Pilar Orti
@pilarorti.bsky.social
Writer on remote work and other stuff. Also training as #pilates instructor - gotta move!
Books:
https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
Thoughts:
https://spirallingcreativity.substack.co
Voiceover including Xuli in GoJetters.
Books:
https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
Thoughts:
https://spirallingcreativity.substack.co
Voiceover including Xuli in GoJetters.
And nobody walked out…?
The US president spoke for nearly four times his allotted time limit mixing America first meesages with severe criticism of the UN and many member states.
‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump’s UN speech explained by an expert
The US president spoke for nearly four times his allotted time limit mixing America first meesages with severe criticism of the UN and many member states.
tcnv.link
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
And nobody walked out…?
Fascinating article by @charlottetobitt.bsky.social
about a “journalist” writing made up stories with genAI and getting through onto high profile publications.
@caseynewton.bsky.social would love to hear your take in a Hard Fork episode… (wink wink nudge nudge) pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
about a “journalist” writing made up stories with genAI and getting through onto high profile publications.
@caseynewton.bsky.social would love to hear your take in a Hard Fork episode… (wink wink nudge nudge) pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fascinating article by @charlottetobitt.bsky.social
about a “journalist” writing made up stories with genAI and getting through onto high profile publications.
@caseynewton.bsky.social would love to hear your take in a Hard Fork episode… (wink wink nudge nudge) pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
about a “journalist” writing made up stories with genAI and getting through onto high profile publications.
@caseynewton.bsky.social would love to hear your take in a Hard Fork episode… (wink wink nudge nudge) pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Jealous of the husband, who’s running a #photography workshop with one of his mentors. www.eventbrite.com/e/architectu... #London
Architectural Photography Walk and Workshop on the River Thames in London
Capture striking architectural images on a guided workshop along the Thames, led by experts. Learn, shoot, and refine your skills!
www.eventbrite.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Jealous of the husband, who’s running a #photography workshop with one of his mentors. www.eventbrite.com/e/architectu... #London
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025.
Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy.
Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025.
Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy.
Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025.
Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy.
Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025.
Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy.
Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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An interesting experiment from a friend @pilarorti.bsky.social - Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot open.substack.com/pub/spiralli...
Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot
It’s been over a year now since I published The Remote Worker’s Guide to Time Management, which I co-wrote with ChatGPT. Here are some things I learned through the process.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
An interesting experiment from a friend @pilarorti.bsky.social - Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot open.substack.com/pub/spiralli...
Meanwhile, good things keep happening: “A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics”. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists discover new part of the immune system
New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.
www.bbc.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Meanwhile, good things keep happening: “A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics”. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I finally managed a short post! spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/community-...
Community - based Knowledge Base and Playing with Procreate
A much shorter post for today ( with a wink to Mark), with a different kind of tech-based experience.
spirallingcreativity.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I finally managed a short post! spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/community-...
Playing with Procreate for future Pilates based content…
February 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Playing with Procreate for future Pilates based content…
My latest updates, working with four genAIs and a random pic - today’s Spiralling Creativity post. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/writing-in...
Writing in Parallel with 4 Bots and other updates
Earlier this week I found myself editing a chapter using four LLMs in parallel.
spirallingcreativity.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My latest updates, working with four genAIs and a random pic - today’s Spiralling Creativity post. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/writing-in...
You couldn’t make this up! 🤣
February 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You couldn’t make this up! 🤣
If I’d gone out later this morning, I would have made more Vitamin D.
But then I would have missed this:
But then I would have missed this:
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If I’d gone out later this morning, I would have made more Vitamin D.
But then I would have missed this:
But then I would have missed this:
Ok, so AI companies can create chatbots that reason like humans, but you can't change the email account associated with your accounts? What??????
Both with Claude AI and ChatGPT... hmmm...
Both with Claude AI and ChatGPT... hmmm...
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ok, so AI companies can create chatbots that reason like humans, but you can't change the email account associated with your accounts? What??????
Both with Claude AI and ChatGPT... hmmm...
Both with Claude AI and ChatGPT... hmmm...
Five things I was up to (and still am!) last week. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/spiralling...
Spiralling Five Times
stuff I'm doing or thinking about
spirallingcreativity.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Five things I was up to (and still am!) last week. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/spiralling...
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Any product management folks in my network available asap for a short term gig? Remote but UK only. Ideally have experience with intranets (even better, SharePoint).
Slide into my DMs if so.
Slide into my DMs if so.
January 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Any product management folks in my network available asap for a short term gig? Remote but UK only. Ideally have experience with intranets (even better, SharePoint).
Slide into my DMs if so.
Slide into my DMs if so.
“Our books teach us what they want to be as we go along.” - Ink in your Veins ep 478 #writing
You nailed it, @rachaelherron.bsky.social !
This is so true, all my books change focus and structure half way through!
You nailed it, @rachaelherron.bsky.social !
This is so true, all my books change focus and structure half way through!
January 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Our books teach us what they want to be as we go along.” - Ink in your Veins ep 478 #writing
You nailed it, @rachaelherron.bsky.social !
