Paul Rissen
@r4isstatic.com
Lead Product Manager for Platforms @ Which?
A geek about metadata, narrative, hyperlinks and technology.
Wrote 'Experiment-Driven Product Development'.
Personal, professional & nonsense posting here. Apologies in advance.
paulrissen.com
A geek about metadata, narrative, hyperlinks and technology.
Wrote 'Experiment-Driven Product Development'.
Personal, professional & nonsense posting here. Apologies in advance.
paulrissen.com
Signs up. I'm @r4isstatic on there, as you'd expect.
Let’s scrobble again, like we did last summer i.airbuds.fm/russell.davi...
Tap to see my listening activity
see what Russell Davies is playing. on your homescreen.
i.airbuds.fm
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Signs up. I'm @r4isstatic on there, as you'd expect.
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barista: can i take your name
james bond: the name's bond
barista: ok
james bond: james bond
barista: well i've written bond now
james bond: it's ok don't
barista: i can get a new cup
james bond: no it's fine
barista: it's not a problem
james bond: just go with bond
james bond: the name's bond
barista: ok
james bond: james bond
barista: well i've written bond now
james bond: it's ok don't
barista: i can get a new cup
james bond: no it's fine
barista: it's not a problem
james bond: just go with bond
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
barista: can i take your name
james bond: the name's bond
barista: ok
james bond: james bond
barista: well i've written bond now
james bond: it's ok don't
barista: i can get a new cup
james bond: no it's fine
barista: it's not a problem
james bond: just go with bond
james bond: the name's bond
barista: ok
james bond: james bond
barista: well i've written bond now
james bond: it's ok don't
barista: i can get a new cup
james bond: no it's fine
barista: it's not a problem
james bond: just go with bond
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Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
All social media
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
All social media
#BlueSky feature request: the ability to follow a hashtag from a specific user. I. E. I'd like to see person Y's posts about topic x, but I'm not bothered about their posts on other things (which aren't bad, they're just not overlapping with my interests).
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#BlueSky feature request: the ability to follow a hashtag from a specific user. I. E. I'd like to see person Y's posts about topic x, but I'm not bothered about their posts on other things (which aren't bad, they're just not overlapping with my interests).
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
Oh, I quite like 'Split view' in Chrome.
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh, I quite like 'Split view' in Chrome.
Snagged by a cold. Knackered.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Snagged by a cold. Knackered.
Did some good humaning under bittersweet circumstances today, I think. Hopefully made a positive difference.
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Did some good humaning under bittersweet circumstances today, I think. Hopefully made a positive difference.
Oh no, I've suddenly got the urge to start watching Halt and Catch Fire again.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Oh no, I've suddenly got the urge to start watching Halt and Catch Fire again.
Piastri should be absolutely fuming about that VSC.
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Piastri should be absolutely fuming about that VSC.
Pretty soon I'll have a HiChord and a Orchid to go along with Ableton Live 10 + a Push 2 and MPK Mini. Next step, working out which audio interface to buy that would connect at least the HiChord and Orchid to a Mac Mini with USB-C.
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Pretty soon I'll have a HiChord and a Orchid to go along with Ableton Live 10 + a Push 2 and MPK Mini. Next step, working out which audio interface to buy that would connect at least the HiChord and Orchid to a Mac Mini with USB-C.
First Steps soundcloud.com/r4isstatic/f...
First Steps
A first, tiny step at recording some music with the Orchid + Ableton Live
soundcloud.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First Steps soundcloud.com/r4isstatic/f...
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Forget Andor being the best of Star Wars, here’s Mr Blobby instead of Darth Vader in Rogue One.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Forget Andor being the best of Star Wars, here’s Mr Blobby instead of Darth Vader in Rogue One.
Indulging myself in some much needed (music-making themed) retail therapy after a twisty week.
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Indulging myself in some much needed (music-making themed) retail therapy after a twisty week.
Hire @suw.bsky.social ! She's awesome and has an incredible amount of knowledge, wisdom and expertise.
Anyway, no real point to conclude with. I'm honoured and delighted to see my hard work recognised like this. And I am really going to enjoy my trip to Parliament this afternoon.
But if anyone wants to hire me or give me freelance work — writing, ghostwriting, research, DEI, comms strategy, comms...
But if anyone wants to hire me or give me freelance work — writing, ghostwriting, research, DEI, comms strategy, comms...
October 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hire @suw.bsky.social ! She's awesome and has an incredible amount of knowledge, wisdom and expertise.
Uh oh. I think I may have found the software which allows me to experiment and learn modular synthesis... grm.tools/en/atelier.h... (Shame about the price tag, though understandable!)
Atelier
grm.tools
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Uh oh. I think I may have found the software which allows me to experiment and learn modular synthesis... grm.tools/en/atelier.h... (Shame about the price tag, though understandable!)
I see @scottmitchellmalm.bsky.social is continuing his quest to be featured or invited onto @footballcliches.bsky.social with a casual ‘for my sins’ and a couple more sly nods to Cliches in a recent episode of The Race F1 podcast.
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I see @scottmitchellmalm.bsky.social is continuing his quest to be featured or invited onto @footballcliches.bsky.social with a casual ‘for my sins’ and a couple more sly nods to Cliches in a recent episode of The Race F1 podcast.
Today, I discovered... THE DATA ENCLAVE
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today, I discovered... THE DATA ENCLAVE
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Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores
Help us to collect digital scores from composers and independent publishers.
www.bl.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
Reposted by Paul Rissen
Look at music creation tech - Ableton Push, HiChord, the Orchid. Where is the equivalent of the 'ideas machine' for writers, storytellers etc?
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Look at music creation tech - Ableton Push, HiChord, the Orchid. Where is the equivalent of the 'ideas machine' for writers, storytellers etc?
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
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This looks interesting, and incredibly up my street, potentially.
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
See Story Differently | Othelia
Othelia Is Intelligent Story Software Using the Latest Intelligent Technologies for Storytellers, Content Creators & Filmmakers. Request a demo now.
othelia.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This looks interesting, and incredibly up my street, potentially.
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Look at music creation tech - Ableton Push, HiChord, the Orchid. Where is the equivalent of the 'ideas machine' for writers, storytellers etc?
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Look at music creation tech - Ableton Push, HiChord, the Orchid. Where is the equivalent of the 'ideas machine' for writers, storytellers etc?
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
And yes, I know that it's not for lack of ideas - the economics just don't seem to support it. But still. *So* much opportunity to explore here.
This looks interesting, and incredibly up my street, potentially.
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
See Story Differently | Othelia
Othelia Is Intelligent Story Software Using the Latest Intelligent Technologies for Storytellers, Content Creators & Filmmakers. Request a demo now.
othelia.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This looks interesting, and incredibly up my street, potentially.
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Anyone know anything about it or the people behind it? othelia.com
#structureddata #narrative #storytelling
Reposted by Paul Rissen
A fine early autumn afternoon. Why not take a break from watching the boats go by at a riverside pub and read these weeknotes from @anyaso.bsky.social and I?
ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m...
ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m...
October 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A fine early autumn afternoon. Why not take a break from watching the boats go by at a riverside pub and read these weeknotes from @anyaso.bsky.social and I?
ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m...
ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m...