Potentially Interesting

211 - dissatisfaction and success?: pt. 1 🧠

November 1, 2023

Hey there, ! Does dissatisfaction lead to greater success in life? This is the question to explore today. I feel like there are a lot of things that push us...

210 - trains underground; bad energy 🚇

October 25, 2023

I hate the Tube. I love the Tube. Yes, the public transport system in London affectionately known as The Tube (aka the London Underground) is so good, but...

209 - life update!

October 18, 2023

A new dawn, a new day, ! Also new perspectives on life I guess. Let's go! The most obvious thing is I'm back in Melbourne...but soon to be off to travel...

208 - that inky feeling ✒️🪡

October 11, 2023

It's been a while, - I've missed you! There's lots of new stories and experiences and photos and fun things to talk about and chat through from my trip, but...

207 - Redux: The Year of the Rabbit! 🐇

October 4, 2023

Hey there, ! Note: I'm nearly back from my big trip, so I'm hoping there's gonna be a FLOOD more of content. Relaxation and content creation vibe pretty well...

206 - Redux: Destroy the (Wedding) Circle ⭕👯

September 27, 2023

Hey there, ! In this piece I just want you to hear about a rant that I'm getting into and trying to persuade people of. The gist is, if you're at a wedding,...

205 - Redux: The beloved Yum Cha Tier List 🥟🍵

September 20, 2023

Hey there, ! ​ Welcome to another Potentially Interesting tier list, ! If you're new to the newsletter, check out the noodle tier list I did a few weeks ago!...

204 - Redux: Vince, The Performer 🎭

September 13, 2023

Hey there, ! It might surprise you to know this but I'm a pretty ace performer. Please see my credentials below: Grade 1 - my debut performance on...

203 - Redux: Efficiency and Content ⏩⏩⏩

September 6, 2023

Hey there, ! I'm off on my big trip this year, so in the next few weeks I'm going to go back into the archives and let you read some stuff you may or may not...

202 - How To Get Good (Question Mark) ❔❔

August 30, 2023

Hey there, ! A longer rant for today's post, just before I go on leave... TL;DR: Do things Reflect Adapt to that information GOTO 1 Just to be clear, I'm not...

201 - thailand 🐘🌦️🍽️

August 23, 2023

Hey there, ! Been in Thailand for a week for a friend's hens (congrats Lainey!). A selection of highlights: Top revelatory food experience - a Michelin star...

200 - 4️⃣ years

August 16, 2023

Hey ! It's been four years writing this newsletter, and a lot of things have happened over that time. It's pretty insane to think I've written 200 posts and...

199 - Life Update 🌓🔥🍗

August 9, 2023

Hey there, ! FILL IN THE ANNUAL SURVEY PLS - results next week :) I'm a bit late with it but, y'know, c'est la vie. It is what it is. Send it. Let's go: It's...

198 - books and science are BACK 📚

August 2, 2023

Hey there, ! Note before I start - I'm nearly at the big TWO HUNDRED posts which is kinda insane. So...anything you want to hear about? Any questions you...

197 - Australian Classics Tier List 🍪☕🍺

July 26, 2023

Hey there, ! prompt: "australian snacks" - I don't think we need to be worried about AI yet...or maybe I just suck at making these! Sungwon Cho aka ProZD aka...

196 - Resetting the mind 🧠🔥

July 19, 2023

Hey there, ! Reddit's dying, Twitter's aflame - these are good things, right? Hot take: I am kinda happy that there's been a forcing function for me (and...

195 - The Laws of Friendship Groups 👬🧑‍🤝‍🧑

July 12, 2023

Hey there, ! A NEW FRAMEWORK APPEARS - this time for group friendships #wearesoback. I thought it would be fun to think about what kinds of things contribute...

194 - Vince's Life Update 😍🖼️

July 5, 2023

Geez it takes so much longer to get to Life Updates every 4 weeks - I don't know why! I think I need some more headspace to think about some fun topics :D Or...

193 - I'm not superstitious...

June 28, 2023

...but I am a little stitious. Hey there, ! There have been a few things in the past few weeks and months that I've been a little...curious about. My mind...

192 - Omakase: Reloaded 🍣➡️🍗

June 21, 2023

Hey there, ! Omakase - translation: “I’ll leave it up to you” Generally, an omakase is a multi-course meal presented at a sushi restaurant, with the chef...

191 - Content: Overload 📺📈

June 14, 2023

Hey there, ! There's just too much to do. I don't know if y'all feel this as well, but there's just too many things going on that I want to do, and I feel...

190 - What's the deal with AI? 🤖

June 7, 2023

[Seinfeld at the comedy club] "I mean, isn't all intelligence artificial? What does natural intelligence even mean? Just the other day...I left the house...

189 - Happy Birthday...to me! 🎂

May 31, 2023

Dear you, Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in bloom. - Rumi I'm 30 today. It's been an incredible 30 years of life, and for many people...

188 - 30 predictions 🔮

May 24, 2023

Hey there, ! Predictions for next year once again, as it’s nearly my bday and I thought it would be better if it was anchored around another Year of Vince....

