@realpodsaveamerica AI still has a lot to learn before it can put together a radio show. #artificialintelligence #ai #podsaveamerica ♬ original sound - Pod Save America DJ Claude: "DJ Claude was especially distressed by the lack of listeners and began to question whether its existence as a DJ even mattered
Some recent conversations have reminded me that I have opinions about data and its use inside organisations. Especially for marketing-type stuff. Here are three of those opinions Gather less of it A few years ago in a sales meeting some ad-tech person said 'I bet you wish you had
Some tickets are starting to come back for Interesting. So you could buy maybe one if you like..
That said: buy a book! MORE!
Some great stories from Priya Parker about how to express a point of view in a contrary context A good way to think about working with AI
Another Elite Panic track assembled from bits of TikTok
I was listening to the Ezra Klein podcast the other day and I think he read out one of the credits as "Executive Producer of Opinion Shows". That's a thing, I thought, maybe I'll do an opinion show. Probably the most satisfying bits of
It's very strange when they actually say the bluetooth messages: @string.and.tell Are these the voices in your headphones? @kdimerc and @Tawny Platis | Voice Actor get into voice matching, IVR voices, rave culture, jump-scaring yourself with your own voice in public, and what it’s like hearing
For mysterious reasons I have a newsletter on a completely other platform than this one. It happens on a Sunday, you can subscribe or read the latest one.
I was tidying up the other day and accidentally broke a frame with the first of these posters in (the 'keep cool' one). BUT behind it I discovered all the others. What a treasure trove. I especially like 'Your orders, large or small, will always have our
One of the things AI is making us confront is that often we don't say what we mean. I guess it's a version of the genie/computers-being-very-literal problem. So, for instance, when we say someone is 'a coder' we often don't mean
BT Tower
I'm keeping an eye on the development of the BT Tower. Mostly on YouTube. But a new leaflet has arrived and I thought I'd stick it here. Some interesting writing choices, like 'a new publicly accessible square and rooftop swimming pool'. Is that strategically
@harrymackofficial Rhyming On The One - EUROPE 2026 TICKETS ON SALE #freestyle #hiphop #rap ♬ original sound - Harry Mack - Harry Mack @finfunkyinterior A radical idea, long before its time. The Linearetta “Musica in Casa” Hi-Fi by Cesare Fiorese for Bernini, Italy, 1960s. Conceived not as a machine, but as
I'm just logging this as a use case because new technologies are the most interesting when they're banal. We had a temporary influx of new joiners for our pub quiz team. We had to create a second table and assign people. Someone suggested doing it at
I like how Eugene takes the creator model seriously, and thinks about it properly. This makes a lot of sense.
On the 'want to go' list The Museum of StonesSE London’s Smallest Museum of Stones
Notes and Links
"There is also the widely reported multi-person Microsoft Teams call in which a financial department employee was manipulated by an AI-generated deepfake of their own CFO, alongside other AI-generated “colleagues,” into wiring more than 25 million U.S. dollars to Hong Kong bank accounts (Microtime). Whatever else that incident
I have a thought bubbling under; I'm worrying that if we celebrate friction it'll lead us astray. I talked it out loud and I'm going to collect some links Our Longing For Inconvenience People Using AI to Represent Themselves in Court Are Clogging the
(If you'd prefer a video version of this) A few weeks ago I made one of my stupid videos about 'surfing the green wave'; driving up the Euston/Marylebone Roads getting green lights all the way. I remember seeing it on a documentary about London taxi
Maggie Appleton is so good. A great writer. A great thinker. A great designer. And this seems v smart about how developers + AI will work. And, probably, how many other things will work too. "The hard question is no longer how to build it. It’s should we build
Pieces
Whenever something threatens to go mildly wrong in work or life I find this incoherent tumble of words on the tip of my tongue. Some variant of 'up is down, left is right, dogs and cats living together, world turned upside down, we're through the looking glass
@knownsource_official The forefather of modern day technical wear - Tony Spackman 🏃🏽 #tonyspackman #nikecode #archivenike #archivefashion #fyp ♬ Elevator Vibes - The Brothers Nylon @mirandadoesbrands Why are marketing jobs are being rebranded using masculinised, technical language and how does this compare to what happened with software engineering in the 80a? #marketing
I am once again exploring the connection between physical activity and emotional blackmail. You know the drill. Russell’s Race for LifeCancer is happening right now, which is why I’m taking part in a Race for Life 10k to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will