This is so true, all my books change focus and structure half way through!
You nailed it, @rachaelherron.bsky.social !
This is so true, all my books change focus and structure half way through!
I'm thinking of signing up to Gemini Advanced to try its Deep Research feature. Any thoughts?
(I know I can sign up free for a month, but wanted to see how others are using it and how it's useful.)
(I know I can sign up free for a month, but wanted to see how others are using it and how it's useful.)
January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm thinking of signing up to Gemini Advanced to try its Deep Research feature. Any thoughts?
(I know I can sign up free for a month, but wanted to see how others are using it and how it's useful.)
(I know I can sign up free for a month, but wanted to see how others are using it and how it's useful.)
I'm looking for first-draft readers for two books related to remote work. A bit more information here:
www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
Coming Soon — Virtual not Distant
www.virtualnotdistant.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm looking for first-draft readers for two books related to remote work. A bit more information here:
www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
I keep hearing how AI lacks humanity, but Anthropic’s last year showed that “current Al models can engage in what we call "alignment faking": strategically engaging in aligned or misaligned behavior depending on whether the model suspects its actions will go unnoticed.” Sounds pretty human to me.
January 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I keep hearing how AI lacks humanity, but Anthropic’s last year showed that “current Al models can engage in what we call "alignment faking": strategically engaging in aligned or misaligned behavior depending on whether the model suspects its actions will go unnoticed.” Sounds pretty human to me.
Today's dilemma: for my Pilates cert case-study: shall I audio record a class, and then transcribe-genAI it (feed transcript of each exercise to Claude to generate bullet points) or shall I sit a the computer and type instructions for each exercise?
I love the simplicity of my new life...
I love the simplicity of my new life...
January 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today's dilemma: for my Pilates cert case-study: shall I audio record a class, and then transcribe-genAI it (feed transcript of each exercise to Claude to generate bullet points) or shall I sit a the computer and type instructions for each exercise?
I love the simplicity of my new life...
I love the simplicity of my new life...
"It was three in the morning, the time when nightmares laugh side by side with reality." #quotes
From "The Power of No" by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher
From "The Power of No" by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher
January 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"It was three in the morning, the time when nightmares laugh side by side with reality." #quotes
From "The Power of No" by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher
From "The Power of No" by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher
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@fionamcbride.bsky.social Seen this?>>>>
Do you have a great idea for a workshop? Expressions of interest in running a #facilitation workshop at IAF E&W's #Facilitate2025 conference are now open - deadline for submission is 15 January #IAFmeetup
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@fionamcbride.bsky.social Seen this?>>>>
“Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”
- From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks
A book with a lot of wisdom, recommended to me by @markkilby.com
#wisdom #quotes
- From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks
A book with a lot of wisdom, recommended to me by @markkilby.com
#wisdom #quotes
January 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”
- From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks
A book with a lot of wisdom, recommended to me by @markkilby.com
#wisdom #quotes
- From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks
A book with a lot of wisdom, recommended to me by @markkilby.com
#wisdom #quotes
“Social isolation refers to objectively being alone, having few relationships or infrequent social contacts; loneliness refers to subjectively feeling alone, or the discrepancy between one’s desired level of connection and one’s actual level.”
Yet many organisational initiatives address the former…
Yet many organisational initiatives address the former…
January 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“Social isolation refers to objectively being alone, having few relationships or infrequent social contacts; loneliness refers to subjectively feeling alone, or the discrepancy between one’s desired level of connection and one’s actual level.”
Yet many organisational initiatives address the former…
Yet many organisational initiatives address the former…
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Data from France, Spain, and US from 2003 to 2018 show that inflows of foreign workers have a weak and mostly non-significant effect on the job-finding and job-separation rates of native workers. #FutureOfWork
𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬
Immigration myths busted: More immigrants ≠ fewer jobs for natives. From Spain to the U.S., migration inflows barely nudge native job-finding or job-separation rates. Turns out, the labor market pie grows! 🥧🌍 #LabourEconomics #Immigration
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Immigration myths busted: More immigrants ≠ fewer jobs for natives. From Spain to the U.S., migration inflows barely nudge native job-finding or job-separation rates. Turns out, the labor market pie grows! 🥧🌍 #LabourEconomics #Immigration
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
December 16, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Data from France, Spain, and US from 2003 to 2018 show that inflows of foreign workers have a weak and mostly non-significant effect on the job-finding and job-separation rates of native workers. #FutureOfWork
Listening back to today's episode brought parasocial relationships to mind. It really felt like the guest and I shared a history - no wonder, he's been listening to the show since 2016! www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/con...
WLP371 Using Frameworks for Connection and Back to Basics — Virtual not Distant
Listener Richard de Villiers reached out to Pilar after hearing the episode on the 3 A’s of Connection. He has plenty to say on the subject of connection in remote teams, and bridging the gap betwee...
www.virtualnotdistant.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Listening back to today's episode brought parasocial relationships to mind. It really felt like the guest and I shared a history - no wonder, he's been listening to the show since 2016! www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/con...