by Jamie Miles | Oct 11, 2026 | Newsletter
This Week: The speed of fun • Why your memories drift, and how to steer them • What a silent conductor taught me about a resilient quarter • A free Swiss Army knife app for your Mac and Jevons’ Paradox • The Darkroom The Speed Of Fun A few weeks ago, I found myself...
by Jamie Miles | Oct 11, 2026 | Useful Guides
At a glance Reader question: I keep replaying a memory that either gets worse each time or still hurts years later. Is my memory broken, and can I do anything about it? Memory is rebuilt, not replayed: each recall is shaped by who you are now, so memories can become...
by Jamie Miles | Oct 11, 2026 | Stories & Essays
Reflecting on Q3 2026 • Total words written: 60,675 (+11,255) Benjamin Zander had been conducting for nearly twenty years when a thought stopped him mid-wave. The conductor doesn’t make a sound. The violinists make a sound. So do the cellists, the flautists, and the...
by Jamie Miles | Sep 13, 2026 | Newsletter
This Week: Bouncing back to new heights • A simple AI workflow that could save you a chunk of time • A walk around Soho gone wrong • My Favourite Finds • The Darkroom Cloning Myself Sitting at my desk, surrounded by the warmth of several new books, I realised that...
by Jamie Miles | Sep 13, 2026 | Stories & Essays
I went back to Soho and, unlike four days earlier, no one spat on me. ‘In what context?’ That was one friend’s opening question when, in the immediate aftermath, I needed to vent and decided to drop him a message. ‘Why does that matter?’, I asked. ‘Well, was it, like,...
