if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

It’s interesting how binary some people’s thinking is. i.e. well it’s not practical to ask everybody for permission and we can’t not let AI succeed so the only option is to allow outright copyright theft with zero repercussions. andybudd.medium.com/toward-a-fai...

morning

In 2010, if somebody had told me that Linkedin would become one of the dominant social media platforms, eclipsing the likes of Twitter and Facebook for many, I would have laughed at you. But here we are.

Hold on a sec. How is it the end of the day Friday all of a sudden!?

Isn’t he just describing the nature of high risk investments? It’s a bit like saying “a lot of capital that got invested in 15th century maritime exploration and trade failed to deliver returns”

OH “you can’t lick the same badger twice” 🤔

Saw Jane Goodall speak at SXSW London over the summer. So inspiring. Such a loss to humanity.

Very much looking forward to attending Kinference in 2 weeks time. Very much not looking forward to flying to the US under the supervision of ATS and Boarder folks who haven’t been paid for 2+weeks.

Release the Rockford Files.

Inspiration for all!

I don’t want to drink shame anybody (if that’s a thing) but I have no idea how the people opposite me on their 4th (soon to be 5th) breakfast cocktail would be able to function for the rest of the day. That would be a big night out for me and it’s not even 12pm.

I miss The Guardian Guide. Was the best thing about the weekend papers.

Unpopular opinion. Alien Earth isn’t actually that good.

Feels like the digital ID thing is going to be a massive Labour own goal. Their core doesn't want it while both Reform and Labour are claiming it as an attack on personal freedom.

🇩🇪 COME TO BERLIN for @beyondtellerrand.com on November 5-7! beyondtellerrand.de/events/berli... I've been scheming up a bunch of fun stuff with the inimitable @marcthiele.com for months now, and I'm so excited for what's planned. Here's why I'm excited:

Reads like a line from a William Gibson novel.

You see signs saying “In case of fire, break glass” But then you have a fire AND broken glass to deal with.

I recently got invited to a famous Argentinian BBQ restaurant high in the Andes. I had to cancel though as I couldn’t handle the altitude. The stakes were just too high.

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Just got a nice DM for a founder who enjoyed The Growth Equation.

I can’t tell you the number of times i’m told by a conference to send slides a month in advance only to get their 30 minutes before my tall to find the AV team a) don’t have them b) only use powerpoint and c) can’t show my notes on the comfort monitor.

@vitalyf.bsky.social rocking the main stage at Shift conference in Croatia.

🪄 If you’ve ever wondered where the name CSS Wizardry came from (and why on earth it stuck), I’m telling newsletter subscribers the full back story later today: csswizardry.com/newsletter/

Feedback like this is the reason I wrote The Growth Equation. andybudd.com/book

I just got knocked down by a bike. And do you know the worst thing. It came back a second, third and fourth time to finish the job. It was a vicious cycle!

I was just offered some chai, but it’s not really my cup of tea.

Vocal coaches are so egotistical. Every one I meet is all “me, me, me, me, me”!

I was thinking of writing a book about dolphins but my editor said it was too short and should include a section on porpoises. Cetacean needed.

VC/startup culture explained in one webtoon. 1. Most of you will die 2. Having a working planes is table stake (but you won't know you have one till you've taken off) 3. You have to have the right strategy. And that strategy is to win (we call helpful information like this "investor value add")

Andy Budd joins us to talk about why a designer might be your best early hire in a startup. Watch on youtube or find Pixels on purpose in your podcast app. youtu.be/J2I7At2BCMk?...

You see signs saying “In case of fire, break glass” But then you have a fire AND broken glass to deal with.

Amazing that "California, Texas and New York[...] account for close to a third of US GDP"

Many years ago the MET police sent me a contract requiring me to state that none of my team were under investigation for any crimes, in order to avoid embarrassment. I responded that i’d be happy to sign if the MET police would do the same, for the same reasons Funnily enough I never heard back.

Northern founders, unite! (again) After a couple of months off while we navigated school summer holidays, wedmin, house moves and various other life events, Found Up North is back with another meetup for northern founders on 7th Oct. Grab a ticket at foundupnorth.com, see you there!

@andybudd.bsky.social on why designers are obsessed with Japan. andybudd.medium.com/...

I just wrote a a quick article on why so many designers I know are obsessed with Japan. andybudd.medium.com/why-designer...

A designer raising potential usability issues with their stakeholders.

While I’m unsure whether customers will notice or care, there is one group who does. Company owners: 🎉🥳🍾🤑💰💸💵

I’ve realised that a lot of pushback against LLMs revolves around the concept of “original sin” i.e. If the moment of creating the LLM was sinful (which’s is arguable fair) then every use after that is automatically steeped in sin (which I’m less convinced about).

Not sure about acqui-hiring but big tech companies are definitely poaching staff from startups with offers that are impossible to counter.

The best thing about holidays in the UK is it’s the only time you can legitimately buy fudge.

Paint me like one of your french ladies.

Slightly diminish a band Hmm 🤔

Slightly diminish a band: Aphex only child?

Ahmen

Check out the full piece here: Are you an Accidental Design Saboteur? (According to the CIA) 👉 medium.com/the-design-c...

Vocal coaches are so egotistical. Every one I meet is all “me, me, me, me, me”!