Hull Fair! That first paragraph had me right back there. Sensory overload is bang-on.

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

@clivethompson.bsky.social Have you seen this yet?

If you see this, quote post a concert picture you took.

Outstanding news that should be shared.

Hey, @greatdismal.bsky.social - I think Hubertus Bigend has a new car.

I worry about anthropomorphising generative AI tools. They don’t ‘hallucinate’ - they output errors. When AI companies talk about ‘hallucinations’, what they mean is their product failed. Its output was garbage. But this language is embedded now. We’re stuck with it.

One ticket for the hype train please.

This is a great book and you’re basically stealing it at this price.

@laurenbeukes.com Hiya. I *really* enjoyed your chat at Interesting last night, so I bought a couple of your books to read on the flight home. Amazon discounted them so heavily it felt like stealing. So … can I donate to the auction/fundraiser somewhere to make up for that?

Forget Facebook, that’s me in every serious and professional work meeting nowadays.

Writing pals! Come and work with us at Glasgow Uni: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM324/l...

This is utterly joyous. A dance performance to Underdog’s ‘The 10 Rules of Techno’. (Hat tip to @undermanager.bsky.social who shared it in an email today.) Seriously. Dedicate five minutes to watching this. It’ll improve your day. youtu.be/jm-rMP9bvbU

Yup

@laurakaykelly.bsky.social I just heard about James. So sorry to learn that he’s gone. I know how much he meant to you, and to so many others. ♥️

Still the finest dog video ever posted.

Nine years ago, Harvard Business Review published this great 30-second report on how one regularly-recurring executive meeting at a big US firm was eating up 300,000 hours of time across the company. (Hat tip to @faris.bsky.social) I bet it’s even worse now, in the age of Zoom and Teams calls.

The @financialtimes.com have an excellent piece here, explaining how ChatGPT and other large language models work. If you’re wondering what the ghost in the machine actually *is* … this might start to help you understand.

When life gives you lemons … … apparently they take NINE MONTHS to ripen so you have to keep going to the shops for ones to put in your G&T anyway.

Well, since my usual username was already taken …