Chris Briggs
@codioma.bsky.social
I'm an EdTech developer, primarily courses that use my own approach, The Codioma Way. I live in Spain, a country with the right attitude to life and living.
Don't look at those we perceive as above us for inspiration. Look around you for those who do what you can do too.
Can we motivate ourselves as Edward Deci prescribed towards the transformative approach and create a truly progressive society?
I've seen it happen on a small scale, and I didn't have to do a...
Can we motivate ourselves as Edward Deci prescribed towards the transformative approach and create a truly progressive society?
I've seen it happen on a small scale, and I didn't have to do anything ...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Don't look at those we perceive as above us for inspiration. Look around you for those who do what you can do too.
We are all in the middle of a company, if we make ourselves aware of it.
The Customer Is The Client | Chris Briggs - EdTech Developer
I've worked for enough service providers to see once the ink is dry on a contract, and the initial requirements delivered, the relationship changes for the worse. It doesn't have to be that way.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
We are all in the middle of a company, if we make ourselves aware of it.
Though the Spanish 'future' tense is easier to navigate than the past, it's still nuanced.
Both 'terminará' and 'termina' are confident of completion, 'termina' is more assertive, matter of fact. 'Terminara' is more a promise or intention.
'Va a termina' adds room for doubt.
Both 'terminará' and 'termina' are confident of completion, 'termina' is more assertive, matter of fact. 'Terminara' is more a promise or intention.
'Va a termina' adds room for doubt.
January 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Though the Spanish 'future' tense is easier to navigate than the past, it's still nuanced.
Both 'terminará' and 'termina' are confident of completion, 'termina' is more assertive, matter of fact. 'Terminara' is more a promise or intention.
'Va a termina' adds room for doubt.
Both 'terminará' and 'termina' are confident of completion, 'termina' is more assertive, matter of fact. 'Terminara' is more a promise or intention.
'Va a termina' adds room for doubt.
Spanish anchors events to the present or not when talking about the past.
This is different to English where anything not present is the past (more or less).
Spanish requires more awareness of how the past relates to other time references.
This is different to English where anything not present is the past (more or less).
Spanish requires more awareness of how the past relates to other time references.
January 18, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Spanish anchors events to the present or not when talking about the past.
This is different to English where anything not present is the past (more or less).
Spanish requires more awareness of how the past relates to other time references.
This is different to English where anything not present is the past (more or less).
Spanish requires more awareness of how the past relates to other time references.
Often, intention is more explanatory with respect to Spanish usage than dictionary definitions.
The verbs irse, salir and marcharse all mean to leave.
Salir is about crossing the threshold to leave, and marcharse is more determined in leaving. Irse is the most general.
The verbs irse, salir and marcharse all mean to leave.
Salir is about crossing the threshold to leave, and marcharse is more determined in leaving. Irse is the most general.
January 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Often, intention is more explanatory with respect to Spanish usage than dictionary definitions.
The verbs irse, salir and marcharse all mean to leave.
Salir is about crossing the threshold to leave, and marcharse is more determined in leaving. Irse is the most general.
The verbs irse, salir and marcharse all mean to leave.
Salir is about crossing the threshold to leave, and marcharse is more determined in leaving. Irse is the most general.
I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest yesterday. I thought back to Bergman's book Humankind and the endeavour for the co-operative, human spirit.
Those who say the least speak the most for us.
Those who say the least speak the most for us.
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest yesterday. I thought back to Bergman's book Humankind and the endeavour for the co-operative, human spirit.
Those who say the least speak the most for us.
Those who say the least speak the most for us.
'Ya he terminado': indicates when something is recently finished with reference to the present moment. Used more in Spain.
'Ya terminé': more ambiguous, not connected to the present, a statement about a past completion.
'Acabo de terminar': completing something within minutes of the present.
'Ya terminé': more ambiguous, not connected to the present, a statement about a past completion.
'Acabo de terminar': completing something within minutes of the present.
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
'Ya he terminado': indicates when something is recently finished with reference to the present moment. Used more in Spain.
'Ya terminé': more ambiguous, not connected to the present, a statement about a past completion.
'Acabo de terminar': completing something within minutes of the present.
'Ya terminé': more ambiguous, not connected to the present, a statement about a past completion.
'Acabo de terminar': completing something within minutes of the present.
In Spanish, por is associated with 'along the way' to some destination, which is defined by para.
Para points forward to the endpoint; por explains what happens on the way there or what motivates the movement.
Para points forward to the endpoint; por explains what happens on the way there or what motivates the movement.
