Betteridge’s Law applies: Will big AI save the world?
Why I’ve taken the first step in connecting One Man & His Blog to the #Fediverse - and why I think this will matter for media businesses in the coming years…
The Ghost ActivityPub Public Beta is here!
(Well, for ghost(pro) users…)
Drawing towards the end of several months of quite intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The best decision I’ve made in a long time. I finally feel equipped to make the very most of the second half of my life.
For all its faults, the NHS has been there for me when I needed it.
Started reading: Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow 📚
But most days, working on policy at Facebook was way less like enacting a chapter from Machiavelli and way more like watching a bunch of four-teen-year-olds who’ve been given superpowers and an ungodly amount of money, as they jet around the world to figure out what power has bought and brought them.
From Careless People: A story of where I used to work by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚
This explains a lot about Facebook:
Javi’s my favourite of the coworkers here tonight; Javier Olivan, in charge of “growth” at Facebook, which means he’s the person responsible for getting the billions who still aren’t on the platform to sign up. Javi’s a laid-back Spaniard and one of the few people in top management with a sense of humour.
From Careless People: A story of where I used to work by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚
Started reading: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚
Just found a cache of old videos on my Dropbox, while hunting for something for a friend. Here’s some moments from a trip to Helsinki in the early morning, when I was doing some work with Nokia (!)