The purpose of this site is to encourage me to write. This isn’t a blog; it’s a living space of considered content where I add, refine, and refactor as needed.

As a technical person, I have found it productive to spend quality time in 4 distinct activity modes. Self-consciously switching between creating, thinking, researching, and learning helps to make progress at every scale - from playing with tiny puzzles and problems, investigating ad hoc ideas, working on personal or commercial projects, to developing long-standing interests. The switching of scale also keeps things fresh and flowing. Giving it the name CTRLS (Create, Think, Research, and Learn at all Scales) helps with personal discipline.

Deep originality is neither a primary goal nor a likely outcome, but it must be original to me and synthesised with clarity. The factors I value most are:

• Rigorous understanding: Validated by writing full explanations, addressing the “why” as much as the “what”.
• Tangible output: Experimental results, algorithms, code, tools, visualisations, papers, etc.
• Refined intuition: Distilled, enlightening, and persuasive insights.
• Overarching themes: Linking diverse topics to generate new tools, techniques, and understanding.

I have reached a stage in my life where commercial activity is less important than intellectual stimulation. Nevertheless, I remain alert to interesting venture opportunities where my experiences and skills could have value.

Publishing in this form is a new endeavor. I have started by working my way through a backlog of notes compiled over decades, finding my voice by writing up some solutions to recreational maths problems, documenting my computer setup, and explaining the building and maintaining of this website.

I have also written up my latest thoughts on improving my skiing.