It's a competitive market but getting gig tickets is up there with the worst experiences on the internet.

Started typing the letters "co..." And the auto suggestion was "coping strategies". Probably fine.

1 December means it's time for @amymcnichol.bsky.social great essay series @allconsuming.bsky.social Trust me. www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...

"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else." Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.

Hi, Spotify here again. We noticed you've used the pathetic number of audiobook hours we give you. Why not give us even more money every month for access?

no, I don't wanna download another fucking app on my phone

Another tale of inconvenience Britain. I could just drive next time I suppose but feels unnecessary when there are trains available.

Go to train ticket machine. Select day return. Apparently seat reservations are mandatory on the next available train and it's full so computer says no I can't buy a ticket. I just want to buy a return though. No staff around.

Well they posted them. Headliner on at 9:35. Some of us do have jobs tomorrow and trains to catch you know. Ah well. Karma for complaining.

Venues and promoters, this is your regular reminder to post the fucking set times.

Yes but what does "open all day" mean? 9 to 5? 12 to 12? Just put 24 hours I beg you.

Hilariously about 5 minutes after this I finally managed to get a ticket for Turnstile tomorrow night. It really does take a lot of watching the page though.

Getting a ticket on @twickets.bsky.social has become pretty much impossible for popular gigs. They're just gone in milliseconds. Even when I happen to be on the page and am pressing buy within literally a couple of seconds of the listing appearing it's already gone.

Ohhh JSON scheeeema ohhh JSON scheeeema

As a VS Code user I want highlighting and selecting specific bits of text to be very awkward and fiddly So that I can have a right laugh

As a Spotify user I want the audiobook listening time indicator to be well hidden and randomly disappear So that I can find it harder to keep track of the meagre amount of audiobook listening I am allowed

Reading Puffin books slogan, 'Stories that last a lifetime', my daughter jokes "does that mean you die after you read the last page?". Truly my child.

Dream last night of trying to use apps with various deceptive patterns. Never should have left that job at the bookshop.

Nice conversation. Rewriting the WCAG is also one of my dream jobs.

"I believe life ends with death, and that is all. You haven't both gone shopping; just the same, in my new black leather phone book there's your name and the disconnected number I still call." RIP Tony Harrison. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

Not sure about this JIRA rebrand.

As someone curious about the sentencing remarks in some high profile legal cases I want to have to download a file to read them So that I don't bother and move on to something else

As a parent I want people to upload pictures of my child to AI birthday card greeting tools without asking me So that I can wonder what else they're doing with the images

As a Spotify user I want release radar to be littered with random compilations of old tracks So that I can find it more difficult to see what came out this week

Love to fill in a form every single time I visit the dentist.

Is there anything worse than trying to deal with HMRC? Just an overcomplicated mess of crap.

For the love of all that is good and holy. Anyone involved in gigs please post the approximate set times promptly.

"I will give up these cigarettes Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress Have your name in rose tattooed across my chest And be your lover for all time Maybe I will drink a little less Come home early and not complain about the death" youtu.be/kOWpy4mOsdA

"No one else can haunt me, the way that you can haunt me, I need to know you want me, I couldn't be without you, and the light that shines around you, nothing ever mattered more than not doubting, Tonight the streets are ours" youtu.be/1jGJavcSJTg

"What are you like? You've had a right life" One week to go before seeing the main man. youtu.be/hd4uVLg_cSw

As someone looking at broadband options I want the information on the open reach website to be contradictory and for there to be no way to contact someone So that I can go round in a loop and slowly lose my mind

So many hours listening to In Our Time. The archive is an absolute treasure trove.

Well I passed the driving test. Another delightful odyssey through an experience in desperate need of service design. Great to learn a new skill.

As a 7 year old child watching pottery showdown on channel 4 I want to see an advert for a documentary about violent criminals So that I can be quite scared

As a Gmail user I want new emails to rapidly move from below to above the ads So that I can accidentally click on an ad I have no interest in whatsoever

Is there a worse keyboard than the one on a MacBook air? It's a trick question of course there is not.

What's a proper 2025 headline? What to do if your planned holiday destination is affected by wildfires www.bbc.com/news/article...

As a BBC News app user I want the screen to move to the next article every time I try to scroll down the page So that I can read a different article from the one I selected

Wonder what JG Ballard would have made of all this

OK but can AI make printing less of a nightmare though?

Don't you just love it when "Speaks [language]" covers the captions showing what is being said? Makes it fun to guess.

.ics appointment files are the worst thing, just give me a usable link

"Be the river as it rolls along" youtu.be/5Mq1hnrgphk

"You who rule upon the land, You hold the future in your hand, When you take your people down the road, Before another bomb explodes, Can you do it in the name of love?" youtu.be/jU6V14RelZg

We are hiring two content designers to join Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We mostly work remotely, with our team members spread across multiple locations. Apply by 10am on Monday 14 July: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

"Love and only love will endure Hate is everything you think it is Love and only love will break it down" youtu.be/m-6cx-Bc2g0

Just got back from beautiful Eskdale in the Lake District. Unfortunately did get caught in some big storms. some of the heaviest rain I've been in. Quite amazing in its own way but makes things hard work. What's the worst storm you've ever been in?

Got hold of a copy of Considerate Content by @rebekahbarry.bsky.social It's very good and you should get it. contentdesign.london/shop/conside...

Rest in peace Sly Stone. youtu.be/rzxu7fmWnEw

Holidays and the return from them are quite surreal. Was I really drinking grappa at breakfast on the Adriatic coast on Sunday? Wondering why on earth people were feeding the seagulls bread at all, never mind from their own hand, coaxing them to follow the boat.