Hi, I’m Paul
I’m a writer, creative technologist and systems thinker based in Perth, Western Australia.
I write stories and essays about things that matter to me like reclaiming agency, liberty, technology and the systems people create in order to live inside them. I’m also the co-founder and technical director of Open Studios.
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I write across fiction, politics, personal history and technology. These are the easiest ways into the archive.
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The Guapo Kiki Show Starring Kayos and The Philosophers
The audience cheers as the stage lights fade in to reveal a corner desk with a chair, adjacent to a blue fabric five seater sofa. ANNOUNCER VOICE: A tanned stocky…
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5 Ways to Help Local Small Businesses Survive the Billionaire Economy
The world is in a very tricky place right now. Through the persistent and aggregate efforts of a very small group of individuals, the world economy has been broken and…
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The Langenium Prologue Trilogy
This is a series of short stories that sets up the setting of the Langenium game world. I recommend reading them in order, however, they are told as standalone short…
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Behind The Prologue: Writing About Systems
Since the dawn of civilisation, human life has been shaped by systems. Even before we invent an artificial intelligence with a consciousness like WERP’s, we have dependencies on systems for…
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About Me
I’m Paul, a writer and creative technologist based in Perth, Western Australia. I have spent more than two decades working with software, the web, systems and graphical applications.
I’m also the co-founder and technical director of Open Studios, an independent studio creating fictional worlds, open-source software and experimental values led R&D.
The subjects on this site vary, but they come from the same place: an interest in how people live inside systems, what those systems do to them and how people find ways through.