https://www.marketing-interactive.com/spotify-wrapped-2023-celebrates-users-real-moments-with-music It was that date. So far things had gone well. Conversation was relaxed, despite it being that date. Now he’d been invited in for coffee. It was that date. He looked around the flat and relaxed slightly. The furnishings were what he expected. Not Ikea but restrained in style and cost. That matched what … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/aws-brings-amazon-one-palm-scanning-authentication-technology-to-the-enterprise/ I always buy my coffee from the cart outside the building. It’s not that his coffee is better than the franchise in reception – although it is! It’s not some statement about supporting small businesses. It’s that taking a few moments to queue up, have a chat about the weather or the match last … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/6054706b-b339-48a4-a6b4-d64b0bfd346f I wasn’t mad about the idea to be honest. I’m not the most adventurous. But you know what it’s like. Everyone’s tried it. Everyone’s talking about it. We don’t have the bike sheds my dad says they used when he was a teenager but we can always find a place to have a go, … [Read more…]
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/27/lazy-girl-jobs-and-viral-agencies-gen-z-changing-the-rules-employers I know some people like the idea, like doing it, but not me. Don’t get me wrong, I love this place. Great company and I get to do the work I’ve always dreamed of doing… and spent a shed load of money training to do. And that’s it. I want to work. I want … [Read more…]
Emergency calls only. The triangle was stubbornly empty. When he clicked on refresh, the news was… not new. Adobe. Still. The world was quiet. Wars had ended. no proto fascist had seized power. The climate was stable. Deals were on hold. No-one was moving jobs. No new campaigns or awards. No new gadgets or algorithms. … [Read more…]
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/24/could-anti-consumerist-brand-campaigns-put-end-black-friday She’s tried most things. Apps that limited time on the sites. Ad blockers. Even putting her phone in one of those locked boxes with a timer. She’d even tried meditation. No good. And this time of year was the worst of course. And the algorithms knew it. Dynamic pricing and personalised design meant the … [Read more…]
https://newatlas.com/wearables/ice-ring-omate/ I know traditional weddings aren’t everyone’s taste. But we earned the full experience: dressing up, pretty location, the music, even the arguments about which relatives to sit where. And we spent ages on the vows and the pre-nup: promising to share the data, to watch over each other’s feeds, to cherish each other’s information, … [Read more…]
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2404345-babies-may-start-to-learn-language-before-they-are-born/ We’ve nearly finished decorating the nursery. We swapped bedrooms because we read that the positioning of the projectors and sound systems had a real effect on the wellness benefits. We also had problems with the smartcrib not sending the feeds to the monitors but it connects now and the alerts work. Of course parenting … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/callyope-monitors-mental-health-through-speech-based-technology/ When he was a baby we had the baby monitor and the babycam. Like all new parents we spent hours glued to them in the early days but then they became everyday, sitting in the corner of the room unnoticed until we head something unusual. It was just good parenting. This is the same. … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/powder-an-ai-clipping-tool-for-gaming-can-detect-when-a-creator-yells-during-a-stream/ The inquiry had asked for the recordings. He was happy to oblige. Nothing to hide. Nothing to see or hear here. He’d told the Chair of the inquiry that he’d get the recordings over the next day. He’d proudly explained that his was a transparent company and that its systems recorded, catalogued and archived… … [Read more…]