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Andrew Girdwood

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A digital marketer, yeah even SEO and Google Analytics 4. Also a blogger, gamer and one of those idiots who takes video footage of the restaurant.

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Spotlight: d20play and the evolution of the hobby Your votes made d20play the RPG Publisher Spotlight for January. We explore their massive library of actual plays and VTT tutorials.

Cool Article about d20play by @geeknative.bsky.social!
www.geeknative.com/224892/spotl...

31.01.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Videogame stocks slide on Google's AI model that turns prompts into playable worlds Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet's Google rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating interactive digital worlds with simpl...

The revenge of Stadia.

www.reuters.com/business/vid...

30.01.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@theobserveruk.bsky.social happy birthday πŸŽ‚

04.12.2025 07:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google’s odd blind spot: Mixing up Scottish government domains Andrew Girdwood is a professional digital marketer, a geek and a gamer.

A mysteriously strange error to make - how hard is it to tell two different government agencies on two different domains apart? blog.arhg.net/2025/11/goog...

24.11.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lookit me being a helpful and productive member of the @lovesanimation.bsky.social community! #sla

12.11.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Edinburgh Minute The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Join 25,000+ locals receiving a 7am daily round-up of original journalism & community news from Scotland's capital. Proudly independent. Reader-supported.

Congrats to @edinburghminute.bsky.social for a clean move to Ghost. www.edinburghminute.com A recommended follow.

29.10.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Transformers Beast Wars - Free Bird Trailer Concept (REUPLOAD)
Transformers Beast Wars - Free Bird Trailer Concept (REUPLOAD) YouTube video by Wearer of the Cheese

New fan-edit upload from #WeareroftheCheese, this one #Transformers Beast Wars, mashed up to a little Lynyrd Skynyrd...

Have a watch (and a listen) and do go and subscribe!

youtu.be/Ym4j87BrDwg?...

17.10.2025 12:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@johnmu.com I know you've just answered a Government site question. Google is listing two different Government sites, different domains, as sitelinks for one site. It's actually wrong - sending people to the wrong jobs page, etc. Bit surprised to see! Anything the site owners can do?

17.10.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"This discovery could hold the key to developing new therapies for chronic sufferers."

inpurespirit.com/13767/your-b...

05.10.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ghosts of the Capital: Exploring London's Most Terrifying Haunts London is a city teeming with ghosts. We take a chilling tour of its most haunted pubs, palaces, cemeteries, and tube stations. Read if you dare.

Explore the most haunted sites in London, from the ghost of Anne Boleyn at the Tower to the infamous Highgate Vampire. Dare to discover the city's darkest secrets?

30.08.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Girdy's 2025 Kilt Walk Help Andrew Girdwood raise money to support Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home

Last year, I was beaten by a tire! Undeterred, and to raise money for kittens and puppies (and old mutts). I am confronting the mighty stride of the Kilt Walk again! No doubt, at the end, I will be very... tired! :)
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

25.08.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reddit will block the Internet Archive It’s another move to protect against AI scraping.

Reddit is blocking the Way Back Machine because AI scrapers are using it to access Reddit's content.

So, is all forgiven?

Remember that Reddit cares about which AI bots access the content we created because they sold exclusive access to Google. #seo #geo www.theverge.com/news/757538/...

11.08.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Radar: The UK's largest D&D convention returns to Edinburgh - Edinburgh Reviews There are one or two larger tabletop games events in the UK than Tabletop Scotland, such as the giant UK Games Expo, but Tabletop Scotland is the largest Adventurers League event

Tabletop Scotland runs in the Royal Highland Centre from 5th to 7th September, and it’s the UK’s largest D&D convention. edinburgh-reviews.co...

01.08.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Google says AI is boosting Search. Yes, but… A new Google blog post shares some broad traffic trends and tells us that AI drives more queries and higher quality clicks

Dear Google, if AI Overviews are driving higher quality clicks then AdSense CPM would be rising in tandem to reflect the better quality traffic. searchengineland.com/google-ai-bo... #seo

07.08.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service.

Tulips or oil? Meta paid $250 million in salary to one AI engineer in the talent wars. It's football money.

Now, API wars.

www.wired.com/story/anthro...

03.08.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google's introduction of AI Mode to the UK could be going smoother.

29.07.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

En route to Indianapolis for #GenCon2025 with a stopover in Toronto. Killing time at the airport and scolling through BlueSky. Check out this review of Zensu by @geeknative.bsky.social.

We are bringing demo copies of Zensu to Gen Con. See us at the Outset Event HQ in Hall B in the Event Hall.

27.07.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Justin was very generous with his time!

25.07.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jason was a pleasure to work with.

25.07.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see the UK Gov is preparing for the potential of a terrifying new war by investing in hugely expensive weapons that can only be used with the permission of the USA. Hmm. What could go wrong?.

25.06.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Phone in ice

Phone in ice

By Tron! The Android 16 update takes an age.

12.06.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aaw, no. First, Mozilla closes Pocket, and now they're shutting down FakeSpot. Both these services were useful and helpful (but hard to make money from). I'm gutted.

31.05.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to know where the money in the tabletop games business is then I invite you to compare and contrast the hotels that several large retailers have sent staff to for #ukge with where indie tabletop publishers are staying.

31.05.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn. Mozilla is shutting down Pocket. That will hit my processes hard. I suspect I'll migrate my bookmarks to Notion and have until October to it.

Goodbye Pocket, you were a good 'un.

22.05.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Newsletter Free monthly newsletter: comic newsletter out to subscribers once a month.

Howdy comic friends πŸ‘‹

Subscribe to my free monthly newsletter below to get:

- The first-look at our upcoming sequel, Killtopia: Phantoms
- Early access to exclusive Kickstarter tiers
- Updates on all my comic and game book projects
- Subscriber store discounts

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06.04.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aussie gamers spend big: Tabletop gaming survey highlights surprising stats While most gamers reported spending between $100 and $499 (in their local currency), a significant portion of Australians (twice that of Canadians and Americans) have shelled out over $1,000 on their collections.

It's no secret: tabletop gaming can be an expensive hobby, and the "sidequest" of a recent survey suggests we might even need speical insurance www.geeknative.com/1...

06.04.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Get Ready for Edinburgh Indie Gamers 2025! From Tanya Floaker - Get Ready for Edinburgh Indie Gamers 2025!

Edinburgh Indie Gamers needs YOU this #SelfPromoSaturday 🫡

EIG turns 10 in 2025. We survived lockdown, but our current home is closing 😒

Backing our next club zine gets you THREE WHOLE TTRPGs, insightful articles, amazing art, and helps keep a physical hub of indie gaming alive!

FOLLOW NOW! 🚨

01.03.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Artist Olivier de Sagazan seems to have had his YouTube deleted after a anti-Trump performance piece. The takedown blames nudity and my hunch is an algorithm false positive rather than Alphabet censorship. www.instagram.com/sagazan?igsh...

01.03.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's much better!

05.02.2025 08:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree but that's $14x3x12 and for ethical content affiliates that's a big ask.

That said; better value than I've seen anywhere else!

04.02.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0