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The problem with using my 3D scanner is that my office smells like dry shampoo for a week afterwards.
April 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The problem with using my 3D scanner is that my office smells like dry shampoo for a week afterwards.
Time for my periodic reminder that it is Dough day! And this week, we are looking at watches - a product I know that a lot of you are obsessed with.
March 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Time for my periodic reminder that it is Dough day! And this week, we are looking at watches - a product I know that a lot of you are obsessed with.
Extra fun work day today. Down in London spending a little time in the studio talking about the #future of food with some proper stars (details when it goes out). Then dinner and drinks with a good mate.
March 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Extra fun work day today. Down in London spending a little time in the studio talking about the #future of food with some proper stars (details when it goes out). Then dinner and drinks with a good mate.
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Good news from the British Election Study: there's no sign of the reported uptick in sexism among young British men
Bad news: what's going on with middle aged men?
Bad news: what's going on with middle aged men?
March 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Good news from the British Election Study: there's no sign of the reported uptick in sexism among young British men
Bad news: what's going on with middle aged men?
Bad news: what's going on with middle aged men?
You may have seen the picture of me outside Scottish Gas Murrayfield last week. Well this is why! Scottish Gas and Scottish Rugby asked me to imagine what the stadium might be like in another hundred years, on its hundredth anniversary.
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AI shows how Murrayfield could look in 2125 as stadium celebrates centenary
March 21 will mark the 100th anniversary for the home of rugby in Scotland.
news.stv.tv
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You may have seen the picture of me outside Scottish Gas Murrayfield last week. Well this is why! Scottish Gas and Scottish Rugby asked me to imagine what the stadium might be like in another hundred years, on its hundredth anniversary.
news.stv.tv/sport/from-w...
news.stv.tv/sport/from-w...
I've started writing a new series of articles for @the-independent.com kindly sponsored by @trading212.bsky.social.
You can check out the first one here on a trend I'm a bit obsessed with: reintermediation.
After years of cutting out the middle men and women, we've decided we need experts again.
You can check out the first one here on a trend I'm a bit obsessed with: reintermediation.
After years of cutting out the middle men and women, we've decided we need experts again.
The trend to watch in 2025? Reintermediation
The internet was meant to kill the middleman – but 25 years later, brokers and curators are thriving. As AI reshapes the digital economy, will their reign continue, or is another shake-up coming?
www.independent.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I've started writing a new series of articles for @the-independent.com kindly sponsored by @trading212.bsky.social.
You can check out the first one here on a trend I'm a bit obsessed with: reintermediation.
After years of cutting out the middle men and women, we've decided we need experts again.
You can check out the first one here on a trend I'm a bit obsessed with: reintermediation.
After years of cutting out the middle men and women, we've decided we need experts again.
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What's not to love about bikes? I'm biased, having cycled 8500km on a tandem in 2024... but I've not been without my own bike since I was 13.
It's Dough day again! And this week we're talking about bicycles. Where did they come from? Where are they made? Is it a thriving or struggling business? And, what's the future of the bike?
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sliced Bread - Dough - Bicycles - BBC Sounds
How can the bicycle industry recover from sales that plummeted after the pandemic?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What's not to love about bikes? I'm biased, having cycled 8500km on a tandem in 2024... but I've not been without my own bike since I was 13.
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One of the best shows on the radio at the moment. Go forth and listen.
It's Dough day again! And this week we're talking about bicycles. Where did they come from? Where are they made? Is it a thriving or struggling business? And, what's the future of the bike?
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sliced Bread - Dough - Bicycles - BBC Sounds
How can the bicycle industry recover from sales that plummeted after the pandemic?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
One of the best shows on the radio at the moment. Go forth and listen.
It's Dough day again! And this week we're talking about bicycles. Where did they come from? Where are they made? Is it a thriving or struggling business? And, what's the future of the bike?
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sliced Bread - Dough - Bicycles - BBC Sounds
How can the bicycle industry recover from sales that plummeted after the pandemic?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's Dough day again! And this week we're talking about bicycles. Where did they come from? Where are they made? Is it a thriving or struggling business? And, what's the future of the bike?
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Check it out now on BBC Sounds or listen this lunchtime on BBC Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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As it's relevant again, here's my post countering every argument against VAT on school fees...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
As it's relevant again, here's my post countering every argument against VAT on school fees...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
New blog post out this morning from my hotel room in sunny Berkshire. Is your business a train or a truck? Yes, I love my analogies but I think this one is a doozy.
tomcheesewright.com/blog/is-your...
tomcheesewright.com/blog/is-your...
Is your business a train or a truck? — Tom Cheesewright, Applied Futurist
In an age of high frequency change, businesses like trucks are much more successful than businesses like trains.
tomcheesewright.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New blog post out this morning from my hotel room in sunny Berkshire. Is your business a train or a truck? Yes, I love my analogies but I think this one is a doozy.
tomcheesewright.com/blog/is-your...
tomcheesewright.com/blog/is-your...
