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Hope you’re having a nice Sunday.
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This week's best things
The internet gets weird again, what your users are doing on your product pages, shifts in social media dynamics, 14 predictions for 2024, and a…
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Self-sabotage. Why don't we prioritise outcomes over outputs and process?
A culture of low trust, and a lack of clarity, has lead to an overemphasis on process and outputs. This is harming all of us that work in the cultural…
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Cultural website, review of the week: #009 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Some thoughts on the website for Amsterdam's museum for modern and contemporary art and design
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This week's best things
Happy new year. Insights on reading patterns, analysis of shifting behaviour on social media, Google research on AI, thoughts on the New York Times vs…
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"Surely" it "can't be that complicated"
Coverage of a recent Arts Council-British Library digital project is symptomatic of many of the leadership issues and lack of understanding that exists…
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December 2023

This week's best things
The distorting sprawl of the modern internet, Lego, making exhibitions more accessible, open data, the cables that power the net, a trust crisis in AI…
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The books I read in 2023
A round-up, and some recommendations
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Cultural website, review of the week: #008 Prosanova 23
Some thoughts about the (very strange) website for a bi-annual literary festival
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This week's best things
OpenAI licensing news content, the future of online audiences is niche, how to talk to AI, fighting the tyranny of small decisions, the phrase that…
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The outsized potential of Content Thinking
A few thoughts on the benefits of working with content experts
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Cultural website, review of the week: #007 Munch Museet
A few thoughts about the website for Oslo's (relatively) new Munch museum
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