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Copenhagen, Denmark | www.mathiasblack.com
Strategic Communications, Content Marketing & Storytelling
Copenhagen, Denmark | www.mathiasblack.com
Amazed by how easy it is to switch to @tuta.com and its excellent iOS and MacOS apps 🤩 mastodon.social/@mpblack/115...
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I can’t believe how easy it is to switch to @Tutanota and its excellent apps. I’ve been frustrated by how most alternatives to Apple Mail and Apple Calendar fall short. But Tuta Mai...
mastodon.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Amazed by how easy it is to switch to @tuta.com and its excellent iOS and MacOS apps 🤩 mastodon.social/@mpblack/115...
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Danmark er nordisk mester i økonomisk udsathed. Trods flere og flere i beskæftigelse er der mange, der er i risiko for fattigdom - eller som allerede oplever materielle eller sociale afsavn. Det er flere end i resten af Norden. Det må vi kunne gøre bedre.
#dkøko #dkpol
borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...
#dkøko #dkpol
borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...
“Danmark er nordisk mester i økonomisk udsathed”
“Danmark er nordisk mester i økonomisk udsathed”Inflationen har taget en solid bid af indkomsterne de seneste år. Realindkomsten for beskæftigede i den private sektor inden for en af Dansk Arbejdsgive
borsen.dk
September 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Danmark er nordisk mester i økonomisk udsathed. Trods flere og flere i beskæftigelse er der mange, der er i risiko for fattigdom - eller som allerede oplever materielle eller sociale afsavn. Det er flere end i resten af Norden. Det må vi kunne gøre bedre.
#dkøko #dkpol
borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...
#dkøko #dkpol
borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...
Need a breakdown of just how we got locked into a few crappy #bigtech companies' services and products? Cory Doctorow has shared a big chunk of his upcoming audiobook, "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (coming out Oct. 2025). Link below.👇
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August 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Need a breakdown of just how we got locked into a few crappy #bigtech companies' services and products? Cory Doctorow has shared a big chunk of his upcoming audiobook, "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (coming out Oct. 2025). Link below.👇
Loving #MIstralAI and its #LeChat LLM chatbot - the latest version feels like a great alternative to the non-European #AI options. Its agents are especially useful. 👍 mistral.ai
August 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Loving #MIstralAI and its #LeChat LLM chatbot - the latest version feels like a great alternative to the non-European #AI options. Its agents are especially useful. 👍 mistral.ai
Factoid of the day: "One EV (electric vehicle) needs the lithium of 10k smartphones, and 350m+ EVs are expected by 2030." H/T @morningbrew.bsky.social #EV #lithium #climatechange #tech
August 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Factoid of the day: "One EV (electric vehicle) needs the lithium of 10k smartphones, and 350m+ EVs are expected by 2030." H/T @morningbrew.bsky.social #EV #lithium #climatechange #tech
Excellent advice from a variety of thinkers/experts/does on how to live a better life with your #smartphone: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #tech #mindfulness
15 Ways to Break Free of Your Phone
We asked screen-time experts how to avoid the relentless pull of our devices.
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Excellent advice from a variety of thinkers/experts/does on how to live a better life with your #smartphone: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #tech #mindfulness
This is where I'm at this #monday: practicing #mindfulness but thoroughly distracted by an exciting potential new #communications and #marketing project with a client... 😀
August 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is where I'm at this #monday: practicing #mindfulness but thoroughly distracted by an exciting potential new #communications and #marketing project with a client... 😀
#WritingAdvice from Isabel Allende:
“When you tell a story in the kitchen to a friend, it’s full of mistakes and repetitions. It’s good to avoid that in literature, but still, a story should feel like a conversation. It’s not a lecture.”
#creativewriting #writing #writingtips
“When you tell a story in the kitchen to a friend, it’s full of mistakes and repetitions. It’s good to avoid that in literature, but still, a story should feel like a conversation. It’s not a lecture.”
#creativewriting #writing #writingtips
June 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#WritingAdvice from Isabel Allende:
“When you tell a story in the kitchen to a friend, it’s full of mistakes and repetitions. It’s good to avoid that in literature, but still, a story should feel like a conversation. It’s not a lecture.”
#creativewriting #writing #writingtips
“When you tell a story in the kitchen to a friend, it’s full of mistakes and repetitions. It’s good to avoid that in literature, but still, a story should feel like a conversation. It’s not a lecture.”
#creativewriting #writing #writingtips
The #StoryGrid Commandments give writers an excellent toolkit for tightening scenes. It may not work for every author, and there are other scene models out there to check out. But I recommend looking at Story Grid – it contains lots of great ideas for writers. #writingadvice #writing #bookcoaching
One of the most important things I’ve learned from #StoryGrid was The 5 (or 6) Commandments of Storytelling. Keeps my scenes on track.
Every Scene Must Have:
1. Inciting Incident
2. Progressive Complication(s)
3. Turning Point Prog. Comp. ⬆️
4. Crisis
5. Climax
6. Resolution
#WritingTips #Writers
Every Scene Must Have:
1. Inciting Incident
2. Progressive Complication(s)
3. Turning Point Prog. Comp. ⬆️
4. Crisis
5. Climax
6. Resolution
#WritingTips #Writers
June 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The #StoryGrid Commandments give writers an excellent toolkit for tightening scenes. It may not work for every author, and there are other scene models out there to check out. But I recommend looking at Story Grid – it contains lots of great ideas for writers. #writingadvice #writing #bookcoaching
"If the reader doesn't need to know something to solve the mystery and it's not a red herring, keep it to yourself." – Anne R. Allen
This writing advice applies to other kinds of fiction, too.
