@cakedesignstudio
Not everything needs to be digital... Info design in arts, law, nature and gov. Led and wrote up global content usability research project. Run UCD contractors directory. Like reading, photography, contemporary art, architecture, film. cakeconsultancy.com
A small treacle brown ceramic teapot with chocolate brown decorative bands filled with bird seeds, on a wrought iron garden bench seat.
New bird feeder! Charity shop teapot with chipped lid (£3)
#birds #CottageCore
It’s not a tulip bulb!!! 🙀😖😆
Had a crème brûlée croissant this morning that changed my life ama
Intergrade Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee with snow on its beak.
Common Redpoll with snow on its beak
Backyard birding 🇨🇦 Northern Flicker (Intergrad), Balck-capped Chickadee and Common Redpoll #birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Canada
A brilliant sunset with light rays beaming gloriously off in all directions from the center of the frame, silhouettes of the pines on the horizon which seem to stop the light from fanning out any further beyond its current arc. There is a bright streak across the sky where the clouds are catching the light, and a hawk or a falcon was captured in the frame seemingly following the streak like a path or a trail.
Another Phoenix sighting ☀️🐦🔥
The thing is, a lot of LLM users actually think it’s capable of God-like intelligence, and that’s clear from the ways they interact with it publicly
...who have struggled at A-Level. It is a difficult time in young people's lives and many face challenges Mr Tickell may never have encountered and can't imagine. I had been considering making a donation to the University in the near future but am now disinclined to do so."
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Boilerplate email copy to UoB alumni team if other former students would like share similar views.
alumnioffice@contacts.bham.ac.uk
"As a University of Birmingham Alumni (Class of XXXX, BA Hons XXXX), I was disappointed to hear and read of Chancellor Tickell's bias against students...
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I note UoB now also have a Dubai campus. Can't imagine they are supporting the severely underprivileged part of the population there either.
It was difficult to track down an email address for the alumni team... sharing here in case anyone else would like to contact them that way:
alumnioffice@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Post or phone call or a funnel that send you round the houses are the other options they offer for getting in touch.
Education changed my Dad’s life opportunities, and as a result my own. He studied as a scholarship student at one point in his educational journey which made all the difference. He went on to teach, lecture, author academic books and become an arts correspondent.
As a University of Birmingham graduate I am saddened to hear of this and will feed my disappointment back via alumni comms.
And there’s Keith whose career went from coal miner to access course to professor of history. Adam Tickell wouldn’t have wanted either of them.
Spot on 🧵
I've seen education transform peoples lives. People this chap would gladly leave behind. People I bump into who tell me how improved their lives are since I worked with them on Access to HE courses at an FE College in Bristol.
As well as clarifying the bursary payment is renewed for each year of study and therefore opening up studying there as an option for less wealthy students, I surfaced regional variation for Scottish applicants which was previously buried and inaccessible.
These “tweaks” can and do have real impact.
I was proud to work on improving University of Cambridge’s bursary information a few years ago with that personal experience in mind.
Education changed my Dad’s life opportunities, and as a result my own. He studied as a scholarship student at one point in his educational journey which made all the difference. He went on to teach, lecture, author academic books and become an arts correspondent.
Mark Zuckerberg sits on the front row of a fashion show. He is a pasty, sweaty awkward looking beacon a sea of chic people.
Do you have a favourite embarrassing, unflattering, or unhinged image, gif or quote from a tech overlord?
Please can you share it with me? It's for A Thing. The more cringe the better.
1980s pencil kitchen tools.
www.presentandcorrect.com/products/pen...
Bottle opener, tin opener, oyster shucker (?!), corkscrew.
Limited stock.
1906: "Books have become the modern narcotic." Novels were compared to opium, alcohol and cigarettes and parents wanted restrictions on children being able to read them.
Unexpectedly have some availability! Let me know if you’d need content strategy, UCD coaching and training, or content design support, I’d be happy to help if and where I can.
What is the point of putting an Ai into the app where people move things around on a board, and not having it do even that? POINTLESS arrrrgh
Fuck, this bubble better burst soon
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
Why reading matters – for children, adults and communities
That thirst to read is one of the most enduring gifts that books give us
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/book...
Black ink drawing of a boxy old television set, buttons and sliders for controls to the right of the screen from the movie Mr. Vampire II (1986)
Black ink drawing of a 35mm film camera with a flash on top of a tripod looking directly at you from the film Mr. Vampire II (1986)
Black ink drawing of an old-timey payphone on a wall from the movie Shockproof (1949)
Black ink drawing of a clock radio with flippy tiles for the numbers that reads 6:11 am from the movie The Quiet Earth (1985)
Occasional reminder that some of the original drawings from my Objects from Films series are for sale at my store:
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/obj...
Researchers have developed an Ocean Equity Index to measure how fair ocean initiatives are across 12 criteria.
The tool can be used by governments, companies and Indigenous or community groups, and its authors hope it gains global traction.
Experts note equity remains difficult to quantify.
Thought I wasn’t getting any interaction on LinkedIn but turns out I had notifications turned off 😂
Thanks so much Martin! That means a lot to me. 🤗
Just bought some flowers on the internet. Hope they will be good uns! Alpine mix, lupins, wildflower seeds...
Getting excited about my next trip to Germany this May! Will be visiting family and friends in Frankfurt area plus Karlsruhe and Augsburg. The Black Forest and Neuschwanstein Castle are happening too! Keen to purchase a cuckoo clock, even though it's something said family and friends disparage. 🏰🌲🌲