Simon Thompson
@thompsonsimon.com
Intranets, user experience, and connected content. Mad for movies, the perfect 3-minute pop song, non-sequiturs and general silliness.
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
Conversely, I have other worries about Perplexity (or whoever) accessing my Amazon account and using its data for purposes that are hidden from me
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Conversely, I have other worries about Perplexity (or whoever) accessing my Amazon account and using its data for purposes that are hidden from me
I've watched Comet buzz around a website trying to build a sub-£500 PC - it was impressive, if wasteful and chaotic.
In my mind, this is Amazon taking another step to being anti-consumer (having tuned their interface against users) – shouldn't I have the right to access their website as I choose?
In my mind, this is Amazon taking another step to being anti-consumer (having tuned their interface against users) – shouldn't I have the right to access their website as I choose?
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've watched Comet buzz around a website trying to build a sub-£500 PC - it was impressive, if wasteful and chaotic.
In my mind, this is Amazon taking another step to being anti-consumer (having tuned their interface against users) – shouldn't I have the right to access their website as I choose?
In my mind, this is Amazon taking another step to being anti-consumer (having tuned their interface against users) – shouldn't I have the right to access their website as I choose?
Slight hmmm to that. I remember Brown chatting about football and such on 5Live years ago and I didn’t recognise him in this relaxed and informed persona against the awkward and cliche-bound politician I was so familiar with.
I remain saddened that circumstances didn’t give us that person as PM.
I remain saddened that circumstances didn’t give us that person as PM.
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Slight hmmm to that. I remember Brown chatting about football and such on 5Live years ago and I didn’t recognise him in this relaxed and informed persona against the awkward and cliche-bound politician I was so familiar with.
I remain saddened that circumstances didn’t give us that person as PM.
I remain saddened that circumstances didn’t give us that person as PM.
Downside: cruise ships have mortuaries because of the inevitable
Upside: some probably have their own moustached Belgian detective
Upside: some probably have their own moustached Belgian detective
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Downside: cruise ships have mortuaries because of the inevitable
Upside: some probably have their own moustached Belgian detective
Upside: some probably have their own moustached Belgian detective
Alt text for the frame in question:
A stick person wearing a t-shirt and holding a notebook: Okay, cool, and I'm assuming you currently have no content you can share for this? A slightly wider stick person wearing a tie: Nope, none whatsoever.
A stick person wearing a t-shirt and holding a notebook: Okay, cool, and I'm assuming you currently have no content you can share for this? A slightly wider stick person wearing a tie: Nope, none whatsoever.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Alt text for the frame in question:
A stick person wearing a t-shirt and holding a notebook: Okay, cool, and I'm assuming you currently have no content you can share for this? A slightly wider stick person wearing a tie: Nope, none whatsoever.
A stick person wearing a t-shirt and holding a notebook: Okay, cool, and I'm assuming you currently have no content you can share for this? A slightly wider stick person wearing a tie: Nope, none whatsoever.
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Honestly, I leave lots of space for my characters to think and talk about what's going on in their lives.
People (including fictional people) will always identify patterns in their own experience, even if those patterns can be a mite imaginary.
I let my characters tell me what patterns they're in.
People (including fictional people) will always identify patterns in their own experience, even if those patterns can be a mite imaginary.
I let my characters tell me what patterns they're in.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Honestly, I leave lots of space for my characters to think and talk about what's going on in their lives.
People (including fictional people) will always identify patterns in their own experience, even if those patterns can be a mite imaginary.
I let my characters tell me what patterns they're in.
People (including fictional people) will always identify patterns in their own experience, even if those patterns can be a mite imaginary.
I let my characters tell me what patterns they're in.
Reposted by Simon Thompson
Which brings me to the first law of form design:
→ Nobody wants to use your form
Because JIRA, like most digital products, is full of forms.
• Creating a ticket is a form
• Updating a ticket is a form
• Finding a ticket is a form
The truth is:
→ Nobody wants to use your form
Because JIRA, like most digital products, is full of forms.
• Creating a ticket is a form
• Updating a ticket is a form
• Finding a ticket is a form
The truth is:
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Which brings me to the first law of form design:
→ Nobody wants to use your form
Because JIRA, like most digital products, is full of forms.
• Creating a ticket is a form
• Updating a ticket is a form
• Finding a ticket is a form
The truth is:
→ Nobody wants to use your form
Because JIRA, like most digital products, is full of forms.
• Creating a ticket is a form
• Updating a ticket is a form
• Finding a ticket is a form
The truth is: