@epilepticrabbit not exactly a gatekeeper story but I recall my gcse art teacher not liking my work even though all I wanted to do was go to art school, final project I made a cinefilm claymation. It got me a C (should have been higher!) I needed 4Cs for art school. In fact it’s my English teacher that saved me as I had counted on science for C or higher but asked my English teacher if Cs where possible he encouraged me and said yes. I failed science passed English phew and I got 4Cs

Why in hotel bar when they have music playing and sky sports football are they bothering with the subtitles. They are slow and blocking half the screen and as a live football fan when I watch a game I don’t care / can’t access the commentary 🤪

"If a computer is a bicycle for the mind, then LLMs are like e-bikes. They let a lot of people go distances and tackle hills that they couldn’t before, and they’re better for all of us than cars, but they’re a menace to both pedestrians and traditional cyclists, more harmful to the environment than what they’re replacing, and have given companies yet another way to hollow out local businesses. ... ... https://discursive.adamprocter.co.uk/2026/04/10/if-a-computer-is-a.html

"After The Browser Company’s Dia, Perplexity’s Comet, and others, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered browser that actively fights against the web."

https://dctr.pro/2qo

Catching up on Doug’s week notes dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025… @thoughtshrapnel @dajb - as ever excellent posts and more + if your next project needs a thought leader / consultant / researcher / designer hit Doug up - dougbelshaw.com https://dougbelshaw.com/

"The en💩ternet was not inevitable - a new good internet is possible… we can build that internet and we must."

Cory Doctorow - Cloudfest 25 https://dctr.pro/2ql

YouTube via @thoughtshrapnel some good points about ai and why is not coming as a rapture for education. And why there is real importance on social connections / teacher connections. Bit of a sales pitch at the end mind but fair. nodenogg.in is an in person digital tool to enhance studio practice🤪 https://youtu.be/pUb9RBZv7Po?si=BMs5VyJQLpIUxKtL

Adam develops playful digital tools designed to enhance critical practice and teamwork. These tools augment in-person, studio-based activities such as critiques, discussion groups, and ideation sessions, aiming to increase participation and engagement. In his game-specific practice, Adam creates small satirical ecogames that comment on the climate crisis and public infrastructure failings. Recently, he has been designing games specifically for the Playdate, utilising its unique crank interface.

Adam Procter is a Principal Teaching Fellow of Games and Interaction Design at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. He leads the BA (Hons) Games Design & Art programme within the Department of Art and Media Technology. Adam’s research and practice focus on the creation and application of playful technology and games to stimulate thought, debate, and encourage thinking through making within Communities of Practice.

Ok ok @epilepticrabbit I confirm I am not a robot 🤣

The Business Case for Working Openly and Transparently - https://dctr.pro/open

Brilliant article on the benefits and approaches of working openly @dougbelshaw.com @epilepticrabbit @dajb - must read for you, your organisation to benefit from working openly! http://dougbelshaw.com

In other news what is going on with parsnip shortage at small supermarkets

Gah BBC iPlayer PS3 app no longer works. Hmmm that messes up my set up for front room. Blooming annoying and shouldn’t happen. Hmmm

@dajb where at tao of wao links for episodes. ? Looking in pod app and sound cloud can see them?

@dajb perhaps I could do some SleepeR tests with your blog as a “remember you wrote this” 🤣 but would initially for testing need some of you blog posts as txt files

My weekends are fantastic or totally ruined by just 90minutes that starts at 3PM on a Saturday. Prior to this time I am generally happy and afterwards either ecstatic or miserable. This weekend misery. It’s the hope that kills you.

I have it on good authority (@brendandawes) it’s a generative system but is not AI. Everything gets badged as AI these days but very Interesting approach to film editing and viewer experience mind https://dctr.pro/2p1

Trains 🚂

A host of great stuff to read from @dajb this week https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2023/09/10/weeknote-36-2023/

Brilliant video - 🎩 tip to @dajb for sending my way - YouTube https://youtube.com/watch?v=QVNZRHIZVL8