alex holley
LightNews LightNews
banner
alexholley.bsky.social
alex holley
@alexholley.bsky.social
81 followers 250 following 130 posts
senior innovation consultant, Magnetic. designing better futures.

service & product design. tv. film. culture. running.
Posts Replies Media Videos
alexholley.bsky.social
stg BBC iPlayer team. a decade to put subtitles on apple TV and then... make subtitles for people with vision issues ffs why are they so large

and still 720p
iplayer showing stupidly large subtitles on appletv
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
alexholley.bsky.social
I will believe Ive/Altman are building sims diamond for OpenAI until they actually show something
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
alexholley.bsky.social
Microsoft Teams. The best application ever made.
April 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
alexholley.bsky.social
Goodreads currently has a UX Designer job going for a lot of money right now so can… anyone apply please
Quality UX design by Amazon Goodreads
January 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
alexholley.bsky.social
this by is everything @kvanaren.bsky.social. captures why this show feels so important.

watch The Pitt. plz.
Kath just going off - None of these few flaws outweigh the larger experience of a wholly engrossing show, competently made and beautifully edited. What’s most strange is that The Pitt should feel intensely familiar. It’s a medical drama. We’ve seen a million of these, and this one in particular is remarkably similar to one of the most famous of the genre. And yet, The Pitt feels like an oddity. It’s the kind of show that the streaming era promised could exist and yet has been so loathe to actually produce. It’s like network TV, with a longer episode count, an episodic conceit, a mixture of short- and long-arc stories, a self-contained set, and a regular cast of characters who show up hour after hour. But it has the bells and whistles that streaming seasons can offer too — nudity and swears, yes, but also more flexible run times and less need for strict act breaks, subtler exposition, and a firmer grip on the season as a whole. It’s very good television that happens to be on a streaming platform, and although that should not feel innovative in 2025, nevertheless here we are. Fifteen episodes is a luxuriously long season, but like French fries, a good batch mostly creates a desire to consume even more. Let’s hope The Pitt, and the model it offers for streaming TV, becomes the rule rather than the exception.
January 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
alexholley.bsky.social
Nooooooooo

I know I’ve had a unusual year of mostly podcasts but jfc
Image showing I played Imogen heaps the happy song 1405 times this year
December 4, 2024 at 11:08 AM
alexholley.bsky.social
Me, trying to feed my kid breakfast.

#industryHBO
Harper, in the HBO/BBC show, Industry saying “I don't think there's one true way of doing anything.” Harper, in the HBO/BBC show, Industry saying “I think there are people...” Harper, in the HBO/BBC show, Industry saying “circumstances, and opportunity. That's it.”
August 21, 2024 at 1:25 PM
alexholley.bsky.social
Dear LinkedIn. Why would you not just put a link to saved items here. Who is engagement farming in your product team stop plz I beg.

A/B test it. It’s so little design effort. It might… improve UX just a little.

Sigh.
February 27, 2024 at 9:24 PM
alexholley.bsky.social
ah she deserves a shout out too. top dog. 🥺
Cute dog
February 2, 2024 at 6:24 PM