#writingadvice #writing #bookcoach
This writing advice applies to other kinds of fiction, too.
#writingadvice #writing #bookcoach
June 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"If the reader doesn't need to know something to solve the mystery and it's not a red herring, keep it to yourself." – Anne R. Allen
This writing advice applies to other kinds of fiction, too.
#writingadvice #writing #bookcoach
This writing advice applies to other kinds of fiction, too.
#writingadvice #writing #bookcoach
Conversation with an aspiring writer about her book project:
ME: Who are you writing this book for?
HER: No one. I don't care who the reader is...
#writing #coaching #bookcoaching
ME: Who are you writing this book for?
HER: No one. I don't care who the reader is...
#writing #coaching #bookcoaching
June 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Conversation with an aspiring writer about her book project:
ME: Who are you writing this book for?
HER: No one. I don't care who the reader is...
#writing #coaching #bookcoaching
ME: Who are you writing this book for?
HER: No one. I don't care who the reader is...
#writing #coaching #bookcoaching
I can't fathom why I do this to myself, but I recently finished another of Adam Nevilsl #horror #books. The Reddening took me longer than The Ritual, because I took a break after the midpoint, which horrified me so much I couldn't continue. Doesn't sound like a recommendation. And yet it is.
June 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
"Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination." - Mark Manson
Case in point: Before I finally wrote my 1st novel, I owned 50+ books on #writing. Today, with 14 books published, I'm a bit closer to balancing things out. Dunno if that makes me so smart, tho. 😆 #writers
Case in point: Before I finally wrote my 1st novel, I owned 50+ books on #writing. Today, with 14 books published, I'm a bit closer to balancing things out. Dunno if that makes me so smart, tho. 😆 #writers
June 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Stare at this image for a while. It's calming. At least for me. 🧘♂️
Sand dunes along the North Sea coast, Thy National Park, Denmark
More about me & prints
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#Dunes #Coast #Denmark #Nature #Sea #Tranquility #Mist
More about me & prints
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Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
ISO: 100
#Dunes #Coast #Denmark #Nature #Sea #Tranquility #Mist
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Stare at this image for a while. It's calming. At least for me. 🧘♂️
I've rediscovered my #music collection (digital and CD, no cassettes, unfortunately) and the joys of pre-streaming music. Listening to music in an app that doesn't try to push its content into my face. So delightful.
May 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I've rediscovered my #music collection (digital and CD, no cassettes, unfortunately) and the joys of pre-streaming music. Listening to music in an app that doesn't try to push its content into my face. So delightful.
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I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
April 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
Hej #dkpol og #dktech - der er spændende viden og samtaler her på Bluesky. Tak, allesammen! Dejligt alternativ til de store tech virksomheders platforme. Men det er altid godt at være med på andre platforme. Håber I også vil være en del af samtalerne på fx Mastodon: mastodon.social/invite/3nSZx...
Mastodon
@mpblack invites you to join this server of Mastodon! With an account, you will be able to follow people, post updates and exchange messages with users from any Mastodon server and more!
mastodon.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Hej #dkpol og #dktech - der er spændende viden og samtaler her på Bluesky. Tak, allesammen! Dejligt alternativ til de store tech virksomheders platforme. Men det er altid godt at være med på andre platforme. Håber I også vil være en del af samtalerne på fx Mastodon: mastodon.social/invite/3nSZx...
If we don't create the constructive, healthy conversations we've missed on #BigTech social media, then who's going to do it? Please join me over at #Mastodon as well: mastodon.social/invite/3nSZx...
Mastodon
@mpblack invites you to join this server of Mastodon! With an account, you will be able to follow people, post updates and exchange messages with users from any Mastodon server and more!
mastodon.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If we don't create the constructive, healthy conversations we've missed on #BigTech social media, then who's going to do it? Please join me over at #Mastodon as well: mastodon.social/invite/3nSZx...
Why it's worth pairing your #Bluesky account with e.g. #Mastodon - and, more broadly, why we need mainstream alternatives to #BigTech apps and operating systems techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g... #tech
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.Earlier this
techcrunch.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Why it's worth pairing your #Bluesky account with e.g. #Mastodon - and, more broadly, why we need mainstream alternatives to #BigTech apps and operating systems techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g... #tech
"I value your ideas." I've heard it so many times. Heck, I've even said it myself. But did I really structure the brainstorm session to create space for ideas? This comic hits the bullseye. Good reminder to listen and create space before "reality testing": open.substack.com/pub/workchro...
(comic) We value your ideas
Comics about work. Made with love and lots of coffee.
open.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"I value your ideas." I've heard it so many times. Heck, I've even said it myself. But did I really structure the brainstorm session to create space for ideas? This comic hits the bullseye. Good reminder to listen and create space before "reality testing": open.substack.com/pub/workchro...
A wonderful and insightful #newsletter with #news and analysis about #tech, in case you don't already subscribe, check it out: www.platformer.news 🙌
Platformer
News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.
www.platformer.news
April 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A wonderful and insightful #newsletter with #news and analysis about #tech, in case you don't already subscribe, check it out: www.platformer.news 🙌