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🐣 New Babies, Sheep Flamethrowers, Seesaw Park Benches
What I've been up to during parental leave, and a mix of playful picks; from new AI products to wishing cards.
Nov 1, 2025
'No, I wont tell your parents'; how ChatGPT's new parental controls lie to youth
A mini UX audit of ChatGPT's new parental controls, how they're deceiving youth and ideas for a more youth-friendly future
Oct 30, 2025
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📚Bologna Children's Book Fair: on AI and the future of kids lit
What creators, unions, and execs are saying about AI, and where we go from here
Apr 30, 2025
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🐬 Space Dolphins, Big Foot & a new manuscript
Nov 10, 2024
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📚Bologna Children's Book Fair: on AI and the future of kids lit
Apr 30, 2025
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🐛 Mail bugs, paper phones and the nature of technological change
Sep 30, 2020
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🌲Forest trampolines, tiny bug chefs and cosy games
Mar 23, 2025
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'No, I wont tell your parents'; how ChatGPT's new parental controls lie to youth
Oct 30, 2025
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🐉 Fantasy maps, AI tamagotchi and broken elevator books
Mar 9, 2024
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🌲Forest trampolines, tiny bug chefs and cosy games
A small, joyful update midway through my study sabbatical
Mar 23, 2025
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🐸 Fluffy Robots, Flame Throwers and Frog Phones
Plus a free resource to help guardians talk to teenagers about AI companions
Jan 12, 2025
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'Sorry honey, your BFF is dead'; How Should We Talk to Children About the 'Death' of Their AI Companions?
🌱 A light research note on the downfall of Moxie, and ideas around the right to reanimate and digital grief narratives
Jan 6, 2025
🐬 Space Dolphins, Big Foot & a new manuscript
An ode to human weirdness in a sea of AI sensibility
Nov 10, 2024
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🏝️ Creepy robots, magical islands & witches
Equal parts whimsy and equal parts weird. Just how it should be.
Oct 6, 2024
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🐍 Musical snakes, ghosts and machine learning datasets
Kids toys and academic think pieces, lots to chew on
Sep 8, 2024
What this children's museum taught me about designing with AI
Gathering research notes on AI, play, and speculative futures.
Aug 21, 2024
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