Edward DixonMerry Christmas — 1778How a prosperous family of candle manufacturers spent a Christmas in the Ireland of 1778. This is an except from Sir Jonah Barrington’s…7 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Edward DixonRapunzel and Career DevelopmentMany of you will be familiar with the German folk-tale of Rapunzel — the young lady held captive in a remote tower by a witch who used…2 min read·Feb 3, 2023--1--1
Edward DixoninXR4work BlogVR Headsets: a serious business tool disguised as a games consoleWe were in Ireland, Kenya, India and Vietnam — but it didn’t feel that way.4 min read·Dec 20, 2021--1--1
Edward DixoninNerd For TechAI Adoption & Business value: a lesson from the Ireland of 1908As a founder of Rigr AI, I’m quite literally betting on Artificial Intelligence to feed my kids. So, you might think I’m expecting AI to be…4 min read·May 28, 2021----
Edward DixonWhen is a new company “real”?Sending a two-line email to my accountant — actually not even my accountant, at this point in the story the extent of our relationship is…2 min read·May 17, 2021----
Edward DixonWhy I left a great job to start my own companyLeaving a stellar company like Intel — amazing colleagues, an incredibly broad range of opportunities, six-digit salary and great benefits…4 min read·May 10, 2021----
Edward DixonLeaving Intel / “I will always love you”“Parting is such sweet sorrow”3 min read·May 4, 2021----
Edward DixonQuantum Computers, what are they good for?It has been generally known for some time that quantum computers can in principle solve problems that are intractable on classical…5 min read·Oct 27, 2020----
Edward DixonMy first 3D printerI’ve wanted a 3D printer more or less ever since I heard that they existed outside sci-fi. I’ve watched early kit versions emerge, and…2 min read·Oct 5, 2020----
Edward DixoninThe StartupSelf -Driving… Chemistry?“Materials science” doesn’t have quite the pulse-raising associations as, say, “aerospace” or “robotics”. This is a shame! Stone tools —…10 min read·Jun 5, 2020--1--1
