Simon Thompson
@thompsonsimon.com
Intranets, user experience, and connected content. Mad for movies, the perfect 3-minute pop song, non-sequiturs and general silliness.
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
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Managed to improve my mood on a grey Wednesday by around 5% by listening to my Beach Boys 'deep cuts' (ugh) playlist. Some highlights to follow. 🧵
February 18, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Managed to improve my mood on a grey Wednesday by around 5% by listening to my Beach Boys 'deep cuts' (ugh) playlist. Some highlights to follow. 🧵
Oh great, and it's not going to be the interesting ones is it?
Here's another witless meme. Here's another intrusion of privacy. Here's more casual bias and actual disinformation...!
Here's another witless meme. Here's another intrusion of privacy. Here's more casual bias and actual disinformation...!
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Oh great, and it's not going to be the interesting ones is it?
Here's another witless meme. Here's another intrusion of privacy. Here's more casual bias and actual disinformation...!
Here's another witless meme. Here's another intrusion of privacy. Here's more casual bias and actual disinformation...!
Humans have to take responsibility for AI outputs but, remember, humans do stupid things too
They released this like this
Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS
Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Humans have to take responsibility for AI outputs but, remember, humans do stupid things too
Don’t argue over feather duvets, you’ll end up feeling down
What are peoples petty reasons for ending a relationship? Mines because her duvet was too high a tog and stupidly heavy. Was awful, Duvet cover was really baggy too so you'd get caught up in it all night long.
February 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Don’t argue over feather duvets, you’ll end up feeling down
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A complication of AI-assisted coding: developers (even if they’re being careful, checking everything, etc.) are moving too fast to develop mental maps of their projects and remember their design and architectural choices, making it harder to explain those choices or make changes in the future
As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become bigger threats to developers than technical debt (Margaret-Anne Storey)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM
A complication of AI-assisted coding: developers (even if they’re being careful, checking everything, etc.) are moving too fast to develop mental maps of their projects and remember their design and architectural choices, making it harder to explain those choices or make changes in the future
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February 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I can’t say I’m excited by this - although I’m glad to see businesses are trying to plug the holes.
If, as one of the solutions promises, only one in twenty prompt injection attacks get through, will that be good enough?
If, as one of the solutions promises, only one in twenty prompt injection attacks get through, will that be good enough?
1/ OpenClaw for the enterprise has just begun to arrive. It emerged out of sheer necessity.
Once workers try to use OpenClaw agents to run workflows, touch credentials, access systems of record + act for the business, then security, governance suddenly becomes basic survival.🧵👇
Once workers try to use OpenClaw agents to run workflows, touch credentials, access systems of record + act for the business, then security, governance suddenly becomes basic survival.🧵👇
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I can’t say I’m excited by this - although I’m glad to see businesses are trying to plug the holes.
If, as one of the solutions promises, only one in twenty prompt injection attacks get through, will that be good enough?
If, as one of the solutions promises, only one in twenty prompt injection attacks get through, will that be good enough?
Highly recommended reading
For completeness on me socials (and @thompsonsimon.com @sharonodea.com and @lisariemers.bsky.social who actually hang) here's the last post of my series about what we are actually going to do about AI in the enterprise after the hype has died down. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-epi...
The AI Epiphanies, Part Three: Mapping and managing the risky epistemic landscape
We argue organisations must map employee tasks and journeys to manage epistemic risk and we have come up with a full solution to do so.
www.linkedin.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Highly recommended reading
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Very much enjoying the new, calming Bluesky interface
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Very much enjoying the new, calming Bluesky interface
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I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
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McSweeney. Starmer. Mandelson. Enough
Can we please re-centre and focus on what Epstein is about.
Justice for these women.
Stopping this shit so no more women, girls have to go through this again.
Can we please re-centre and focus on what Epstein is about.
Justice for these women.
Stopping this shit so no more women, girls have to go through this again.
Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
McSweeney. Starmer. Mandelson. Enough
Can we please re-centre and focus on what Epstein is about.
Justice for these women.
Stopping this shit so no more women, girls have to go through this again.
Can we please re-centre and focus on what Epstein is about.
Justice for these women.
Stopping this shit so no more women, girls have to go through this again.
Two episodes in, and I never want it to end
A gift to all of us in the UK from our national broadcaster www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Australia
Laughs come as easy as ABC. Aussie comics take on challenges designed to befuddle, bamboozle and bedazzle in a supremely silly spelling contest.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Two episodes in, and I never want it to end
I feel the change was happening before AI as collaboration went online and our schedules became meetingified.
However, I’m seeing greater presentation of thoughts as ideas, ideas as concepts, and concepts as plans because of overconfidence in AI.
However, I’m seeing greater presentation of thoughts as ideas, ideas as concepts, and concepts as plans because of overconfidence in AI.
