They allow me to send out unfiltered updates about what I'm working on and receive instant feedback.

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"They thought it would be quite funny to send me up the mast to get me out of their hair, as I'd been photographing them day-in-day-out for a few weeks, " Kos writes in the upcoming book.

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It produces an electric current, which the chips use to send out an identifying signal, which the computer recognizes as being me.

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They made the extra effort to pick out one just for me, physically write on it and send it off.

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