Some news: I'm launching The Shift today, a Substack newsletter from @leaddev.com. Every Friday I'll be delving into the shift software engineering leaders are navigating: from coding by hand, to coding with agents, and all of the messiness that creates: open.substack.com/pub/leaddeve...

This is great news for the creative industries. But, also the uncertainty of what to do next is peak Starmerism: "That leaves the government’s plans at an impasse, with ministers not expressing a preference for any policy option."

We're at the halfway mark of the #ModernCockneyFestival Do check out our events including exhibitions, opera, poetry, online discussions form the #BattleofCableStreet, walking tours and more. Discover at www.moderncockneyfestival.org.uk For 'non posh Londoners' everywhere

This year's #ModernCockneyFestival (March 1-31st) features live opera, poetry, theatre, and family fun day events along with online talks. Check out at www.moderncockneyfestival.org.uk Celebrate the culture, heritage, and identity of 'non-posh Londoners'

For the second week running England look flat, lifeless and exhausted well before final whistle. Leads to decision making and skills falling under pressure. What on earth has their prep been like to make them this shattered for a match? #engvire

Time to stand on my mke media studies compulsory at GCSE soapbox again

Can we get a Joe Squared podcast please #celebritytraitors

www.prweek.co.uk/article/1931... As someone who has taught on pure play PR and broader comms degrees I don't think this is a bad thing - modern PR is so varied, having graduates with a broad understanding of media and comms, not just our chosen discipline is vital

Increasingly feels like AI is the next big culture war which will play out online and the average consumer will be blissfully unaware of.

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 15 Steam codes for Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition courtesy of @aspyr.com. Giveaway ends on July 20th, 6 PM PT game is available now on PC and consoles store.steampowered.com/app/2738630/...

Time for my annual which agencies and comms teams are hiring graduate roles this summer post. We've had a fab crop at City University this year, so would love to point them in the direction of potential jobs.

Sorry, the ONS added VR headsets, but removed a pint of Guinness from its inflation shopping basket? Are they living on a completely different planet? www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Genuinely surprised how little AI LLMs are using social media as a source for info - just 1% of content about brands comes from it according to new research from @darrylsparey.bsky.social and @paulstollery.bsky.social's team at Hard Numbers www.hardnumbers.co.uk/research-rep...

TIL I'm older than text messaging

Hey marketing friends - am doing a lecture on social media trends for 2025 for my third year students next week. So it's not just my views - what do you think are the key trends to watch for? (which aren't AI)....

Favourite fact from @battenhall.com's 2025 social trends event - more hours of YouTube are streamed on TVs than Netlfix

This is fun, but would have been a much better Xbox campaign - tie it to their current This is An Xbox marketing, by branding TFL seats as "This is an Xbox Chair"

This intro stopped in my tracks. From @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social: postingnexus.substack.com/p/a-fault-in...

Friday night pub musings - Labour could really do with John Prescott right now - an unashamed bruiser who does what's right and is unafraid of ruffling feathers. (And probably need Mandelson and Campbell too, but that's another post)

With the creative community growing on Bluesky, I thought I’d reshare this resource on Mental Health for Creative Freelancers! Written by me, illustrated by some extremely talented artists. It covers everything from money worries to imposter syndrome to burnout: societyofauthors.org/2022/11/12/v...

Quite a bit of pressure on what to post first...so in old school Twitter style, here's a cat GIF...