Ned Potter
@nedpotter.bsky.social
Right then, this is the one. I'm all in.
I want to talk with you about libraries, Higher Ed, communications, and LIFE.
As a freelancer I run workshops on marketing, social media and presentation skills: https://www.ned-potter.com/training
I want to talk with you about libraries, Higher Ed, communications, and LIFE.
As a freelancer I run workshops on marketing, social media and presentation skills: https://www.ned-potter.com/training
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Ned Potter
@nedpotter.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Bluesky is the one! 10 top tips for joining the growing social media platform — Ned Potter
Bluesky is great, and it’s really starting to build now: in fact in under two months it has doubled to 12.5 million users. It’s especially good for individuals seeking to rebuild their professional a...
www.ned-potter.com
I'm sure you lot know all this already, but if you're newish to Bluesky here are ten top tips for getting started:
www.ned-potter.com/blog/bluesky... 📚
(Featuring profiles, the glorious lack of algorithm, similarities and differences from twitter, moderation tools, custom feeds, alt-text & more!)
www.ned-potter.com/blog/bluesky... 📚
(Featuring profiles, the glorious lack of algorithm, similarities and differences from twitter, moderation tools, custom feeds, alt-text & more!)
A slide from my (otherwise very practical) video marketing workshop for UKeIG today... 📚
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A slide from my (otherwise very practical) video marketing workshop for UKeIG today... 📚
Can't stop thinking about this quote, from @maggietokudahall.bsky.social.
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Can't stop thinking about this quote, from @maggietokudahall.bsky.social.
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
Clippy-saying-it-looks-like-you’re-about-to-commit-a-crime.jpg
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Clippy-saying-it-looks-like-you’re-about-to-commit-a-crime.jpg
Reposted by Ned Potter
What could go wrong?
The software, used by school libraries as catalogs, added new features including “AI-driven automation and contextual risk analysis,” which includes “sensitive material marker” & a “traffic-light risk ratings” system.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
The software, used by school libraries as catalogs, added new features including “AI-driven automation and contextual risk analysis,” which includes “sensitive material marker” & a “traffic-light risk ratings” system.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What could go wrong?
The software, used by school libraries as catalogs, added new features including “AI-driven automation and contextual risk analysis,” which includes “sensitive material marker” & a “traffic-light risk ratings” system.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
The software, used by school libraries as catalogs, added new features including “AI-driven automation and contextual risk analysis,” which includes “sensitive material marker” & a “traffic-light risk ratings” system.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
Alice made eyeball jelly last night - is this not the worst thing you’ve ever seen
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Alice made eyeball jelly last night - is this not the worst thing you’ve ever seen
This remains the only user-facing-context in which I've ever used the words 'Boolean Logic'... 📚
(or in this case boooooolean logic!)
(or in this case boooooolean logic!)
We've put this up on our big vertical screen again this year... #UoYTips
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This remains the only user-facing-context in which I've ever used the words 'Boolean Logic'... 📚
(or in this case boooooolean logic!)
(or in this case boooooolean logic!)
Bluesky, help me out... What would you do about a totally fabricated quote attributed to you in a journal article?
I suspect the author has used GenAI to research their article and it just made this (frankly tortuous) quote up - the article it cites is from 2013! I had no concept of GenAI then.
I suspect the author has used GenAI to research their article and it just made this (frankly tortuous) quote up - the article it cites is from 2013! I had no concept of GenAI then.
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Bluesky, help me out... What would you do about a totally fabricated quote attributed to you in a journal article?
I suspect the author has used GenAI to research their article and it just made this (frankly tortuous) quote up - the article it cites is from 2013! I had no concept of GenAI then.
I suspect the author has used GenAI to research their article and it just made this (frankly tortuous) quote up - the article it cites is from 2013! I had no concept of GenAI then.
First favourite tree klaxon!
September 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
First favourite tree klaxon!
Registrations close tonight for my Alternatives to PowerPoint course with UKeIG! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
Thursday lunchtime.
We'll look mainly at the interactive Menti, the divisive Prezi, the massively underrated Sway, and Google Slides (with its useful Q&A feature), should be good.
Thursday lunchtime.
We'll look mainly at the interactive Menti, the divisive Prezi, the massively underrated Sway, and Google Slides (with its useful Q&A feature), should be good.
CILIP: the library and information association
UKeiG CPD Zoom Course: Alternatives to PowerPoint, presented by Ned Potter
www.cilip.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Registrations close tonight for my Alternatives to PowerPoint course with UKeIG! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
Thursday lunchtime.
We'll look mainly at the interactive Menti, the divisive Prezi, the massively underrated Sway, and Google Slides (with its useful Q&A feature), should be good.
Thursday lunchtime.
We'll look mainly at the interactive Menti, the divisive Prezi, the massively underrated Sway, and Google Slides (with its useful Q&A feature), should be good.
The second clip looks like it's sped up but it isn't, I'm just holding my phone upside down so the camera lens is almost touching the water...
The river is up in #York! If you like slightly whimsical videos of flooded rivers with a mellow sound track, this video is for you.
Normal service will resume shortly.
Normal service will resume shortly.
September 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The second clip looks like it's sped up but it isn't, I'm just holding my phone upside down so the camera lens is almost touching the water...
Ooof. As someone who used to live on the Foss in one of the houses shown on the right of this picture (albeit many years earlier than the story below) I remember the feeling well of dragging everything draggable upstairs when the floods got bad...
It was not relaxing!
It was not relaxing!
After all the rain we have had over the last few days it's not surprising that the River Ouse in York has flooded (a little bit).
