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Andrew Jacobs

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L&D strategist and innovator. Author and producer of the Women Talking About Learning podcast. Not a guru or rock star.

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Talk. Record. Change: The UK’s First Podcast Learning Festival lostanddesperate.com/2025/09/08/t...

Talk. Record. Change: The UK’s First Podcast Learning Festival

On Thursday 26th February 2026, something new arrives in London: the first ever Podcast Learning Festival. The UK’s first face-to-face event bringing workplace learning and podcasting together.One …

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 13h

Got framed.wtf in one today. Anyone taking more than 4 needs help.

Framed - The daily movie guessing game

Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!

framed.wtf

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 14h

Just had @icod.bsky.social Instagram suggested to me as a follow. #CrossingTheStreams

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Let's do an icebreaker.

Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social · 17h

Next guest, Steven Seagal

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 22h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 2d

Bah! Clashes with the LT Autumn Forum so can't be there.

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 2d

A chance to hear from experts in podcasting and learning and how to make audio work as a learning intervention.

Talk Record Change lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/10/t...

Talk Record Change

You’ve heard me talk about the Podcast Learning Festival’s themes of Talk. Record. Change.Here’s what that actually means. 🎙️ TALKWhere learning meets conversation.Panels, live podcasts, and …

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 3d

Yep, yesterday from 12-3.

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 3d

Curated shortcuts lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/09/c...

Curated shortcuts

I use the shortcuts on the Google homepage emphatically. When I say ‘use’, I don’t just mean I click on them; I review, revise and remove the shortcuts which become less useful, p…

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 3d

East London, West London, South London, North London

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 3d

Bakerloo line, Victoria line, Metropolitan line, Northern line

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 4d

Alan is going to be unmasked very quickly #CelebrityTraitors

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

I'm going with #CelebrityTraitors.

Looks like a fun series too. The fact we think we know them a bit makes it more interesting.

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

What's the hashtag?

#CelebrityTraitors
#TraitorsUK
#Traitors

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, make it even longer... 😠

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

What's the hashtag?

#CelebrityTraitors
#TraitorsUK
#Traitors

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry to miss you today.

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 4d

The Truth About AI in Learning lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/08/t...

The Truth About AI in Learning

I see a lot of lists about what AI could do in L&D but not many about what’s actually happening. On 𝟭𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, as part of the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum, Don Taylor and Eglė Vinauskait…

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 5d

Loads of big cars and not a cycle in sight.

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 5d

I've said this before, but old people homes in the next decade are likely to be very different.

The punk and gamer generations are coming and it'll be less Vera Lynn and more Poly Styrene.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

A growing cohort of older women are gaming for at least an hour a week — they’re not just talking about puzzles…

The video-gaming grandmas who prefer Call of Duty to crosswords

A growing cohort of older women are gaming for at least an hour a week — they’re not just talking about puzzles…

www.thetimes.com

Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 5d

Lost access lostanddesperate.com/2025/10/07/l...

Lost access

If you’re a UK user of the image sharing site Imgur, you’ll have noticed you lost access last Wednesday. The Information Commissioner’s Office has told Imgur’s parent company, MediaLab AI, it inten…

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Andrew Jacobs @andrewjacobslnd.bsky.social · 6d

There have been so many bad ones, and really bad ones, that the sole good one shines though...and that's Warcraft. Duncan Jones' film is thrilling, which is something many video game adaptations fail to achieve.