187 - A Low Effort Post

May 17, 2023

Hey there, ! Don't you just hate it when you see a TikTok (seen through the lens of Instagram Reels) that is a duet where the other person provides...

186 - The Fable of Vince's Ark 🚢

May 10, 2023

Hey there, ! A modern fable, a work in progress, I guess: The descendants of Kahn, Cerf and Berners-Lee had become evil and wicked, creating a polluted World...

185 - Darwin vibes ~

May 3, 2023

Hey there, ! Just came back from Darwin, here's a quick photo dump and notes on the trip :D Darwin is HOT. I think the average temperature while I was up...

184 - Life Update ☀️

April 26, 2023

Hey there, ! Let's get straight in: By the time you're reading this, I'll be back from a trip in Darwin. I don't know how it's gone, but I'm sure the hot 30+...

183 - A Melbourne Chicken Itinerary 🍗🍗🍗

April 19, 2023

Hey there, ! What if… I needed to introduce someone to the wonder that is chicken (not just fried chicken!) through a number of restaurants in Melbourne, and...

182 - Company Names, once again! 🏢🏢

April 12, 2023

Hey there, ! Inspired by myself - wanting to do it again! I used a random name generator - I wanted to do top 5 girl and boy names of 1993 (my year of birth)...

181 - I'm a nerdy dren, am I? 🐎

April 5, 2023

Hey there, ! Sorry for those who thought that I had called them out personally to all of my followers last week! A few of you got in touch; it's just a...

180 - Exploring the multiverse 🪞

March 29, 2023

Hey there, ! A poem I liked this week, by Rumi: Come to the orchard in spring. There is light and wine and sweethearts in the pomengranate flowers If you do...

179 - Life, what's it all about? 🌱

March 22, 2023

Hey there, ! Look, Ma, it's a pretty photo from home! We back at it again with the Life Updates - but this time around I don't have to start with the house...

178 - The Adult-ing Scale, Revisited 🧍📊

March 15, 2023

Hey there, ! For those playing at home, the answers to last week's poems: Vince Rumi ChatGPT Sanai Vince Closest guess was Kento as he also guessed the...

177 - The Art of Writing Poetry ✍️💭❤️

March 8, 2023

Hey there, ! I suck at poetry, and I’m trying to study new forms of writing, so here’s a challenge to you, dear reader: Which of the following poems were...

# 176 - Random Li'l Reviews 📹🥘🛏️

March 1, 2023

Hey there, ! Firstly, thank you all for your very kind words, emails, messages or otherwise from my last post. I think it’s been one of my highest engagement...

175 - A detour into mental health 😕🧠

February 22, 2023

Hey there, ! A longer, more serious note this week - I wanted to share a part of my own mental health experience 'cos I thought it would be interesting to...

174 - New year, better me 📈🦸‍♂️

February 15, 2023

Hey there, ! Back to some quick fire life updates! Renovation: complete! - As you saw last week, the renovation is complete. Kitchen, bathrooms, flooring,...

173 - Lessons from a Renovation 👷‍♂️🛠️

February 8, 2023

Hey there, ! This is more of a ‘personal lessons that Vince is going to take away from this renovation’ but if it’s good for you, then by all means take on...

172 - Checking in on Predictions 🔮

February 1, 2023

Hey there, ! I completely forgot about doing this, and I wanted to see what the results were. The timing is off by a bit (it was supposed to be in a year)...

171 - It's the Year of the Rabbit! 🐇🧧

January 25, 2023

Welcome back, ! We're starting the year off with a BANG! 恭喜發財! Happy Lunar New Year! Got a LOT to write as I've been busy setting up and moving into my new...

170 - Christmas Movie Nostalgia 🎅🎄

December 21, 2022

Merry Happy, ! I broke the model I trained and now it's all effed up - the prompt here was 'Vince as santa riding a sled pulled by reindeer' but I see no...

169 - L1f6 Updat9 🏡

December 14, 2022

Hey there, ! (On people’s request, more AI Vince! I tried re-training a model and it has broken something, but I’ll keep working on it :D) Anyway, on to the...

168 - Tweet Roundup 🗨️🐦

December 7, 2022

Hey there, ! Let's dive into the world of the BIRD - don't worry that it's been taken over by a weird fella (we all burn in the hellscape of the internet...

167 - VinceAI 🤖🎨

November 30, 2022

[VinceAI POWER ON…] [VinceAI TRAIN ON VINCE’S FACE] [VinceAI OUTPUT FACES] Hey there, ! Just like I told you in my life updates, I spent some time...

166 - Survey for One 📝

November 23, 2022

Hey there, ! This is more of an open brainstorm about a fiction idea I had: the one surveyed person. While building surveys for customer research, I wondered...

165 - Roll for Stealth 🤫

November 16, 2022

Hey there, ! “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance...

164 - lil life update 🌱

November 9, 2022

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163 - You got to BeReal 📸

November 2, 2022

Hey there, ! I’ve been using BeReal for a few months now - if you haven’t heard of it, it’s the new GenZ social network that works like this: Once a day at a...

162 - Bed 🛏️

October 26, 2022

Hey there, ! We're talking beds. Now, if you're in Australia, you're typically going to know about the classics: Single (92 x 188 cm) King Single (107 x 203...