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.
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Paul Rissen
@r4isstatic.com
· Nov 30
posting updates like it's 2005 all over again
Right then, I've managed to wrestle DNS etc and will now be posting old style status updates* from time to time at @status.r4isstatic.com
Follow there, if you'd like.
*as per bsky.app/profile/r4is...
Follow there, if you'd like.
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Streets of London!! youtu.be/p1YNEtaHbzA?...
Ralph McTell sings Streets of London...again! - Big Train - BBC comedy
YouTube video by BBC Studios
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Streets of London!! youtu.be/p1YNEtaHbzA?...
On a completely different note - the #traitors producers have basically got a free run of series variations on their hands, simply by taking a leaf out of the Blood on the Clocktower playbook each series, and very few people will notice. Feels a bit of a shame, really.
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
On a completely different note - the #traitors producers have basically got a free run of series variations on their hands, simply by taking a leaf out of the Blood on the Clocktower playbook each series, and very few people will notice. Feels a bit of a shame, really.
In lieu of waiting patiently for the HiChord, I’m rabbit-holing on chord progressions. There’s something I find absolutely fascinating about the fact there’s frequent little ’recipes’ used by songwriters. Once you know the recipe, you can make very different songs from the same ingredients.
January 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
In lieu of waiting patiently for the HiChord, I’m rabbit-holing on chord progressions. There’s something I find absolutely fascinating about the fact there’s frequent little ’recipes’ used by songwriters. Once you know the recipe, you can make very different songs from the same ingredients.
Happy new 'yet another likely managerial merry go round at Chelsea Football Club' year 🙃
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Happy new 'yet another likely managerial merry go round at Chelsea Football Club' year 🙃
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New year's resolutions:
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
December 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New year's resolutions:
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
My 2025 BlueSky summary, via Anisota: anisota.net/harvest/
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My 2025 BlueSky summary, via Anisota: anisota.net/harvest/
Doing a massive slightly-work-related jigsaw. I don’t have a big enough floor or wall space though.
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Doing a massive slightly-work-related jigsaw. I don’t have a big enough floor or wall space though.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
Right then - Winterval/Festivus and so on movie plans:
Knives Out 2 tonight, the new one tomorrow (feels like it should be a Christmas viewing)
Knives Out 2 tonight, the new one tomorrow (feels like it should be a Christmas viewing)
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Right then - Winterval/Festivus and so on movie plans:
Knives Out 2 tonight, the new one tomorrow (feels like it should be a Christmas viewing)
Knives Out 2 tonight, the new one tomorrow (feels like it should be a Christmas viewing)
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“And then they made me The Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, which was nice.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“And then they made me The Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, which was nice.”
👏More 👏. culture 👏 structured 👏 data 👏
My final monthnote of 2025. Reports from Iceland (the country not the shop), a talk I gave on how to make execs listen to you about cyber, and the usual reflections, films & useful links. neilojwilliams.net/monthnotes-d...
Monthnotes: December 2025 | Neil Williams
These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. Gleðileg jól. I'm just back from 3 nights and...
neilojwilliams.net
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
👏More 👏. culture 👏 structured 👏 data 👏
This has been one of my favourite history documentaries of the year.
December 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This has been one of my favourite history documentaries of the year.
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Weebl AND Bob? In this economy?
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Weebl AND Bob? In this economy?
Nice to see nods to the work we were doing at the BBC, and many other wiser heads who pioneered structured narrative data.
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Nice to see nods to the work we were doing at the BBC, and many other wiser heads who pioneered structured narrative data.
Out of office: ON. Time to relax for a couple of weeks 🙏
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Out of office: ON. Time to relax for a couple of weeks 🙏
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
Have to say, I'm very impressed with the amount of easy to understand, guided steps to beginning to learn modular synthesis that Moog provide with the Mavis. www.moogmusic.com/synthesizers...
Mavis | Moog Music
Mavis is a build-it-yourself analog synthesizer kit that delivers the huge depth of sound Moog is known for in a compact and feature-packed instrument.
www.moogmusic.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Have to say, I'm very impressed with the amount of easy to understand, guided steps to beginning to learn modular synthesis that Moog provide with the Mavis. www.moogmusic.com/synthesizers...
This is a delightful thread of good advice for the season.
with the new job with the fantastic team on Battlefield.
There’s been a lot to learn!
The end of the year can come with pressure. Instead of a break it can be a wave of fear for the future, or a sense that more could/should have been achieved.
There are always people who have done better. -
There’s been a lot to learn!
The end of the year can come with pressure. Instead of a break it can be a wave of fear for the future, or a sense that more could/should have been achieved.
There are always people who have done better. -
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is a delightful thread of good advice for the season.
Uh oh. Still waiting on the HiChord, and now tempted to try the Moog Mavis as an intro to 'proper' synths.
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Uh oh. Still waiting on the HiChord, and now tempted to try the Moog Mavis as an intro to 'proper' synths.
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"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
Somebody should make Bargain Hunt: Legacy the board game.
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Somebody should make Bargain Hunt: Legacy the board game.
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of course the song’s called wichita assistant referee, these days
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
of course the song’s called wichita assistant referee, these days
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yeah. when asked, the most common view around the world is that about 1-2% of people in the world are Jewish ie 70-140 million people.
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
yeah. when asked, the most common view around the world is that about 1-2% of people in the world are Jewish ie 70-140 million people.
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...