January 17, 2026 at 4:19 PM
In Spanish, por is associated with 'along the way' to some destination, which is defined by para.
Para points forward to the endpoint; por explains what happens on the way there or what motivates the movement.
Para points forward to the endpoint; por explains what happens on the way there or what motivates the movement.
A review of a project I've been building for learning, as much for me as anyone else interested!
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AI & Me: Codioma Project
Even though Codioma as my learning site pet project has been going since November last year, it's been incredibly useful for learning the limits of doing things by yourself. 😄 Having said that, I've c...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
A review of a project I've been building for learning, as much for me as anyone else interested!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-me-...
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In Spanish, 'por' has a sense of 'movement along a route or channel' including passing through conduits like doors or the Internet.
It's easier to apply 'por' based on this concept, rather than memorise which prepositions and objects it applies to in English.
The verbs are distinct outside of it.
It's easier to apply 'por' based on this concept, rather than memorise which prepositions and objects it applies to in English.
The verbs are distinct outside of it.
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In Spanish, 'por' has a sense of 'movement along a route or channel' including passing through conduits like doors or the Internet.
It's easier to apply 'por' based on this concept, rather than memorise which prepositions and objects it applies to in English.
The verbs are distinct outside of it.
It's easier to apply 'por' based on this concept, rather than memorise which prepositions and objects it applies to in English.
The verbs are distinct outside of it.
Spanish is a little painful remembering which preposition (if any) map to particular verbs, but then so is English in different ways!
The verbs all map to the public road ways via the adjective in the middle.
Note, 'coge' can have a cruder meaning in South America, but it's natural in Spain 😀
The verbs all map to the public road ways via the adjective in the middle.
Note, 'coge' can have a cruder meaning in South America, but it's natural in Spain 😀
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Spanish is a little painful remembering which preposition (if any) map to particular verbs, but then so is English in different ways!
The verbs all map to the public road ways via the adjective in the middle.
Note, 'coge' can have a cruder meaning in South America, but it's natural in Spain 😀
The verbs all map to the public road ways via the adjective in the middle.
Note, 'coge' can have a cruder meaning in South America, but it's natural in Spain 😀
One of the things I find LLM's still struggle with is perspective. If you state that the 'walker' is the subject and the climber is a detail in the background, they really struggle with spatial perspective.
This is an issue inherent within generative models; they paint they do not locate objects.
This is an issue inherent within generative models; they paint they do not locate objects.
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
One of the things I find LLM's still struggle with is perspective. If you state that the 'walker' is the subject and the climber is a detail in the background, they really struggle with spatial perspective.
This is an issue inherent within generative models; they paint they do not locate objects.
This is an issue inherent within generative models; they paint they do not locate objects.
Spanish is super subtle over intention.
'Me voy a quedar en casa este fin de semana.'
'Voy a quedarme en casa este fin de semana.'
Both signal intention: I'm going to stay in the house this weekend.'
'Me voy a quedar...' signals the intention 'now'.
'Voy a quedarme..' signals a plan for later'.
'Me voy a quedar en casa este fin de semana.'
'Voy a quedarme en casa este fin de semana.'
Both signal intention: I'm going to stay in the house this weekend.'
'Me voy a quedar...' signals the intention 'now'.
'Voy a quedarme..' signals a plan for later'.
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Spanish is super subtle over intention.
'Me voy a quedar en casa este fin de semana.'
'Voy a quedarme en casa este fin de semana.'
Both signal intention: I'm going to stay in the house this weekend.'
'Me voy a quedar...' signals the intention 'now'.
'Voy a quedarme..' signals a plan for later'.
'Me voy a quedar en casa este fin de semana.'
'Voy a quedarme en casa este fin de semana.'
Both signal intention: I'm going to stay in the house this weekend.'
'Me voy a quedar...' signals the intention 'now'.
'Voy a quedarme..' signals a plan for later'.
To be engaged while reading something requires being a passive reader but actively involved in its story.
tldr; cuts short that journey, it's disengagement.
tsni; is for those articles when engagement through soundbites sacrificed insight.
rlvi; right length very informative is the sweet spot.
tldr; cuts short that journey, it's disengagement.
tsni; is for those articles when engagement through soundbites sacrificed insight.
rlvi; right length very informative is the sweet spot.
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
To be engaged while reading something requires being a passive reader but actively involved in its story.
tldr; cuts short that journey, it's disengagement.
tsni; is for those articles when engagement through soundbites sacrificed insight.
rlvi; right length very informative is the sweet spot.
tldr; cuts short that journey, it's disengagement.
tsni; is for those articles when engagement through soundbites sacrificed insight.
rlvi; right length very informative is the sweet spot.
