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Vincent Pickering

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Service Design | Enterprise Design | Systems Thinking I make complicated problems simpler for people Personal Website: https://vincentp.me

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Percy Pig cake sold as a "cake sandwich" with percy pig sweets in it

Percy Pig cake sold as a "cake sandwich" with percy pig sweets in it

They also sell these now. So theres that.

06.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Its always Bandcamp Saturday for me, living in NZ. Most of the correspondence happens while I'm asleep and I miss it all.

Timezones muck everything up when measured over a 24hr period. If they made it the weekend it would solve lots of problems worldwide!

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the engine reliability is like this on Sunday the only cars finishing the race will be Ferrari.

#F1

06.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Say it with me:

A diagram is only useful:
To express the specific need it is solving,
In the context it needs to do it,
For the length of time both those things hold true.

Then it has expired.

Don't get attached to your diagrams and redraw often!

#design #servicedesign #datavisualisation #ux

04.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Say it with me:

A diagram is only useful:
To express the specific need it is solving,
In the context it needs to do it,
For the length of time both those things hold true.

Then it has expired.

Don't get attached to your diagrams and redraw often!

#design #servicedesign #datavisualisation #ux

04.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

Windows 11 has been bad with copilot shoved in everything, but windows 12 is gonna be a whole new level of AI Slop if this is accurate.

tech4gamers.com/windows-12-r...

04.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration, red on white, of a cat happily bashing away at their computer keyboard even though there are warning windows on the screen that read UH OH and ALERT. Text reads β€œhavin’ fun on my β€˜puter” Also the monitor is on fire.

Illustration, red on white, of a cat happily bashing away at their computer keyboard even though there are warning windows on the screen that read UH OH and ALERT. Text reads β€œhavin’ fun on my β€˜puter” Also the monitor is on fire.

I AM DOING A COMPUTER
SEND HELP
#art

03.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7
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EA Sold To Saudi Arabia And Trump's Son-In-Law For $55 Billion EA has sold itself to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and others.

*cough* finance.yahoo.com/news/ea-sold...

04.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for helping to clear up my questions ☺️

03.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thankyou! That context was missing for me in the messaging ☺️

03.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm Confused about the 11ty/build awesome news.
What does this mean for those of us running 11ty sites, do I need to move to a new build process etc?

This all feels very wordpress which was what I was avoiding by using 11ty in the first place πŸ˜•

03.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Macromedia. If Adobe hadn't acquired them we may have been saved.

03.03.2026 06:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

🧡 1/4

02.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 2893 πŸ” 2418 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 468

Lateral & No Such Thing as a Fish for learning strange facts

Words Unravelled for learning about words!

03.03.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Merger That Needed A War
The Merger That Needed A War YouTube video by The Drey Dossier

If your American it looks like XAI/ has access to your healthcare data. Oracle are up to some serious surveillance state stuff.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-TlY...

02.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big Tobacco - Ethical Company Award

Palantir - Most wholesome family photo

02.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Always prioritise Passport over pants"

Print that on a t-shirt. πŸ˜‚

02.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally, at work this morning:

Clinician: Patient should stop medication A, but must keep taking medication B.

AI VR transcription of this: Patient should stop taking medication B.

Seriously NEVER LET A DOCTOR USE AI FOR YOUR APPOINTMENTS. NEVER. UNDER ANY FUCKING CIRCUMSTANCES.

01.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Oh crap its started. My parents have started emailing me "fun AI videos" they created.

Looks like its time to sit them down and have THE conversation. πŸ™„

01.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally dealt with this problem today (and to make it more inconsistent) in the summary it converts the month back to words. Just pick one format and be consistent!

01.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully the first of many AI dominoes to fall...

28.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A grey hoodie with text which reads:

β€œBuy a man eat fish,
He day, teach fish man
To a lifetime.”

A grey hoodie with text which reads: β€œBuy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man To a lifetime.”

Wise words

27.02.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 7945 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 141
When Video Games were Brown.
When Video Games were Brown. YouTube video by Ahoy

Were video games really brown during the PS3/Wii/XBox360 era?

Brilliant data analysis by Stuart.

youtube.com/watch?v=TTjG...

//cc @infobeautiful.bsky.social

27.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rob Grant RIP – Ganymede & Titan We at Ganymede & Titan are heartbroken to pass on a message from Rob Grant’s family. With much sadness, we have to announce that Rob Grant, co-creator ofΒ Red Dwarf, passed away suddenly yesterday afte...

It's been reported that Red Dwarf creator Rob Grant has died.

Well, smeg. :(

www.ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-...

26.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 66

YES!

youtube.com/watch?v=K_sw...

26.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A bald man, resembling the MegaBus logo offers mining career advice

A bald man, resembling the MegaBus logo offers mining career advice

Wait. Surely new Mock the Week isn't going so badly @daraobriain.bsky.social is doing a side line in Mining careers in New Zealand already!

25.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The decentralised dream is only fun when we are all at the same house party, listening to the same music and having conversations where we nod energetically at each other apparently. 🫠

25.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its not possible to do that...
...
..wait. What if I.....
...oh hang on a minute...
...holy crap I solved it.

This process/dance is my favourite part of the design job. It is such a satisfying feeling and it's because you have to push past the hard problem to see something previously unseen.

24.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would scrutinise any service design decision that boils access down to a single channel, how is it accessible? What happens if the channel is unavailable or unable to meet the users needs?

22.02.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Gen X urge to stand there beside myself
Thinking hard about the weather.

21.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0