Charles Miller‘Tell me what to do’: University staff grapple with AI policyIf there’s one thing academics don’t like, it’s looking out of touch. When it comes to AI, there’s an urgency to understanding what it can…4 min read·Jun 9, 2023----
Charles MillerAI: Another blow to human self-esteem?For centuries, human beings have been learning that they are less and less important. Galileo insisted, to his cost, that the earth was in…10 min read·Jun 6, 2023----
Charles MillerHow not to deal with foreign currencyI just got back from a week in Norway.2 min read·Sep 27, 2022----
Charles MillerHow to transfer notes and highlights from scanned books into a Word document or Excel spreadsheet…The problem5 min read·Dec 23, 2020----
Charles MillerLondon has the plague againThe graph for deaths during the Great Plague of 1665 is instantly recognisable. In 2020, the numbers are larger and Coronavirus is hitting…5 min read·Apr 2, 2020----
Charles MillerHow the dot com boom opened entrepreneurship to allExactly 20 years ago, the dot com boom was at its height. The high tech NASDAQ index hit a historic high point on March 10 2000. Then the…6 min read·Mar 10, 2020----
Charles MillerJust the start of his long StruggleA review of A Death in the Family, the first volume of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s series, My Struggle.5 min read·May 8, 2019----
Charles MillerinBest tech booksUnderstanding treesLab Girl by Hope Jahren This is an odd cocktail of a book made up of three ingredients, shaken or stirred together with varying success…3 min read·Oct 24, 2016----
Charles MillerinThe transparent shedFrom greenhouse to… gut?I hate that phrase you hear on food programmes on the radio: ‘from farm to fork’. But what would the greenhouse equivalent be: ‘from…2 min read·Aug 7, 2016--1--1
Charles MillerA strange coincidence of family historyWhen we got married, my wife and I bought a terraced house in West London, in an area that estate agents like to call Chiswick but is…4 min read·Jul 27, 2016--1--1
