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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/09/is-the-consumer-electronics-show-still-relevant People still asked their bosses whether they could go. Journalists were still invited and showered with freebies, but there wasn’t the same buzz and almost child-like sense of wonder. The Death of Hardware had been welcomed by environmentalists and CFOs alike but those who remembered the packed halls, the unveilings, trying out gadgets – … [Read more…]

https://www.engadget.com/lenovo-yoga-pro-9i-and-yoga-9i-2-in-1-now-have-have-ai-chips-and-a-generative-art-suite-230059936.html Before he was born we were already thinking about it. We followed people who explained how to arrange the lighting in the nursery and the best sort of mobiles to hang over the cot. We listened to neuroscience podcasts about development and creativity. We subscribed to creative game services. Now we’ve had a few … [Read more…]

https://www.ft.com/content/38ab8068-9f09-4104-859d-111aa1dc47ad There was the official induction of course but, as you know, the most important thing in any job is knowing who’s in the know, who has the gossip, who has the political news, who’s really plugged into what is going on. Heh, all the more important now with the “here and there” working policy. … [Read more…]

https://www.engadget.com/more-non-fiction-authors-are-suing-openai-and-microsoft-103046599.html I didn’t want to sue. I just wanted to carry on doing my work. Researching, writing. But there is more than just the principle at stake. If my work is used, I lose my value. If the stuff I produce is not unique, new, I don’t get the work. My USP is the fact … [Read more…]

https://www.adweek.com/creativity/future-content-strategy-more-feelings/ I guess it was from an early age, at least my parents told me it was. I did it constantly. Anywhere, anytime on anything, I jotted down ideas that I returned to and reworked: moulding, honing. Book after book full of it. I can trace my life. Childish optimism, teenage angst, midlife fears. It … [Read more…]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24025674/samsung-hyundai-kia-smartthings-cars He’d been driving for… Well a long time. He passed his test before they had to do all that theory nonsense. He remembered when seatbelts were optional. Clunk Click every trip. His son was well meaning but he didn’t need telling how, when or how to drive. It was bad enough when his son … [Read more…]

https://admin.thedrum.com/opinion/2024/01/03/agencies -still-aren-t-ready-ai-disruption-2024 It was the first day back. There was no security guard who’d been there all holidays to make small talk with. Not even a pass to swipe. He walked across the office, his footsteps reassuringly real. At least he wasn’t being assigned a desk he thought, as what he still called “his” door … [Read more…]

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1993011 It was all a bit new to her. She’d avoided politics. Her followers didn’t want it. She was the sunny, carefree moments in their lives. They didn’t want confrontation, anger… reality. They had enough of that. She was their refuge, their light-hearted friend. So when she got to the meeting and things were far … [Read more…]

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/brands-3d-billboard-advertising The High Street was the colour of of his gran’s TV tinted to a dead network. If he had the money he’d buy her a new one. He didn’t. The drizzle almost seemed to brighten the parade off closed shops. Even the pound shop was shut. A flock of noisy pigeons had found some … [Read more…]

https://www.ft.com/content/b5ba019a-c569-42af-8d7f-7ab8a609900a I don’t make resolutions. What am I going to promise? Go to the gym? I don’t think so. I don’t need to get stronger or fitter anyway. Read more? I’m not exactly out of touch. Better work-life balance? Work is my life! That’s not going to change. I suppose I could start the year … [Read more…]