Category: Weeknotes 🗓️
A weekly missive from the virtual desktop of Jay Springett.
Each issue covers what I’ve been: reading, doing, thinking about, some links recommendations, a good meme and more.
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Full Week
I’ve had a really full week. It was Eve’s Birthday on Wednesday and have been doing lots of things with her.
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A Touch of The Future Shock
OpenAI’s Operator, an AI agent that browses the web, and Deepseek R1, a powerful local model running on my own machine—both have dropped in the same week and they have…
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Hold On
Trump Coin has sort of got lost in the noise in UK media due to the Tiktok shut down. But its way more insane and way more significant news.
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Discipline Doesn’t Arrive On Its Own
I am really struggling to get 2025 started. I’ve been pulling the starter cord over and over, but nothing is turning.
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HNY 2025
This half-decade has felt like a protracted liminal state: sclerotic stagnation atop a decade of pointless austerity.
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Xmas 2024
I got back from The Chalk yesterday evening after a wonderful week back home at my parents house.
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Wrapping Things Up
I spent most of last week wrapping things up for Christmas. Both literally and figuratively.
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Nearly Done
So I’m done with Permanently Moved for the year. I’m also nearly done with 2024 in general.
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Wrapped Reactions
Last week was wrapped week, because it wasn’t just Spotify—I’ve had lots of apps deliver year-in-review summaries.
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Retreat to Recalibrate
I’m considering another “word diet”.
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Repetition
I think routine and repetition are scaffolds we build around ourselves to climb higher.
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Have Some Ambition
There’s been a wave of people writing about their exodus from Twitter and the supposed joy they’ve found on Bluesky.
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A Rediscovered Map
Rediscovering forgotten manifesto notes in my diary, I realise if you want to make meaningful change, you must first be honest with yourself.
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Wales Weekend
We went to Wales on Friday and spent the weekend away in a cottage in the middle of nowhere with some friends.
