Journal
Notes and articles.
Writing about visual effects, emerging technology, creative work, and the ideas that keep me curious.
Supanova, Storytelling and the Joy of Fandom
A reflection on speaking about Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 at Supanova and the communities that form around stories.
27 May 2026Flying Bark’s Cinematic Approach to Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
A behind-the-scenes account of how Flying Bark translated the visual language of 1980s cinema into Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.
13 Jan 2026Cinema’s Lasting Impact on Film Memory
A theatrical first viewing can become part of the way a film is remembered, making later home rewatches feel richer.
15 Aug 2025Sam Harris’ Thought Experiment on AI Doomerism
A thought experiment about humans creating a world that other beings can no longer perceive, and what that might say about advanced AI.
12 Aug 2025The Best Creative Advice I’ve Ever Received
Steve McCurry’s two-word dedication—Be curious—remains a powerful principle for creative work.
24 July 2025Genre Is Television
The 2025 Emmy nominations show how genre storytelling has moved from the margins to the centre of television.
16 July 2025Building a Cathedral
A stonemason’s answer to a traveller becomes a reminder that creative teams are always building something larger than their individual tasks.
11 July 2025Being in LA
A reflection on Los Angeles, creative community and the reminder that VFX work belongs to a much larger cultural ecosystem.
4 July 2025How AI Can Unlock Creativity and Authenticity
AI can help creators express their ideas faster while leaving creative direction, responsibility and human connection with the person making the work.
1 July 2025Mark Cuban on the ‘Milli Vanilli Effect’
As synthetic media becomes harder to distinguish from reality, trust and human-made experiences may become more valuable.
25 June 2025The 5% That Makes the Difference
Small acts of care, ownership and pride compound over time in creative teams.
15 June 2025Apple’s New UI: A Preview of Smart Glasses?
Apple’s liquid-glass interface may be helping users become comfortable with spatial, object-based computing.
11 June 2025AI Won’t Free Artists from Burnout
Faster creative tools only improve working lives when teams protect the time they save.
2 June 2025A Croissant, a Former F1 Engineer and the Craft of Creativity
A morning ritual at Lune becomes a small meditation on precision, technical mastery and human feeling.
4 May 2025Being a Nerd
Attention, depth and focused love for a craft remain powerful in a noisy world.
22 Aug 2024AI, SPATIAL EXPERIENCES, AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
Midjourney Prompt: "A futuristic cityscape merging technology and creativity, with glowing lines representing the flow of AI and data, artists and coders working together in a digital and physical space, bright and optim
21 Aug 2024APPLE IMMERSIVE VIDEO
Apple Immersive Video, introduced with the Apple Vision Pro, refers to a method of recording and displaying video that gives a sense of depth and space by utilising stereoscopic techniques. This type of video captures an
9 Feb 2024APPLE VISION PRO FEEDBACK
I originally wrote this as feedback to the most excellent [Accidental Tech Podcast](https://atp.fm/573), but I thought it was worth sharing. It’s been modified slightly to make it more accessible.
6 Feb 2024CLASSIC MARKETPLACE SCAM
Facebook is spending $40 billion on AI infrastructure in 2024. Maybe they can fix this all-too-common PayID scam.
6 Feb 2024SCAMMERS USE DEEPFAKES TO STEAL $25M
Amazing story that seems just a taste of what’s coming. Scammers used a deepfake video of an employee’s CFO in a video conference to convince him to transfer $25M USD in 15 separate transactions to accounts they controll