It's that time of the week. Brew your beverage of choice, grab a snack, and take a pew. This week: - The rant I deleted (but kind of didn't) - How I approach my work - Random thoughts on recruiters and album lists - Great music open.substack.com/pub/tomyoull...

FYI I'm kippers for my lunch

Happy Friday! If you'd like to listen to a talk on considering intersectionality and compounding barriers when we think about accessibility, the recording is now on YouTube! Thank you @contentdesign.london @tomyoull.bsky.social @niacampbell.bsky.social @adrianortega.bsky.social for having me! 💖

Well this has already ruined my Saturday! Wordle 1,533 X/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just for the hell of it, here’s my dog Murdo on his favourite beach, ears flying in the wind.

Saddo played a new New York Times game called pips….no idea what this tells you: Pips #1 Hard 🔴 2:23

Been talking about the future of content design with @niacampbell.bsky.social and @adrianortega.bsky.social… I used the analogy that we’re waiting for our ‘The Strokes’ moment that happened at the end of the 90s, when they came in and blew up the indie music scene. youtu.be/BXkm6h6uq0k?...

Shout out to @niacampbell.bsky.social for sharing this thread with me. @dandoescontent.bsky.social = spot on.

Watching Alanis Morissette sing thank you from Glasto and for some reason we’re both crying. Her set was unexpectly so beautiful!

Craig Finn's Birds Trapped in the Airport, is rocking my world this morning. youtu.be/aVvl88HPtm4?...

Do you ever wish that you could hear a song for the first time again? Currently sitting in a cafe and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac is playing, I love it, but equally I’ve heard it too many times….and it makes me a wee bit sad to be a little bored of it!

Had the pleasure of doing a talk with @calvinlau.bsky.social for #ContentClub earlier this week. We talked about spreading content design skills across our team, to enable Calvin to focus on the areas where his expertise can deliver the most value.

Episode 3 of #TheLastofUs is some of the best telly ever. #Fact #GoodChat

Rewatching #TheLastOfUs. The start of episode 2 has just put me off my lunch!!

Awesome session from @imhuyorks.bsky.social and @calvinlau.bsky.social!!!

Just learnt a new word and I'm truly going to kick the arse out of using it!!! Bring on the progressive disclosure era of Tom speak. #ShowUsersWhatTheyNeedWhenTheyNeedIt

I’ve forgot how much I bloody love Edinburgh Mornings. You get a glimpse of the city before it becomes a tourist hellhole.

The first 30 mins of Black Doves is bloody mental!!!

6:55pm and I’ve just fired up the moka pot for a late ‘afternoon’ coffee……my partner says I’m crazy!!

Things I'm enjoying today: Siri getting activated every time my colleague says "series" in a meeting. Beard comparisons between @tomyoull.bsky.social, @adrianortega.bsky.social and @imhuyorks.bsky.social 🧙‍♂️ This handsome barn owl that appeared as my desktop background:

I shared your Leading interview with Kate Raworth with a pal asking about Doughnut Economics, and thought isn’t it about time you had her (or someone who shares her approach) back on, to discuss the last 2 years? @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @therestpolitics.bsky.social

Today’s mantra: get up, do stuff!

Also, my fave day for xmas to fall on is normally a weekend day. But i got to thinking this morning, i might change that to a Wednesday..... #GoodChat

I’m off to see Del Amitri at the Barrowland Ballroom tonight and I’m unduly excited about it. It’s going to be a room of good cheer, love and song open.spotify.com/track/3293bD...

The new #FirstBus logo is hysterical

A random song for Friday! Memo PST - Best Ones Leaves youtu.be/rmNJ_VVirR8?...

Rabbits can swim!!

I don’t give Bluesky social enough attention. How are we doing people? I’m away from me work desk, having a blast, and I’m not sure what day it is, which is one of the best of all feelings!

I fucking love New Mexico!

I think this is a permanent in my ever changing Tom’s Top Ten Albums list open.spotify.com/album/2XNRB7...

Currently having a text chat with some pals where I asked the following: I still don’t understand why being woke is seen as bad by some. How can being aware of the effect of your actions and words on others be seen as not a good thing?

Why is it rude when you put your elbows on a table? Questions that I never got an answer to?

Is there a live music venue that makes you second-guess going, even when a favorite band is playing? For me, that’s SWG3. I’ve been to a ton of gigs there, and the sound quality is never better than average. It really doesn’t do the bands justice.

News? www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

I’ve got a 2 day work week. Which is absolutely great, but also absolutely blur inducing!

Bought myself a Levi’s denim jacket today, I look fucking lush in it!

One of the many joys of life is being a stranger in a familiar pub.

In the Crown Posada, Newcastle, reinventing myself as pub visiting, book reading intellectual.

On Repeat All Afternoon youtu.be/h8YoyzosPDw?...

On Repeat All Day youtu.be/BB-jGY5B5yw?...

Watching The Cabin In The Woods for the first time……no idea wtf is going on

First album you bought with your own money. There’s a couple of contenders….this being one.

Managed to find a near perfect copy of Weathervein by Crane. Crane was a post-hardcore band doing the rounds in the late 80s and early 90s from Ashington and Blyth, total unsung heroes of the scene. If you like this kind of noise, it is worth trying to track down a copy of this album.

A lovely bunch of content folks. Who am I missing? go.bsky.app/SrN7J8Q

I can’t shake the feeling that we are never more than competent beginners at most things.

Watching Dead City and one thing I always ponder on, is how do all these people at the end of the world, being chased by zombies, all look like they’ve recently been to the barbers?

An actually pretty good article from the Guardian on the real fallout of the Cass Report on young trans people. A shame it doesn't mention the report being condemned by other academics and health professionals globally but a step in the right direction. www.theguardian.com/society/arti...