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Marc Settle

@marcsettle.bsky.social

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BBC trainer, not journalist — I train BBC staff (& others) how to use phones for newsgathering. Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal. My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 16h

It hadn’t caused any problems by the time I found it and given I explained to my mum what the problem was, I’m hoping it won’t be happening again.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye (Mr) Clips.

I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 1d

My elderly mother asked me to come over and help sort out problems with her iPhone and “other technical issues”
This one made me laugh.

The photo shows two iPhone plugs with the charging cable connecting them both. In other words the cable is not being used to power anything but merely to connect the two plugs, totally pointlessly.

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 3d

Obviously the wider ramifications of global warming are broadly not good, but it’s currently 18°c and sunny on the south coast of England. On October 8th.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 3d

Obviously the wider ramifications of global warming are broadly not good, but it’s currently 18°c and sunny on the south coast of England and it’s lovely.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 5d

The beta of iOS 26.1 has a useful extra feature for mojo - but I’ve already sent feedback to Apple about it.
In the control centre there’s a new Audio Input slider (gain control) for external mics.
But if volume & brightness are up high, it’s very hard to see and therefore use properly.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 8d

Not available on iPlayer as of now

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 14d

What an honour! It’s a fun programme to work on, which I did for many years in the 2000s. The only downside was getting up at 4:30 on a Sunday morning…

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 19d

I am watching the meme.

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 21d

Ha yes - a very wise decision.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 21d

One for the BBC’s crack pronunciation unit here, I think.

It’s a photo showing the winner of the Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 25d

Slow handclap for o2 who have today (17 Sept) sent me a text message with info about an offer that expired two days ago (15 Sept)

02: Don't miss out on £3 extra credit.
Just top up any amount once before 15/09/2025 and it's yours.
Use a credit or debit card at o2.co.uk/topup or call free on 4444.
To stop these offers, call 2220

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 28d

So using mobiles on petrol station forecourts is now ok…as long as you’re using their on your phone app to pay for the petrol? Otherwise, using your mobile isn’t allowed?

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 29d

How good was it to enjoy Zubi’s strike, knowing that there wasn’t anything for VAR to look at? For the first time in ages, we celebrated the goal (East Stand Lower, since you asked) without anxiously fearing it would be ruled out.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you’ve seen that very viral Paris Bohemian Rhapsody video, you can be my friend if you *also* noticed how the lights were constantly flashing such that it indicated they recorded the video at the wrong frame rate.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing flash mob video, but even so…

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 10

Poor Hincapié - that Premier Inn on Euston Road is shocking, with terrible sound insulation from the traffic.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 9

How thoughtful of Facebook to push to me a month-old BBC video about new tubes on the London Underground…just as we’re struggling through a tube strike where the network has been entirely shut down for two days, with two more still to come.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 7

Turned my phone off at 2.58 to avoid the emergency alert due two minutes after that. Heard it on loads of other phones at 3.00, so at 3.04 I turned my phone back on.
The alert then arrived ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Took a screen grab but it didn’t save for some reason)

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Slightly off my usual beat…but given this headline and photo, who do you think won the game?

The photo shows a group of football players from the Welsh national team clapping after a game and looking fairly downbeat. The text says “where does Kazakhstan win leave Wales’s World Cup hopes?”

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ha - clever!

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Being Adobe though, I wonder how long it’ll remain free…

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Why on earth would anyone design a bag for a loaf of bread that makes it look like it’s all gone mouldy?

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s the first day of the school year & again the house resounds to familiar cries:

“I don’t want to get out of bed!”
“Can I have five more minutes?”
“Do I really have to?”
“Oh this is *so* unfair”

And yet again, I’ve finally given in & hauled myself out of bed so I can take the kids to school 🙄

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Aug 31

A curious follow-up to this.
After setting up my 11 year old son’s account, I had to tweak a setting.
Changing a setting is protected behind a maths question.
Clearly the brains at Google/YouTube are also unable to add an instruction that the older the child is, the harder the question needs to be.

The image shows a calculator with the text above reading “parents only - please enter the correct answer… 6x2 = ?”

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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · Aug 31

It’s working now

a man is talking on a phone and saying hello , it , have you tried turning it off and on again .

ALT: a man is talking on a phone and saying hello , it , have you tried turning it off and on again .

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