Dislike the conduct, not the person.
A simple enough message designed to stop shouting at people and just try and fix things for the better of everyone.
A simple enough message designed to stop shouting at people and just try and fix things for the better of everyone.
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dislike the conduct, not the person.
A simple enough message designed to stop shouting at people and just try and fix things for the better of everyone.
A simple enough message designed to stop shouting at people and just try and fix things for the better of everyone.
So little by little I'm building up free topics for learning principles. None are ever complete, they will all be refined, updated, made more interactive, etc, free of clutter, adverts and cost.
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Graph Theory | Codioma
Codioma • Chris Briggs
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January 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
So little by little I'm building up free topics for learning principles. None are ever complete, they will all be refined, updated, made more interactive, etc, free of clutter, adverts and cost.
www.codioma.com/courses/math...
www.codioma.com/courses/math...
Learning another language adds another dimension to communication; it's a mental workout for improving awareness.
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Spanish Makes You Think
Take this English sentence for example: The road to the mountain was very well signposted. It conveys three meanings: The experience of the road to the mountain The state of signposting on the road in...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Learning another language adds another dimension to communication; it's a mental workout for improving awareness.
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The first requirement for AI to be accepted as teacher, is to accept that it is.
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LLM's and Ridicule
I get momentarily crisis of confidence over simple things in Spanish. It's a language that forces an English speaker to habitualise forms of time, gender, space and description that my own language is...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The first requirement for AI to be accepted as teacher, is to accept that it is.
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It's a very silly idea.
What if Maths wasn't a subject in school at all, instead applied as a tool spread amongst the arts and sciences, so that it had tangible functionality, be it for investigation in science, drawing in art, topography in geography.
Maths would me more..interesting? I like it.
What if Maths wasn't a subject in school at all, instead applied as a tool spread amongst the arts and sciences, so that it had tangible functionality, be it for investigation in science, drawing in art, topography in geography.
Maths would me more..interesting? I like it.
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
It's a very silly idea.
What if Maths wasn't a subject in school at all, instead applied as a tool spread amongst the arts and sciences, so that it had tangible functionality, be it for investigation in science, drawing in art, topography in geography.
Maths would me more..interesting? I like it.
What if Maths wasn't a subject in school at all, instead applied as a tool spread amongst the arts and sciences, so that it had tangible functionality, be it for investigation in science, drawing in art, topography in geography.
Maths would me more..interesting? I like it.
It's a ridiculous idea.
Instead of voting for party members, vote for independents in every town and district who are respected in their own communities and are well-rounded, civil individuals.
Then as a quorum, they elect those who lead to serve, not the other way around.
Silly idea. I like it.
Instead of voting for party members, vote for independents in every town and district who are respected in their own communities and are well-rounded, civil individuals.
Then as a quorum, they elect those who lead to serve, not the other way around.
Silly idea. I like it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
It's a ridiculous idea.
Instead of voting for party members, vote for independents in every town and district who are respected in their own communities and are well-rounded, civil individuals.
Then as a quorum, they elect those who lead to serve, not the other way around.
Silly idea. I like it.
Instead of voting for party members, vote for independents in every town and district who are respected in their own communities and are well-rounded, civil individuals.
Then as a quorum, they elect those who lead to serve, not the other way around.
Silly idea. I like it.
English structured in such a way you don't have to think ahead while speaking or writing.
A language like Spanish requires looking beyond what you are saying in order that the gender, count, tense and mood match.
That's a large cognitive load added up front that benefits the brain or not?
A language like Spanish requires looking beyond what you are saying in order that the gender, count, tense and mood match.
That's a large cognitive load added up front that benefits the brain or not?
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
English structured in such a way you don't have to think ahead while speaking or writing.
A language like Spanish requires looking beyond what you are saying in order that the gender, count, tense and mood match.
That's a large cognitive load added up front that benefits the brain or not?
A language like Spanish requires looking beyond what you are saying in order that the gender, count, tense and mood match.
That's a large cognitive load added up front that benefits the brain or not?
What if AI were a pluribus. It has similarities: a compelled entity to do what it must, a collection of knowledge more than a sum of its parts, but less than the individual.
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AI and Plurib(us)
This show will have you gnawing your own arm off in frustration at Rhea Seahorn's obstinate self-sabotage mission to undo the pluribus. Such an interesting premise, and one utterly compatible with AI ...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
What if AI were a pluribus. It has similarities: a compelled entity to do what it must, a collection of knowledge more than a sum of its parts, but less than the individual.
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