https://gizmodo.com/charlie-brooker-black-mirror-netflix-tone-changes-1850944711 We had a particular style when we started. Some thought it was a bit dark but it came from us, our backgrounds and yes our feelings about the world we were writing about. I don’t think we were dystopian. We followed where the the objects and the stories took us. We liked to think … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/21/amazon-jeff-bezos-delivery-drones-expansion She’d drawn the curtains and sat down to read, the light from the screen keeping her awake. She’d finished the order. It wasn’t urgent but there was no choice. Fifteen minutes. She wished she could just go to bed. She listened and read… Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, … [Read more…]
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/19/1081974/meta-realeyes-artificial-intelligence-hollywood-actors-strike/ “Scab!” I can hear it. I feel it. I’m old enough to remember The Strike. I remember my dad and uncles on the picket line. I remember my mum and the other women discovering a new power. I remember the sense of pride across the community. I remember those gay and lesbians visiting. And … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fugees-rapper-blames-conviction-on-his-lawyers-ai-fueled-closing-argument/ I’m just grateful really. Obviously there is the language thing and, well I don’t have any money so the fact I get it free. Amazing. When you’re faced with the whole weight of the state, its bureaucracy and power: it’s scary. The letters, the forms, the legal language: it’s intimidating. Having my own lawyer: … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/bbcs-rigidity-over-the-t-word-is-damaging-its-reputation/ I’ve seen it all. I started as a journalist just as the Web was decimating classified advertising. Lived and wrote through the dotcom bubble when we built destinations and the social bubble when we built “communities”. I’ve been lucky to work in an age if synthetic media for a company that hung on to … [Read more…]
https://newatlas.com/wearables/speakerbeam-hearing-aid-specific-voices/ The great thing about this company is how open they are to ideas. I’ve got friends at other places where they are never invited to meetings and when they are, they’re never invited to contribute. Not here. I’m regularly in meetings with senior staff where we all get our moment to speak. Just the … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/advertising-week-briefing-how-ai-is-expected-to-dominate-this-years-conference/?utm_campaign=digidaydis&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=general-rss It’s good to get ‘out of the office’. Well of course I’m not really OOO, we never are. Always a message to respond to, a vital piece of information that only I seem to know that someone needs! But the chance to get some new knowledge and of course to network. The contacts and … [Read more…]
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-design Yeh I get it. Imagination, creativity, innovation… The business needs them. My career needs them too I guess. And to be fair developing those skills has actually made me better at my job. They certainly helped certain people who shall remain nameless, become more open to ideas. If I was honest I’d say they’ve … [Read more…]
https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/do-pro-cyclists-train-indoors-looking-at-how-worldtour-pros-use-indoor-cycling-over-winter/ Well you do it for your kids don’t you? Heh she might make it and earn millions and pay us back! No seriously, she loves it. Even those cold winter mornings she’s out of bed, healthy breakfast and ready. And we’re there with her making sure she makes every training session, every practice. I … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/c5877029-6463-4eba-92c1-8b5b3fd028e6 Our tutors are all ex-industry. Some still work there. That is so important. Knowing that what they teach us comes from a deep knowledge and experience of working with business problems means the course content is relevant and up-to-date but, just as important, we get to work with industry people. As one tutor said: … [Read more…]