Thought I'd watch that John Lewis ad... then spent 15 mins sobbing my eyes out. My 18 yo son will be heading to uni next year....his borther a mere 3 years after that... oh God I'm going to miss them so much.

Phwoar music.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdW...

👻 Halloweeknotes. More accurately, mooOOOoonthnotes. 🎃 neilojwilliams.net/autumnotes-o... #weeknotes #weeknote #blog @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Cancel those streamers you're not using and subscribe to BFI Player for some quality taste-broadening fare this November: www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...

Twin Peaks clothes in Zara is out equivalent of "they're selling hippy wigs in Woolworths, man" isn't it?

"Don’t Let Spooky Sounds from Your Pipes Haunt You" is the best bit of nice-try Halloween email marketing I've had so far.

Some good shit coming here for Halloween! player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

Loving this HAAi album

A long shot... Taste match with me on YouTube Music! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I seem to have landed in Green Party TikTok and OMG they're speaking some truth. This "bold politics" brand feels genuinely exciting!

A feast for your telly box in October on BFI Player including a couple of Lars von Trier bangers. www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...

September wrapped neilojwilliams.net/autumnotes-s... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social #weeknote

I think the dishwasher manufacturers KNOW FULL WELL it's impossible to pour rinse aid into that stupid flappy hole without getting it everywhere, and they just don't care.

No word yet from DSIT or GDS on ID cards... I'm just wondering how solid the plans are to deliver it this Parliament. Bring it on though - about bloody time if you ask me. So much money already wasted trying to work around the lack of them.

Want to know how the new digital ID system will work? Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

Not sure how many more years I can hear phrases like "taking the papers as read"

CATFISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 😭

Not sure which annoys me more: * Radio DJs turning volume up and down repeatedly when talking over music * Speakers on a video call interrupting themselves with the chat comments which are BY DEFINITION asynchronous

Ladies and gents I bring you Mark Kermode introducing Nightcrawler, which is his pick of the week on BFI Player. I am obsessed with this nasty film - if you haven't seen it you must! Not least for the masterclass in managing interns. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...?

Those Meta AR glasses are pretty cool apart from the fact that the apps and maps are limited to Meta. Hope Google are working on some specs again.

Can't see a flip chart without wanting to write JUST SACK PAT on it.

Grateful for Sadiq Khan at moments like this

Qualities I look for in a perfect autumn leaf crunch: 1. Completely dry and crispy leaf 2. Concave and inverted, like a crab shell 3. Exactly where your stride is going to land 4. No traffic noise to ruin it

Sign up to BFI Player for the good shit www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...

A roundup of my August. (Didn't it just become August yesterday?) Plus a load of useful links for you. neilojwilliams.net/month-notes-... #weeknotes @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Just drove the length of the country and there are St George and Union Jack flags hanging from almost all motorway bridges ...

Odd, dark, Aussie humour. Highly recommend! player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

Empty calories nails it. Almost none of the film is needed to advance the tiny story of a random implausible antagonist doing a thing that, at best, is an avoidably conspicuous move. The prologue lands us in a scene with "this is where the story really starts" but it's where the withholding starts.

To recap: ☣️ 28 Years Later 6/10 👮 The Naked Gun 5/10 🏊‍♀️ Bring Her Back 10/10 perfection 🚸 Weapons 2/10 I am furious and baffled that anyone likes this twaddle

OMG Weapons is a pile of timewasting piffle

Notes on my past fortnight's endeavours and experiences while alive on the same planet as you. Hope you find something useful or interesting in it! Thanks for reading, if you do. neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... #weeknote #weeknotes #workingoutloud @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Whatever today throws at me, I think "at least I'm not on a school sports day like my 2 kids are"

Me on a pod. Saying the things I say. digitalworkspodcast.buzzsprout.com/841957/episo...

Daniel Bhuddafield, a quantification of surprise, déformation professionnelle. My latest #weeknote contains those words and more: neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

I had a bad day at Croydon Council once where I found myself sobbing in the loos, and I felt a lot like how Rachel Reeves looked today. Sometimes shit builds up and gets on top of you. Whatever your politics or views on welfare reforms, the emotional toil of a cabinet job warrants empathy imo.

Stop doomscrolling through the same old film lists. BFI Player is where the off-the-beaten-track film culture is at! www.screendaily.com/news/were-an...

This is a solid Wednesday night watch on BFI Player. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

25 years of agile software development and the media still can't grasp the basics of launching products early so they can be iterated to meet real user needs. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Happy but knackered after a busy work fortnight and a mad trip to Belgium to see 100s of people recreate the battle of Waterloo. Read all about it... neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social #weeknotes

Come for the July line-up on BFI Player. Stay for 100s of gems in our library. July includes a celebration of Moviedrome, BBC2’s Sunday-night film school that gathered brilliant cult cinema for a new audience – a mission that BFI Player is proud to continue. www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...

Misheard my wife and thought she said a particular film was "based on a mug" (look, she was in a different room and has a Burnley accent). But now I wish there WAS a film based on a mug! Pitch me!

Why is this Noel Edmonds comeback being tolerated? Aren't things bad enough?

Can't overstate how much joy Love Island is bringing us this year, with added bonus of our 17 yo watching with us as youth correspondent.

Looking for recommendations for a good recruitment agency to help fill an Associate Delivery Manager role in my IT department - a new role, in a department that hasn't had any such role - but is well up for scrum/kanban to eat the elephant and improve as a team. GDS flavour, ITIL aware. Thoughts?

chng.it/ktqGqfF5qG - signed this to support CPIFF

Four Mothers is a lovely heartwarming watch - just dropped on BFI Player player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

Cracking post from BFI's tiny but mighty UX team on the use of "iterative possibility sprints" to develop the upcoming new & improved cinema listings web service - www.bfi.org.uk/news/using-i...

The martial arts scenes in It’s A Wonderful Life were a key influence on The Matrix

Sunday. #weeknote time. You know the drill. neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

The Ballad of Wallis Island is so heartwarming and funny. Best British film of recent times if you ask me. Everyone in the cinema loved it and sat through to the end of the credits enthralled. Go see it!