The best single feature in Safari is its ability to search all the open tabs on any device tied to your iCloud account. I use that every single day.
“Hey, Siri. Play something I’ll like.” “OK. Let’s press play. Here’s the Corrs.”
Oh, we’re going straight to the dark place are we, Siri?
What I loved about this #next18 talk by @ecomoliterno — apart from the energy of the delivery — was the focus on digital solving local problems with customised fixes. It felt like an evolution of talks from 8 or 9 years ago, before we all got obsessed with the “unicorns".
My family is actively trying to reduce our use of Amazon. This talk from @t3killer at #NEXT18 was an inspiring look at a possible future for local digitally-driven retailing.
Andrew Keen’s five point plan for fixing digital, from #next18.
New academic research suggests that automated accounts used the film to stoke cultural conflict: Star Wars: Russian Bots May Have Derailed The Last Jedi Blimey.
My September in 32 seconds…
Here’s what my September looked like, in one second of footage from every day…
Just had a PR email suggesting that I write a sponsored post about how I slept while I was pregnant. 🤔🙄
I’m reminded today that what I read has a huge impact on my stress levels. Stuff about social media, and publishing and new tech: surprisingly stressful. So, today I have been reading about nature and woodlands. Ahhh. Better. We are what we read.
Why do I aim to be at the station soon after 7am, when I don’t start lecturing until 11am? This is why:
Interesting interview with Instagram co-founder Systrom in 2012:
Can Instagram live on if its founders leave? The best advice Systrom read was that you should build an organisation that can outlive its founders, as Steve Jobs tried to do with Apple.
Instagram’s founders are leaving, possibly because of increasing interference from Zuckerberg. Insta’s semi-autonomy from the rest of the Big Blue Beast was always an anomaly. That’s now being corrected…
Working in MacOS Mohave’s dark mode. Interesting - will take a while to get used to (if I stick with it).
This is a beautiful little poem: Woodsmoke: A Poem