AI is changing how ideas form before meetings even start. A personal look at why teams must intentionally protect collaboration and shared thinking. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/the-...
The Slow Disappearance of Shared Thinking – buckleyPLANET
AI is changing how ideas form before meetings even start. A personal look at why teams must intentionally protect collaboration and shared thinking.
buckleyplanet.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I feel the change was happening before AI as collaboration went online and our schedules became meetingified.
However, I’m seeing greater presentation of thoughts as ideas, ideas as concepts, and concepts as plans because of overconfidence in AI.
However, I’m seeing greater presentation of thoughts as ideas, ideas as concepts, and concepts as plans because of overconfidence in AI.
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3. What if speedometers reinforced the diminishing returns of speeding?
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
3. What if speedometers reinforced the diminishing returns of speeding?
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So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
Microsoft Inclusive Design
Microsoft Inclusive Design is a practice that anyone who creates and manages products and services can use to build more inclusive experiences for everyone. Get the principles, guidebooks, workshop to...
inclusive.microsoft.design
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
Chris is putting a lot of thought into the effects of AI on the digital workplace and is using one of my favourite words “provenance”
Do share, and please say hi if you’re into things DW and intranets
Do share, and please say hi if you’re into things DW and intranets
Post in which I propose a new layer of information management to deal with the sprawl of enterprise AI and the inevitable misinformation. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-epi...
The AI Epiphanies, Part Two: How Provenance restores order to a fractured digital workplace
In my previous post in this series I looked at some of the fundamental constraints on making enterprise information AI legible in ways that will let us do some of our work for us and be able to retrie...
www.linkedin.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Chris is putting a lot of thought into the effects of AI on the digital workplace and is using one of my favourite words “provenance”
Do share, and please say hi if you’re into things DW and intranets
Do share, and please say hi if you’re into things DW and intranets
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I think MacKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, and Justine Musk need to come together and:
1) Host a shit-talking podcast
2) Start a journalism empire and
3) Build a software empire, start with search and community software.
1) Host a shit-talking podcast
2) Start a journalism empire and
3) Build a software empire, start with search and community software.
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I think MacKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, and Justine Musk need to come together and:
1) Host a shit-talking podcast
2) Start a journalism empire and
3) Build a software empire, start with search and community software.
1) Host a shit-talking podcast
2) Start a journalism empire and
3) Build a software empire, start with search and community software.
This goes beyond vibe coding and our repeating things as they go from short-term to long-term memory.
I feel myself struggling to look at and interact with the actual problem.
The artefact becomes the thing.
I feel myself struggling to look at and interact with the actual problem.
The artefact becomes the thing.
Random observation: using Claude Code is like the Guy Pearce character from Memento with no short term memory is your eager assistant.
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
February 4, 2026 at 7:26 AM
This goes beyond vibe coding and our repeating things as they go from short-term to long-term memory.
I feel myself struggling to look at and interact with the actual problem.
The artefact becomes the thing.
I feel myself struggling to look at and interact with the actual problem.
The artefact becomes the thing.
Did they hire a 70s teenager with some Letraset?
February 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Did they hire a 70s teenager with some Letraset?
Unbelievable that someone has to say this. Why are people so bad at quantifying risks?
1Password not mincing words here:
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Unbelievable that someone has to say this. Why are people so bad at quantifying risks?
I always feel a warm glow whenever I see "data driven" when it comes to prototyping and design
While I was lucky to work with graphic designers who could push me to better designs, it frustrated me that they'd only ever pick the simplest names, the showcase categories, and the nicest images.
While I was lucky to work with graphic designers who could push me to better designs, it frustrated me that they'd only ever pick the simplest names, the showcase categories, and the nicest images.
I wrote a tutorial on data driven prototyping in the GOV.UK Prototype Kit - all feedback welcome!
joelanman.com/posts/govuk-...
joelanman.com/posts/govuk-...
Joe Lanman - GOV.UK Prototype Kit - Data driven prototyping
Designer based in London
joelanman.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I always feel a warm glow whenever I see "data driven" when it comes to prototyping and design
While I was lucky to work with graphic designers who could push me to better designs, it frustrated me that they'd only ever pick the simplest names, the showcase categories, and the nicest images.
While I was lucky to work with graphic designers who could push me to better designs, it frustrated me that they'd only ever pick the simplest names, the showcase categories, and the nicest images.
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Wow I could’ve used this in school decades ago
One of my most cherished classes is my 18th century novels course where the primary learning objective is "learn how read long novels." We did a "couch to 5k" approach to attention span and note-taking.
My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wow I could’ve used this in school decades ago
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What tool/platform are you forced to use (by your employer or client) that you’d rather toss into an open fire?
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
What tool/platform are you forced to use (by your employer or client) that you’d rather toss into an open fire?
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