Listening
Music for clouds
It was a grey day, but some tunes, and the sound of the city moved the clouds along.
Russell Davies
Strategy
Steve Jobs on marketing
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMHQQZGS0tr
Notes and links
"Wyle occupied a special place right at the center of “ER.” He was the youngest of the core cast members — almost painfully young. His face looked as if two babyfaces got together and had a baby babyface." "The best reason to ban vehicles from Oxford Street is
Recommended
Good in vestments
Rather sweet and interesting programme from Radio 4 about what the clergy wear and why. And a good punny title.
Writing
Octavia Butler's notebooks
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSvHP0LjPbq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Starting
Eno on starting without knowing where you're going
It's an instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLSgQUTRJe6 Slightly regret how early Mr Eno has found his way in here, but he makes a good point.
Noticing
The machine flattery is reaching out of the chat
I've started getting emails like this: Subject: Exploring a Potential Collaboration Dear Russell Davies, Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint is far more than a witty cultural riff on a piece of software most people love to hate. It is a perceptive, funny, and unexpectedly
Watching
Is Thomas Heatherwick going to pull down the BT Tower?
What's going on with the BT Tower now that it's been sold to a hotel group?
11 January 2026
@__ixrq City living... Music by me #electronicmusic #city #musica #electro #aphextwin ♬ original sound - IXRQ @sakanatoaction #sakanaction #wasurerarenaino #サカナクション #忘れられないの ♬ 忘れられないの - sakanaction @wearetundra ROW | audiovisual installation The video is taken at Zvook Festival in Sochi, June 2024 #rowbytundra #newmediaart #touchdesigner #wearetundra ♬ оригинальный звук - TUNDRA @tkymisfits Meet Itou Chimomo,
Account Planning School of the Web
Learning and testing post-AI
(via Robin Sloan) this is interesting and positive. I wonder if this is a way to do the Account Planning School of the Web at some point.
Back on track
Presentation Club 3 was fantastic. Only one presentation but it was brilliant and interesting and we all learned a bunch from it. And it wasn't a middle-aged white man, so that's good too. Presentation Club 4 is on 4th of February. I'd originally planned
Listening
More music for the BT Tower
I done another ambienty mix... And...https://www.mixcloud.com/undermanager/music-for-a-twilight-tower/