Steve Clayton

Ahhh, the smell of ink on paper...📖

Print Is Dead. Just Don’t Tell Microsoft. A tech giant joins the magazine resurgence.

Print is dead. Just don't tell Microsoft.! 🦋
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Introducing NLWeb: Bringing conversational interfaces directly to the web - Source

a great primer on NLWeb from Microsoft #MSBuild news.microsoft.com/source/featu...

From Costco to Hinge, corporate storytelling is heading back to print This month, Microsoft will publish its first-ever print magazine, called Signal.

Corporate storytelling goes analog www.axios.com/2025/05/15/m...

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nicely done, Nike. 🏌️‍♂️
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The Friday Thing #881 What a whirlwind week..

weclcome to the age of "blanding" www.linkedin.com/pulse/friday...

Microsoft Outlook’s new minimize button makes mobile emails much easier Task switching just got easier on Outlook mobile

another reason to switch (if you have not already) to the best mobile email client on the planet. yes, I am biased. www.theverge.com/news/612853/...

will come back to bluesky when my entire feed is not filled with TikTok commentary.

The Friday Thing #877 Lots of interest in the trend forecast agent from last week - thanks! The Friday Thing 877 is about a podcast. A really, really long podcast.

It turns out you can learn a lot from a 188 year old luxury business. www.linkedin.com/pulse/friday...

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"The learning improvements were striking—about 0.3 standard deviations. To put this into perspective, this is equivalent to nearly two years of typical learning in just six weeks"....

Apple Intelligence falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won An AI-generated notification says the teen has won the tournament before the final is even played.

I heard that Apple was working on a car but didn't realize they had invented a time machine 😀https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27zwp7jpxo

Finger wagging at the ref in football should be a yellow card offence 🟨👋⚽

ChatGPT - Bullseye Banter Generates witty darts player nicknames with user input.

Based on my last post, I decided to cook up a quick Darts Name Generator. Give it a spin 🎯🤪

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Have attended a PDC or two in the past but just to confirm I am not moonlighting 🎯

www.bbc.com/sport/darts/...

Opinion | Obscene Prices, Declining Quality: Luxury Is in a Death Spiral Luxury brands have triggered their own death spiral by selling overpriced, overexposed and lower-quality products.

Seek out the artisans. A good approach for more than just fashion. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...

A thought-provoking piece from Katharine K. Zarrella

Last week in Redmond, WA we celebrated the launch of No Prize for Pessimism, by Sam Schillace, Deputy CTO at Microsoft. It's our first title for 8080 Books. Thanks to all who came along to support the launch and smell the book at Bricks and Mortar 😃 #AI aka.ms/8080

"We fully deserved to win the game" says Arteta. Yes, but you didn't.

ask for the term sheet 😀

I'm proud of this work with @uscannenberg.bsky.social. We partnered with them for a 2nd year on the Relevance Report: AI Activated. Tons of goodness in here on practical applications of GenAI to the business of Comms. #AI #Comms

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Irreplaceable Virgil van Dijk remains Liverpool’s keystone and spirit animal | Barney Ronay Defender’s domination of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland represents the contrasting paths of both clubs

"At which point Haaland’s line of vision was interrupted by that familiar figure in red, reaching a leg up to pull the ball out of the air, the kind of pre-defending that isn’t function of speed or athleticism...."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Traveler Traveler is a dedicated drafting device for anyone who writes without the distraction – or temptation – of browsers, email, or notifications. Get in writing flow and develop more prolific writing sess...

love the Psion esque look of this device. retro. getfreewrite.com/products/fre...

easy. watch England vs. NZ cricket :)

England closing in here on early drinks in Christchurch. And perhaps a pie or two @davidbrain.bsky.social ? 🥧🏏

Dirty Diana - 2012 Remaster Michael Jackson · Bad 25th Anniversary · Song · 2012

maybe an unpopular view but, Dirty Diana just came on the radio, and it remains an awesome tune IMHO. Thriller now gonna be my lead playlist for TG. open.spotify.com/track/3yBlJt...

is Liam Gallagher on here?

depends who you're getting up to watch ;)

i need an agent to help me determine if I spend more time using my Rabbit R1 or updating my Rabbit R1. 🐇

Microsoft launches imprint that aims to be faster than traditional book publishing Named after an Intel microprocessor, 8080 Books aims to ‘shorten the lag between the final manuscript and the book’s arrival in the marketplace’

We launched a book imprint. #8080Books #microsoft
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

a solid read on the culture of Microsoft.