Kickoff For December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024

The Monday Kickoff will be taking a short holiday hiatus and will be back on January 6, 2025. If you celebrate the silly season, I hope you and yours have a...

Kickoff For December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

Another weird and wonderful mix of articles this week. Mostly new(ish) ones which got in the way of me clearing out my backlog of older articles. That'll...

Kickoff For December 2, 2024

December 2, 2024

Welcome to December! It's only a few weeks until that day. You know the one I'm talking about. I hope the lead-up to it isn't stressing you out. As a...

Kickoff For November 25, 2024

November 25, 2024

Here we go again. And I mean that in a good way. Well, for the most part ... Thanks for letting me drop this letter into your inbox. I hope what you read...

Kickoff For November 18, 2024

November 18, 2024

Over the last several months, I've had some short opportunities to shift into what English writer Warren Ellis calls lab mode. That's been helpful to both...

Kickoff For November 11, 2024

November 11, 2024

On and off throughout the life of this letter, I've received an offer or two of sponsorship or partnership. Every time, I politely but firmly refused. While...

Kickoff For November 4, 2024

November 4, 2024

It's November already? I'm still trying to figure our where March went ... I guess time does pass by faster as you get older. Which is unfair. Very unfair....

Kickoff For October 28, 2024

October 28, 2024

It's Labour Day here in my antipodean home. Yet here I am, when I should be having a lie in or something, sending you another edition of The Monday Kickoff...

Kickoff For October 21, 2024

October 21, 2024

I've got nothing pithy or mildly witty to share this week, so let's get Monday started with these links: What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller —...

Kickoff For October 14, 2024

October 14, 2024

It's good to be back. OK, the letter really didn't go anywhere in the last few weeks, nor did it take the short hiatus I expected it to. But with a broadband...

Kickoff For October 7, 2024

October 7, 2024

While I still don't have access to the internet at my new home (that will be changing soon), I've found a way to send this edition of The Kickoff to your...

Kickoff for September 30, 2024

September 30, 2024

A few people have asked me if I use a generative AI tool to help me process and summarize the articles that I read for The Monday Kickoff. I don't....

Kickoff for September 23, 2024

September 23, 2024

Even with the rush and stress and general madness that comes with the process of moving between cities, I was able to pull together an edition of The Monday...

Kickoff for September 16, 2024

September 16, 2024

Publishing of The Monday Kickoff might be a bit erratic and sporadic over the next week or three. I'm in the process of moving house and ... well, you know...

Kickoff For September 9, 2024

September 9, 2024

Lately, I've been getting quite a bit of spam email. Some of it about this letter — mainly from SEO and social media firms wanting to work with me to get The...

Kickoff for September 2, 2024

September 2, 2024

In my youth in Canada, I never looked forward to the coming of September. The transition from the eighth to the ninth month of the year meant that summer was...

Kickoff For August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024

Over the next several weeks, you'll probably notice a weird and (I hope) wonderful mix of articles in editions of The Monday Kickoff. I'm trying to get...

Kickoff for August 19, 2024

August 19, 2024

This week, I have nothing borderline pity or even mildly amusing to say. And it's a slightly shorter edition of the letter this time ‘round. Let's just jump...

Kickoff For August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024

I spent a few days thinking about the poll around the number of links to include in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. Then, stuff happened. Nothing bad,...

Kickoff for August 5, 2024

August 5, 2024

Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll about the number of links to include in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. I have a bit to think about around...

Kickoff for July 29, 2024

July 29, 2024

Is July really almost over? I'm still trying to figure out where March went! To help ease the ache of the passage of time, a mix of interesting links. And,...

Kickoff for July 22, 2024

July 22, 2024

At the beginning of July, I started an experiment to include six rather than nine links in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. It's been four weeks and I'm...

Kickoff for July 15, 2024

July 15, 2024

Welcome back! We're already half way through July and the month is still interestingly weird. And, in some ways, giving us a scary view of what might to...

Kickoff for July 8, 2024

July 8, 2024

It's been quite the week, hasn't it? Change, upheaval, but also business (in all senses of the word) as usual. We do live in those proverbial times, don't...

Kickoff for July 1, 2024

July 1, 2024

A happy Canada Day to everyone in ... well, Canada. Hope you're able to take some time off, relax, and so a few summer-y things. Just remember that those of...

Kickoff for June 24, 2024

June 24, 2024

Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll about the number of links to include in the letter each week. The voting was close, but 55% of respondents voted...

Kickoff For June 17, 2024

June 17, 2024

Welcome back my friends to the letter that never seems to end. Hope things are going well for you. If not, I hope there's some light on the horizon. Just a...

Kickoff For June 10, 2024

June 10, 2024

I've been thinking about the number of links that I put into each edition of the Kickoff. Mainly, is it just too many? I'd like your feedback. So if you...

Kickoff for June 3, 2024

June 3, 2024

Welcome to June. Down here at the bottom of the world, it's a public holiday (the birthday of some member of a royal family, in case you're wondering). And...

Kickoff for May 27, 2024

May 27, 2024

A few (at least for me) unexpected treats in this week's edition of the Kickoff. I really love it when that happens. I hope you do, too. With that out of the...

Kickoff For May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024

Greetings from the bottom of the world (or near enough to it)! A lot of strangeness is going on in the world right now, and I'm hoping this week's edition of...

Kickoff For May 13, 2024

May 13, 2024

Over the last several weeks, I've received an email or three asking me if I create each edition of this letter using a large language model like ChatGPT. The...

Kickoff For May 6, 2024

May 6, 2024

Welcome to May. Time marches on, and sometimes it feels like it's marching over us. No use complaining because that won't stop ye olde tempus from fugiting...

Kickoff For April 29, 2024

April 29, 2024

We're moving into winter here at the bottom of the world. A season I never cared for, even when I lived in the northern hemisphere. If nothing else, I can...

Kickoff for April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024

This week, an even more interesting mishmash of links than usual. Links that reflect my state of mind as much as the topics that have caught my attention....

Kickoff For April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024

I'm hoping you like the (somewhat) new format of The Monday Kickoff. I thought it was time to change things up a bit, and the move to Buttondown gave me the...

Kickoff For April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024

Another week starts. I hope you're all hanging on, hanging in, and taking care of both yourselves and those closest to you. Sometimes, that's all we can do....

Kickoff For April 1, 2024

April 1, 2024

This edition doesn't contain any jokes or pranks. April Fools' Day shenanigans are frivolous nonsense, so I refuse to take part. You're welcome. And welcome...