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Kickoff For May 5, 2024
May 5, 2025
Welcome to another week. Let's get it started with these links: AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes — Wherein we get a look at the kinds of...
Kickoff For April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025
Welcome to the last Monday Kickoff for this month. And, don't worry, there will be another one coming to your inbox next week (and the weeks following that)....
Kickoff For April 21, 2025
April 21, 2025
It's the tail end of Easter weekend, a time that (according to something I read) has nothing to do with chocolate bunnies. Shocking, right? Seriously,...
Kickoff For April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025
Another week, another set of links. I hope you enjoy them. With that out of the way, let's get Monday started with these links: The Ghosts in the Machine —...
Kickoff For April 7, 2025
April 7, 2025
I'm not going to talk about the events of the last few days. Not that they weren't unexpected, though. Now, however, there's more than a little extra...
Kickoff For March 31, 2025
March 31, 2025
It's interesting what sets some people off. Case in point: a blog post that I recently published. In that post, I mentioned that I drive an electric vehicle...
Kickoff For March 24, 2025
March 24, 2025
Here we go again. Another final (full) week of another month. They just seem to be set up and knocked down faster than we realize. We can't stop time. We can...
Kickoff For March 17, 2025
March 17, 2025
I've got nothing pithy or mildly interesting to say this week, so let's get Monday started with these links: The Final Flight of the Airline Magazine —...
Kickoff For March 10, 2025
March 10, 2025
Earlier this year, I promised myself that I'd get my head out of the political and technology spaces. To be honest, that hasn't been going well. To help you...
Kickoff For March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025
Welcome to March! Will it be as wild a ride as February was? I threw away my crystal ball a while ago, so I can't tell you. All I can advise is for everyone...
Kickoff For February 24, 2025
February 24, 2025
Another mix of links this week. Why? Just because. Do you really need a reason to be different? With that out of the way, let's get Monday started with these...
Kickoff For February 17, 2025
February 17, 2025
After a weekend away house hunting, it's back to the grind. Not that preparing The Monday Kickoff is part of that grind. It's one of the parts of the week to...
Kickoff For February 10, 2025
February 10, 2025
Another set of weird and wonderful (well, I think think they're wonderful) reads this week. I hope you enjoy them. With that out of the way, let's get Monday...
Kickoff For February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025
The first month of 2025 is over, and it was a bit of a roller coaster wasn't it? Will the next eleven be as undulating? To be honest, I'm not sure I can take...
Kickoff For January 27, 2025
January 27, 2025
Here we go again. I've got nothing to say other than I hope you enjoy this week's selection of reading. With that out of the way, let's get Monday started...
Kickoff For January 20, 2025
January 20, 2025
In the coming weeks, you'll notice links to more than a few older articles in this letter. That's the result of me clearing out my reading backlog. I'll try...
Kickoff For January 13, 2025
January 13, 2025
Two weeks into 2025 and reality hasn't melted down yet. Give it time; the year's still young! No need to throw in the towel yet, if only because I've got a...
Kickoff For January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025
Another year rolls around. They seem to do that faster and faster, don't they? Regardless, welcome to 2025. To help you get the first Monday of the year...
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...
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