Chatham Islands – on my travel list!
People outside NZ likely have no idea where the Chathalm Islands are, but this Bathmetry map is revealing as to their connection to Aotearoa NZ:

Chathalm Islands is that red splodge, out to the right of the South Island…

▶ In Praise of the Park Bench

▶ “Crypto collapse? Get in loser, we’re pivoting to AI”
“venture capital’s playbook for AI is the same one it tried with crypto and Web3 and first used for Uber and Airbnb: break the laws as hard as possible, then build new laws around their exploitation.”

▶ The perils of niching down

▶ random profound quote by Mike Harrison

▶ Fantastic opportunity:
12 week Sound Art residency at Toi Pōneke & New Zealand School of Music in Wellington
(#nz locals only sorry!)

▶ “It’s so easy nowadays to be an artist in almost every digital domain, since the tools are so advanced. Yet persistence and character is untouched by all that.”

▶ Bart Hopkin ex EMI Magazine