Andrew Carrier 🍸
@andrewcarrier.com
Marketing and comms guy with a passion for financial services, technology and the media.
Writes #InMarketing This Week (or #IMTW).
Let’s do our best work, together > https://andrewcarrier.com
Writes #InMarketing This Week (or #IMTW).
Let’s do our best work, together > https://andrewcarrier.com
Finally. Starmer’s done something good.
UK to rejoin EU Erasmus student exchange scheme from 2027
British students will be able to study at European universities under the programme for the first time since Brexit
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Finally. Starmer’s done something good.
In the age of AI slop, we need journalists and writers of Laura’s calibre more than ever.
Head cocked to the sea, this is me listening for freelance opportunities in 2026. What do I offer? Glad you asked.
I write about financial stuff.
Newswriting & editing
Bespoke content strategy...
Head cocked to the sea, this is me listening for freelance opportunities in 2026. What do I offer? Glad you asked.
I write about financial stuff.
Newswriting & editing
Bespoke content strategy & i...
www.linkedin.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the age of AI slop, we need journalists and writers of Laura’s calibre more than ever.
📰 What’s new
Visa launched a “stablecoins advisory practice” today. It will offer training, market analysis, strategy development, use-case sizing, and technical support for organisations assessing how #stablecoins could fit into their products or operations.
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Visa launched a “stablecoins advisory practice” today. It will offer training, market analysis, strategy development, use-case sizing, and technical support for organisations assessing how #stablecoins could fit into their products or operations.
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Visa launches 'stablecoins advisory practice' to help banks and businesses build strategies
The move comes as Visa deepens its stablecoin work and reports a $3.5 billion annualized run rate in stablecoin settlement volume.
www.theblock.co
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📰 What’s new
Visa launched a “stablecoins advisory practice” today. It will offer training, market analysis, strategy development, use-case sizing, and technical support for organisations assessing how #stablecoins could fit into their products or operations.
🧵 1/6
Visa launched a “stablecoins advisory practice” today. It will offer training, market analysis, strategy development, use-case sizing, and technical support for organisations assessing how #stablecoins could fit into their products or operations.
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“Nearly two hours pass during which I’ve done nothing but listen. No cooking, eating, typing, dozing or doomscrolling. Listening to music so intently is something I’ve probably not done since my teens — which, by complete coincidence, was when all the greatest music ever recorded was released.”
The hi-fi that costs as much as a house
Behind the high prices and higher decibels is the quest to hear music as vividly as youth once allowed
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Nearly two hours pass during which I’ve done nothing but listen. No cooking, eating, typing, dozing or doomscrolling. Listening to music so intently is something I’ve probably not done since my teens — which, by complete coincidence, was when all the greatest music ever recorded was released.”
Of all the departures we’ve heard about this week, this is the most worrying for Apple fans like me.
Apple silicon is arguably the only truly game-changing thing the company has introduced in the last few years.
Apple silicon is arguably the only truly game-changing thing the company has introduced in the last few years.
Apple Rocked by Executive Departures, With Chip Chief at Risk of Leaving Next
Apple Inc., long the model of stability in Silicon Valley, is suddenly undergoing its biggest personnel shake-up in decades, with senior executives and key engineers both hitting the exits.
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Of all the departures we’ve heard about this week, this is the most worrying for Apple fans like me.
Apple silicon is arguably the only truly game-changing thing the company has introduced in the last few years.
Apple silicon is arguably the only truly game-changing thing the company has introduced in the last few years.
I'm loving Wispr Flow.
Here's a free month of their Pro plan if you want to give it a try: wisprflow.ai/r?ANDREW1857
Here's a free month of their Pro plan if you want to give it a try: wisprflow.ai/r?ANDREW1857
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wisprflow.ai
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm loving Wispr Flow.
