by Jamie Miles | Aug 16, 2026 | Newsletter
This Week: Emotional whiplash • The free dumbphone living inside your iPhone for focus and calm • Standing against penny-pinching businesses • My Favourite Finds • The Darkroom Eclipse of the Heart When the next wave hit, I thought in earnest: am I going to drown?...
by Jamie Miles | Aug 16, 2026 | Stories & Essays
‘Why did you leave us a two-star review?’ It was the bar I’d visited the previous night in Tallinn, Estonia. They can reply? I thought this was a one-way street for me to fight back and vent, but now my microphone-dropping moment to reverse the tide had lost its...
by Jamie Miles | Aug 16, 2026 | Useful Guides
At a glance Based on the reader question: Is there a way to turn my smartphone into a simpler, distraction-free device, without buying new hardware or paying for another app? Apple’s Assistive Access doubles as the best free dumbphone on the market and...
by Jamie Miles | Aug 2, 2026 | Newsletter
Hey – Jamie here. It’s been a dislocating fortnight. By popular demand, find your guide to writing satire inside. The guide builds on the workshop I attended with the ex-head writer of The Onion. Use it to sharpen your comedy and charisma. Today is also...
by Jamie Miles | Aug 2, 2026 | Useful Guides
At a glance Based on the reader question: Why do I keep circling back to the same wrong idea, and the same old grudge, and how do I actually let either one go? A mind that cannot forget, like Borges’ fictional Funes or a real hyperthymesiac, loses the ability to...
