# Alex Hutchinson
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Alexander Hutchinson (born 24 December, 1934) is a Melbourne based Australian musician, who mainly plays clarinet, but also saxophone. His lifetime non-stop seventy year career extends from when he was first professionally employed as a performer at the age of fifteen (1949) until his effective retirement in 2019.Within the context of his main city of Melbourne and Victoria with its equivalent of 116,000 full time musicians, Hutchinson enjoys an eminence based on his long uninterrupted career, his acknowledged playing ability and his musicianship.
As well as his innumerable performances, he has a long history of involvement in the Victorian Jazz Scene campaigning for improved pay and conditions for music makers.
The Cloud Is Someone Else’s Computer—So What Are You Responsible For PT 1
Moving your business to the cloud can eliminate a lot of hardware and infrastructure you once had to manage yourself—but does that mean the cloud provider is now responsible for everything?Not quite.In this episode of Act on Tech, Alex Hutchinson breaks down the idea that “the cloud is just someone…
Alex Hutchinson, The World’s Leading Expert on the Limits of Human Performance, on the Mistimed Race That Started a 17-Second Breakthrough and Why Belief Beats Every Shoe You Can Buy
Alex Hutchinson ran his 1500-meter breakthrough because a timekeeper called the splits wrong.
He’d been stuck at just over four minutes for three years. Then, in one indoor race, a mistimed clock told him he was running three seconds faster than he was—and he ran 3:52, then 3:49, then 3:44 across …
The Athlete's Heart: Can You Really Exercise Too Much?
In a groundbreaking study - commissioned by the British Heart Foundation and published in July 2025 (see details below) - Dr Peter Swoboda led a team from the University of Leeds to establish whether prolonged endurance exercise could be a risk factor for heart health in older athletes. The results…
The Cloud Is Someone Else’s Computer—So What Are You Responsible For? PT 2
The cloud can remove servers from your office—but it doesn’t remove responsibility from your business.In Part Two of “The Cloud Is Someone Else’s Computer,” Alex Hutchinson continues the conversation about what happens as businesses become increasingly dependent on cloud services.From SaaS applicat…
IT in an Inflationary Economy: Your MSP Should Be Helping You Save Money – Part One
When the cost of doing business goes up, every expense eventually gets another look—including IT.In Part One of this Act on Tech discussion, Alex Hutchinson looks at how small businesses should approach technology spending in an inflationary economy and why cutting IT costs shouldn't simply mean cu…
Why We're Wired to Seek Challenge with Alex Hutchinson | REPLAY, EP53
From the archive: one of our favorite deep dives is back. Rebecca digs into the science and soul of exploration with journalist and bestselling author Alex Hutchinson, known for his books Endure and The Explorer's Gene. Alex unpacks why we're wired to seek challenges, how curiosity fuels growth, an…
Durability: Why some athletes keep pushing when others crumble | Alex Hutchinson
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How To Rewire Your Brain To Take More Risks - Alex Hutchinson - #936
Alex Hutchinson is a science journalist, former physicist, and an author. Why are humans wired to explore? We’re naturally drawn to the unknown, but that curiosity can sometimes lead us off course. So how do you design a life that channels exploration and dopamine in the right direction without g…
622: Alex Hutchinson - Why We Seek Big Challenges, Adding Texture To Time, The Explorers Gene, Working Through Uncertainty, Tom Hanks, and P
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308: Alex Hutchinson - The Curiously Elastic Limits Of Human Performance
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