Here's a free month of their Pro plan if you want to give it a try: wisprflow.ai/r?ANDREW1857
Here's a free month of their Pro plan if you want to give it a try: wisprflow.ai/r?ANDREW1857
I can’t recommend Oliver Kitteridge enough.
Strout has a wonderful turn of phrase and explores great emotional depths with a deft touch.
Strout has a wonderful turn of phrase and explores great emotional depths with a deft touch.
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I can’t recommend Oliver Kitteridge enough.
Strout has a wonderful turn of phrase and explores great emotional depths with a deft touch.
Strout has a wonderful turn of phrase and explores great emotional depths with a deft touch.
Didn’t they just do this plot line on Only Murders in the Building!?
Steve Cohen moves closer to gaining lucrative New York City casino licence
Hedge fund manager wins approval from key regulatory board to build gambling complex
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Didn’t they just do this plot line on Only Murders in the Building!?
Perhaps a little early but what the heck…
Attended Christmas service last night and it was kinda magical. 🎄
Attended Christmas service last night and it was kinda magical. 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Perhaps a little early but what the heck…
Attended Christmas service last night and it was kinda magical. 🎄
Attended Christmas service last night and it was kinda magical. 🎄
Marriage.
Sex.
Crabs.
Can’t say I’m looking forward to next year now…
Sex.
Crabs.
Can’t say I’m looking forward to next year now…
the first 3 words you see will define your 2026
Marriage
Beach
Ass
I'm not mad at that lol
Marriage
Beach
Ass
I'm not mad at that lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Marriage.
Sex.
Crabs.
Can’t say I’m looking forward to next year now…
Sex.
Crabs.
Can’t say I’m looking forward to next year now…
One benefit of being #OpenToWork is that the weekend can start a little earlier than usual.
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
One benefit of being #OpenToWork is that the weekend can start a little earlier than usual.
It will come as a surprise to no one that the #WesAnderson show at the #DesignMuseum is wonderful.
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It will come as a surprise to no one that the #WesAnderson show at the #DesignMuseum is wonderful.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Beautiful down by the river this morning.
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Beautiful down by the river this morning.
File this under ‘No shit, Sherlock’.
Altering the content of a message also alters the AI summary of that message. Apparently changing the order of information impacts how the importance of that information is perceived.
Who would have thought it!?
Altering the content of a message also alters the AI summary of that message. Apparently changing the order of information impacts how the importance of that information is perceived.
Who would have thought it!?
Study Finds Apple’s AI Email Summaries Can Alter Message Emphasis
A new study by the strategic communications consultancy North Coast Communications examines how Apple’s Mail App Summarize tool responds to controlled variations in email content.
martechseries.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
File this under ‘No shit, Sherlock’.
Altering the content of a message also alters the AI summary of that message. Apparently changing the order of information impacts how the importance of that information is perceived.
Who would have thought it!?
Altering the content of a message also alters the AI summary of that message. Apparently changing the order of information impacts how the importance of that information is perceived.
Who would have thought it!?
Disappointed not to see my name mentioned. Perhaps they don’t realise I am available.
Apple's Succession Wars Start. Here's Who Might Take Tim Cook's Spot
John Ternus, currently the youngest top executive at Apple, could fill the CEO chair next, and his tenure could be innovation-heavy.
gizmodo.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Disappointed not to see my name mentioned. Perhaps they don’t realise I am available.
I’m not surprised. The market must be tiny.
The Mac Studio is so powerful and competent; the number of people who genuinely want any more computer than that must be insignificant to them.
The Mac Studio is so powerful and competent; the number of people who genuinely want any more computer than that must be insignificant to them.
Apple has no plans to release a new Mac Pro anytime soon, report says - 9to5Mac
In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple has “largely written off the Mac...
9to5mac.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m not surprised. The market must be tiny.
The Mac Studio is so powerful and competent; the number of people who genuinely want any more computer than that must be insignificant to them.
The Mac Studio is so powerful and competent; the number of people who genuinely want any more computer than that must be insignificant to them.