A similar soggy outcome happened nearly 10 years ago but with a far more serious outcome for the Hall.
Join us as we tell you about the 2015 Boxing Day floods.
A similar soggy outcome happened nearly 10 years ago but with a far more serious outcome for the Hall.
Join us as we tell you about the 2015 Boxing Day floods.
September 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ooof. As someone who used to live on the Foss in one of the houses shown on the right of this picture (albeit many years earlier than the story below) I remember the feeling well of dragging everything draggable upstairs when the floods got bad...
It was not relaxing!
It was not relaxing!
If you were watching a video, for CPD purposes, perhaps at your desk or during a lunch hour, what would make it more or less likely to work well for you? I'm doing two videos for some libraries and I'm keen to make them as useful and engaging as possible, would love your thoughts on what you like! 🧵
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If you were watching a video, for CPD purposes, perhaps at your desk or during a lunch hour, what would make it more or less likely to work well for you? I'm doing two videos for some libraries and I'm keen to make them as useful and engaging as possible, would love your thoughts on what you like! 🧵
The welcome is back! 📚
Our hyper-local, mega-specific, extremely niche personal welcome screen is what greets new students and staff as they enter our library...
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The welcome is back! 📚
*First misty picturesque run of the season klaxon*
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
*First misty picturesque run of the season klaxon*
Flashback to the time in Venice we saw a bloke who looked just like my dad who was dressed in the exact same outfit as my Dad, walking just behind my Dad
August 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Flashback to the time in Venice we saw a bloke who looked just like my dad who was dressed in the exact same outfit as my Dad, walking just behind my Dad
Picked my Dad up from hospital yesterday after a minor procedure to correct an issue with his tear ducts, and he was telling me how brilliant everyone was throughout.
He just texted me:
"The NHS would move me to tears if I still had any!"
It's a good line...
He just texted me:
"The NHS would move me to tears if I still had any!"
It's a good line...
August 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Picked my Dad up from hospital yesterday after a minor procedure to correct an issue with his tear ducts, and he was telling me how brilliant everyone was throughout.
He just texted me:
"The NHS would move me to tears if I still had any!"
It's a good line...
He just texted me:
"The NHS would move me to tears if I still had any!"
It's a good line...
This is so well written that I read it even though I am on annual leave and not thinking about libraries today
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is so well written that I read it even though I am on annual leave and not thinking about libraries today
I really love the work our Student Curators do at York. They have a budget for new materials, they create both physical and digital displays, and they pour their passion into their projects.
Here's one which has just gone live, take a look. 📚
Here's one which has just gone live, take a look. 📚
Each year we ask two Student Curators to work with the library on a project they feel passionate about. These paid positions always result in fascinating work, including expanded and diversified collections.
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
This thread is about Lola Furniss's curation, on working class women in England.
🧵 >>
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I really love the work our Student Curators do at York. They have a budget for new materials, they create both physical and digital displays, and they pour their passion into their projects.
Here's one which has just gone live, take a look. 📚
Here's one which has just gone live, take a look. 📚
Just two-factor-authenticated into an online training module about the different coloured fire extinguishers.
I'd love to see the journey-mapping for the fraud this is preventing...
'So, they've successfully stolen your username and password. They immediately do your overdue Fire Safety Training'
I'd love to see the journey-mapping for the fraud this is preventing...
'So, they've successfully stolen your username and password. They immediately do your overdue Fire Safety Training'
August 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Just two-factor-authenticated into an online training module about the different coloured fire extinguishers.
I'd love to see the journey-mapping for the fraud this is preventing...
'So, they've successfully stolen your username and password. They immediately do your overdue Fire Safety Training'
I'd love to see the journey-mapping for the fraud this is preventing...
'So, they've successfully stolen your username and password. They immediately do your overdue Fire Safety Training'
International cat day is it?
Slap a Parental Advisory sticker on this pic I took of Shnoops and MegaCat and it’s basically an album cover.
Slap a Parental Advisory sticker on this pic I took of Shnoops and MegaCat and it’s basically an album cover.
August 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
International cat day is it?
Slap a Parental Advisory sticker on this pic I took of Shnoops and MegaCat and it’s basically an album cover.
Slap a Parental Advisory sticker on this pic I took of Shnoops and MegaCat and it’s basically an album cover.
Reposted by Ned Potter
You’ll find this book in our ‘Accountability’ section.
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You’ll find this book in our ‘Accountability’ section.
Was genuinely disappointed to go onto warwick.ac.uk the other day and find they’d replaced the main homepage link so it’s no longer ‘find out more about our brand’ - this makes up for it a little.
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Was genuinely disappointed to go onto warwick.ac.uk the other day and find they’d replaced the main homepage link so it’s no longer ‘find out more about our brand’ - this makes up for it a little.
This is well worth reading
[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow... - milking this again
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow... - milking this again
The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is well worth reading
They should do an update on Knight Rider that shows David Hasselhoff's character chronically unable to drive safely or accurately without KITT's assistance, to counter this argument from Zuckerberg which I think - hear me out - may be inaccurate
Mark Zuckerberg claims that in the future, people without AI-capable smart glasses will be "at a pretty significant cognitive disadvantage":
Zuckerberg: People Without Smart Glasses Will Be At "Cognitive Disadvantage"
Mark Zuckerberg claims that in the future, people without AI-capable smart glasses will be "at a pretty significant cognitive disadvantage".
www.uploadvr.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
They should do an update on Knight Rider that shows David Hasselhoff's character chronically unable to drive safely or accurately without KITT's assistance, to counter this argument from Zuckerberg which I think - hear me out - may be inaccurate