I have written a new blog post every day since I made that commitment on 31st January 2022. I promised myself that I would blog every day for 12 months. I used to always worry about what I would write about. But since I have made that commitment I just write something every day. Seth… Continue reading I never know what I am going to write
Category: Blogging
I am going to blog daily for 12 months
Today is the first day of my daily blog. I have attempted to blog daily in the past and have always failed. Failed if you consider not continuing failure. But I had reasons for quitting, and they were not just to do with the commitment of blogging daily. Anyway, I won’t go into that now.… Continue reading I am going to blog daily for 12 months
Showing up every day is hard
Showing up every day is hard, regardless of your field of endeavour. It may be writing or making music or making art or working in what society sees as an important or unimportant job. Doing that thing, the work, day in day out, with consistency and reliability is difficult. I signed up again-for the third… Continue reading Showing up every day is hard
Ballinadrimna Graveyard
I visited Ballinadrimna graveyard yesterday morning. I believe it is long since closed and I don’t think any burials have taken place for many years. Walking around the graveyard I was struck, once again, by how many of the names on headstones were names of families still living in the parish-for example, Cusack, Miggin, Gorry,… Continue reading Ballinadrimna Graveyard
Just a quick question
It is a source of constant surprise the number, and type, of persons who contact me looking for free legal advice. The approach can be made in any number of channels of communication to me: phone, email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. I do not believe my response to such approaches is overly mercenary or… Continue reading Just a quick question
Trees (when I look out the window of my home office)
When I look out the window of my home office here in my home in Kildare I see some beautiful trees which I am pleased to say I planted many years ago when we first moved to this property. The trees, like myself, have matured and aged and we have both taken on a slightly… Continue reading Trees (when I look out the window of my home office)
The fundamental principle of being paid for work
This morning, as most mornings, I received an email from an employee who wanted to know if he “had a case”. He was most appreciative of the work I did, the YouTube videos I uploaded to my YouTube channel, the blog posts and information on my various websites, and so forth. But he wanted me… Continue reading The fundamental principle of being paid for work
Why my chatbot Watson is back (and the surprising reason he went away for a while)
When I made a chatbot (Watson) for my websites with the IBM Watson Assistant programme in November 2018 I was stunned as to how intelligent it was, and the potential it offered. I was also stunned by the reaction from some humans. Let me explain. Watson’s intelligence is founded upon Natural Language Processing which is… Continue reading Why my chatbot Watson is back (and the surprising reason he went away for a while)
The independence of blogging
Blogging in 2019 probably appears to many as old fashioned and something whose ship has sailed. But nothing could be further from the truth. There is a tremendous amount to be gained from blogging and writing regularly, even if it is only to force the writer to assemble his/her thoughts. But the benefits go far… Continue reading The independence of blogging
Learning WordPress-One of the best decisions I’ve made
I don’t know exactly when I learned to use WordPress as a publishing/blogging platform, but it has turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. Firstly, it has allowed me to publish my own content on my own websites which I control entirely. The freedom, and control, that this has… Continue reading Learning WordPress-One of the best decisions I’ve made