https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/lyft-notion-linkedin-influencers-brand-building/ I got a B. I mean, a B! I wouldn’t have minded if it was the teaching assistant who gave me it. After all humans aren’t that bright and he hates me. But it was the teacher. They’re supposed to be impartial, intelligent! Influencer used to be my favourite lesson. I’m good at it. … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/revealed-campaign-best-places-work-2025/1916348 It was one of those surveys that actually mattered. Recruitment and retention was an increasing problem. Getting the best talent to join when the business wasn’t star rated was getting more and more difficult. Getting them to stay when their career Agent secured offers from higher-rated businesses was nearly impossible. And it wasn’t just … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/438f421c-ca4e-4201-b450-33bbd2e0c5aa He looked at the mesh as it whizzed past in all directions. His former colleagues. They were still cheaper than drones so they were still there buzzing from delivery to delivery, occasionally stopping for a drink and a chat at one of the coffee shops, their bikes silent on the pavement. He knew many … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/tiktok-trend-sees-kids-setting-chromebooks-on-fire-at-least-one-kid-hospitalized/ Dear Parents. You have probably heard about a disturbing trend that some children are engaging in. I want to assure you that we are aware of this dangerous and destructive behaviour and are taking all necessary steps to ensure our school community is protecting school property and your children. As part of this we … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/agencies/exclusive-layoffs-hit-wpp-media-agencies-days-after-reports-of-groupm-rebrand/ He’d always imagined a cardboard box. He’d seen archive feeds of people leaving tall glass buildings with their box sometimes hiding their tears. He didn’t have anything that needed to fit in a cardboard box, even if they still made them. But like his predecessors, he’d received his message, been locked out of the … [Read more…]
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250507130506.htm He trained at the best fashion school so had gone through what he called his “arty phase”. He’d created extraordinary catwalk outfits, made his eco-line, even done a cost-of-living range which he liked to think was more than the “cheap and cheerful” label his tutor had given it. He could have got a job … [Read more…]
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/google_releases_simplify/ They’d been given homework. He wasn’t pleased but he’d agreed to the couples therapy and so he kept his views to himself and his Agent. That was the problem, his partner would probably say. They both had to keep diaries. His partner had decided to go material. The therapist said that was fine, it … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/google-is-making-tv-and-movies-to-convince-you-that-tech-is-not-evil/ The Studio had created a massive gate for fans. They’d even written “Hollywood” across it. Of course The Studio didn’t take up a huge lot with soundstages and warehouses full of props and the gate wasn’t “real”. Technically The Studio was in California. The tax and tariffs refund meant it was the best place … [Read more…]
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/05/02/christian-muche-miami-the-pink-suited-power-broker-rewriting-the-rules-b2b-events He was a human. He always said that in interviews, made sure the feeds led with it. He was literally the face of the events. Of course he had Agents working for him, he told interviews, but he was human, proof humans were still in the loop, he laughed. He still named his events … [Read more…]
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/technology/google-gemini-ai-chatbot-kids.html Apparently long ago kids used to hide things from their parents. Things long forgotten like magazines, cigarettes, tapes of unsuitable music. She’d heard kids hid them under the mattress. When devices came in it was simpler. They just had encrypted folders, hidden apps. One device with multiple faces: one for the parents, one for … [Read more…]