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workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
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In my weeknotes yesterday, I thought about writing something on AI.

We’re in the boom of a hype cycle and there’s plenty of snake oil salesmen out there, which I want to distance myself from. So I’ve written up my positions on #GenerativeAI. boringmagi.cc/2024/12/08/o...
Our positions on generative AI
Given the hype around artificial intelligence, it feels worthwhile stating our positions on the technology. We’re open to working on and with it, but there’s a few ideas we’ll bring to the table.
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What's a tune that you'd think might have got overplayed, but in fact every time you hear it, if anything, sounds better than ever?

THIS IS.
Roots Manuva - 'Witness (1 Hope)' Official Video
YouTube video by Big Dada
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November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
May not have time to write personal #weeknotes before heading off on holiday, so here’s what we’ve been doing on the alpha phase of Extract this week. digital-land.github.io/extract-alph...
First research session booked
We’ve reached out to 14 local planning authorities and booked a research session with the first responders. The plans for the first prototype are finalised, and it’s being built ready for testing next...
digital-land.github.io
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Let’s scrobble again, like we did last summer i.airbuds.fm/russell.davi...
Tap to see my listening activity
see what Russell Davies is playing. on your homescreen.
i.airbuds.fm
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Is reading the wrong time (for an event, on a clock) something that starts happening as you get older? Asking for a friend
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
why is china suddenly interested in my blog
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
might just spend next year tramping across hills and mountains
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🏙️ Governing Urban Data for the Public Interest

Revisit our #IIPPInConversation panel with @francescabria.bsky.social, @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Theo Blackwell ( @ldncdo.bsky.social), and @henriverdier.bsky.social on how cities can use data for the public interest.

📺 Watch here: buff.ly/wCmWPCY
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lunchtime reading via my #weeknotes from last week. Seen a couple good films and some art. Really enjoyed @ripplesbristol.bsky.social l last week and hanging out with @jukes.ie, @ewebber.bsky.social and others!
The Right Environment: Weeknotes S21E06
It’s sociotechnical systems all the way down. Plus good films I watched.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I’d always wondered why no one had ever published a full, detailed map of the 1960s plan to turn London into a giant web of US-style urban motorways…. It turns even the politicians and designers didn’t make one at the time. It just didn’t exist. Until now.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
bugonia is very good, a ripe satire.
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
got the wordle in 3 and in under 10 seconds

Wordle 1,603 3/6

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November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
yeah i’m into hyperscaling!
hyperscaling my face into an industrial bone slicer!
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Funding the railways through a bubble, rather than through central planning (as was the case in much of Europe), left Britain with a very inefficiently designed rail network,” says Quinn. “That’s caused problems right up to the present day.” on.ft.com/3XcKd3M
Are bubbles good, actually?
On Jeff Bezos’s defence of AI mania
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
For some reason, I’ve decided to get a train from Paddington at 6.30am tomorrow, which means leaving home around 5.15am. WHHYYYYY.

Much coffee will be drank at @ripplesbristol.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
good day at chez messer – the christmas wine arrived.

- magnum of soave classico 2023
- magnum of saumur-champigny cuvée prestige 2019
- magnum of champagne brut reserve nv

pol roger!
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside).

I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.

Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.

Thx :)
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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‘If the industrial strategy is to succeed, we’ll need English graduates as well as engineers, historians alongside computer scientists, and social scientists together with health professionals.’
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
there’s a line in this film where you can feel the new world strangling the old, creating a shift. really good stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbCc...
HARVEST | Official Trailer | Now Streaming Exclusively On MUBI
YouTube video by MUBI
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November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
melt about 25g of butter in the microwave for 20 seconds, crush garlic into it, then give it another 20-second blast.

stir that into your mash. and watch all your troubles melt away.
November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
More notes on kicking off the alpha phase of one of the Prime Minister’s AI Exemplar projects. Plus some cultural bits and pieces. #weeknotes visitmy.website/2025/11/02/t...
The Building Up of Steam: Weeknotes S21E05
Alpha ain’t about holding back, it’s about getting out of the building and learning as fast as possible.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
appreciated seeing japan score against south africa tonight. the team put in a good effort and always kept their spirits.

getting the training in for appreciating *whatever* wales do at next year’s six nations.
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
i feel this way about phil collins and rod stewart, except it’s me who now likes them
i hate the fact that you can no longer assume colleagues that you shared views on AI/collaborated with in the past still hold similar views now. so many people in my broad circle are now llm evangelists
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Links to accessible mapping components in here, for anyone doing #30DayMapChallenge.
That week was absolutely packed. Onboarded a user researcher, shared lots of knowledge, got a demo from a local planning authority.

We movin’, baby. @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social
“A strong week, a solid 9”
digital-land.github.io
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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#30DayMapChallenge
Day 1: Points

Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map.
onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/
1/3
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM