What I write at No Typewriters / No Talking
Wherein JJW shares some writing he did at a No Typewriters / No Talking session.
JJW explains Aotearoa – part 2
Wherein JJW continues to explain things about New Zealand to you.
Escort to Nowhere
Wherein JJW recounts a story about a road trip with a former colleague.
Get better work stories
Wherein JJW recounts an experience he had with the New Zealand Police regarding cannabis control operations.
Staying safe (and sane) in 2025
Wherein JJW recounts some highlights of 2025.
JJW explains Aotearoa – part 1
Wherein JJW starts explaining things about New Zealand for you.
Where has JJW been?
Wherein JJW fills you in on some of the things he’s been up to.
Why is Chris Luxon using Otter AI?
Wherein JJW does an Official Information Act request about the NZ PM’s use of AI.
Curbing creepiness
Wherein JJW talks about privacy and urges to you submit to the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner about rules for biometrics.
100% factually true story
Wherein JJW relays his experiences from one of the more harrowing places he has worked.
Rewilding Taranaki
Wherein JJW says “dairy shmairy, let’s plant some trees."
No Typewriters / No Talking: an origin story
Wherein JJW writes about the group for writers he started: No Typewriters / No Talking.
Can AI democratise democracy?
Wherein JJW talks to a Political Scientist about ‘democratisation’.
Royal blue comic sans
Wherein JJW relates a story about an old job he once had.
A Komposita of feelings
Wherein JJW reflects on the depression and cognitive dissonance Millennials experience.
Online security spring clean to get rid of a phishy smell
Wherein JJW almost gets phished and explains how to limit the potential of it happening to you.
How to be making the writing goodly
Wherein JJW reheats an old column from Salient about how to make the words write good.
A conscious choice to fuck up the planet
Wherein JJW marvels at the wastefulness of AI-centred techno hypercapitalism and its failure to produce anything which will meaningfully avert climate catastrophe as well as presenting a list of (some of) the things we could spend money on instead of investing in pictures with screwed up hands and the most average copy.
Space school + the USA Part 2
Wherein JJW muses about the rest of his time at Space School and Houston as well as a short trip to Austin and how cool the Artemis mission is!
Playing personal space invaders
Wherein JJW talks to a neuroscientist about personal space and why people suck at respecting it.