On my way to Windsor via...beautiful... Slough for a speaking gig tomorrow (Monday) morning, then straight off to Heathrow for another gig in Brussels the following morning. Then home for a day and off to Edinburgh for some filming. Busy and nicely diverse week with three very different clients.
March 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On my way to Windsor via...beautiful... Slough for a speaking gig tomorrow (Monday) morning, then straight off to Heathrow for another gig in Brussels the following morning. Then home for a day and off to Edinburgh for some filming. Busy and nicely diverse week with three very different clients.
Most irritating song to have stuck in your head?
Currently I have Stefan Dennis's "Don't it make you feel good" wedged in there. And while I usually have a weird facility to store crap pop lyrics, that's the only line I know.
Currently I have Stefan Dennis's "Don't it make you feel good" wedged in there. And while I usually have a weird facility to store crap pop lyrics, that's the only line I know.
March 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Most irritating song to have stuck in your head?
Currently I have Stefan Dennis's "Don't it make you feel good" wedged in there. And while I usually have a weird facility to store crap pop lyrics, that's the only line I know.
Currently I have Stefan Dennis's "Don't it make you feel good" wedged in there. And while I usually have a weird facility to store crap pop lyrics, that's the only line I know.
Eldest kid uses ChatGPT to create revision flashcards for GCSEs as naturally as I used to use Aldus PageMaker for school projects. Her PC just crashes a lot less.
March 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Eldest kid uses ChatGPT to create revision flashcards for GCSEs as naturally as I used to use Aldus PageMaker for school projects. Her PC just crashes a lot less.
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Delighted to see so many people reading/sharing this as it took ages to do.
(If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend!)
(If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend!)
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state
A British "DOGE" (of sorts) is rearchitecting the government
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Delighted to see so many people reading/sharing this as it took ages to do.
(If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend!)
(If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend!)
The new season of Dough on @bbcradio4.bsky.social started last week and I didn't even post about it. Though if you're an R4 listener, you probably couldn't miss those trails!
March 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The new season of Dough on @bbcradio4.bsky.social started last week and I didn't even post about it. Though if you're an R4 listener, you probably couldn't miss those trails!
Early start for my first over-(very small)-seas gig of the year. Bound for Cork to do some work for a (very large) beverage brand. But on the way, a second breakfast/brunch with friends over there.
February 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Early start for my first over-(very small)-seas gig of the year. Bound for Cork to do some work for a (very large) beverage brand. But on the way, a second breakfast/brunch with friends over there.
Handsome as he is, no-one needs 🍆 pics
February 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Handsome as he is, no-one needs 🍆 pics
"Should have worn a hat" is the most common phrase in my internal monologue these days.
February 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Should have worn a hat" is the most common phrase in my internal monologue these days.
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🥳 A growth surprise this morning for the UK economy - GDP increased by 0.4% in December, best month since March.
That means the economy grew 0.1% over Q4 as a whole (the BoE said last week it would be a 0.1% quarterly drop).
Decent month for services and manufacturing, at odds with biz surveys
That means the economy grew 0.1% over Q4 as a whole (the BoE said last week it would be a 0.1% quarterly drop).
Decent month for services and manufacturing, at odds with biz surveys
February 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🥳 A growth surprise this morning for the UK economy - GDP increased by 0.4% in December, best month since March.
That means the economy grew 0.1% over Q4 as a whole (the BoE said last week it would be a 0.1% quarterly drop).
Decent month for services and manufacturing, at odds with biz surveys
That means the economy grew 0.1% over Q4 as a whole (the BoE said last week it would be a 0.1% quarterly drop).
Decent month for services and manufacturing, at odds with biz surveys
Woke up from the most bizarre F1 related dream. Still vivid a couple of hours later.
First race of the season and for some reason it's on a beach. We're all sat waiting for the tide to go out as waves wash into the pitlane.
First race of the season and for some reason it's on a beach. We're all sat waiting for the tide to go out as waves wash into the pitlane.
February 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Woke up from the most bizarre F1 related dream. Still vivid a couple of hours later.
First race of the season and for some reason it's on a beach. We're all sat waiting for the tide to go out as waves wash into the pitlane.
First race of the season and for some reason it's on a beach. We're all sat waiting for the tide to go out as waves wash into the pitlane.
Farewell Glasgow, you've been absolutely awesome.
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Farewell Glasgow, you've been absolutely awesome.
Law of gigs no. 37: if you have the perfect spot, as the first song starts, a 6'4" man with massive hair will come and stand right in front of you.
January 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Law of gigs no. 37: if you have the perfect spot, as the first song starts, a 6'4" man with massive hair will come and stand right in front of you.
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This chart from my article this week is pretty scary. 12-hour waits in emergency departments were non-existent in the 2010s in England. Now they're the new normal and are leading to thousands of extra deaths a year: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This chart from my article this week is pretty scary. 12-hour waits in emergency departments were non-existent in the 2010s in England. Now they're the new normal and are leading to thousands of extra deaths a year: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Yes, I am a remainer. As in, I remain absolutely furious about the total disaster inflicted on our country by Brexiteers.
I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016!
(fagpacket maths follows)
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(fagpacket maths follows)
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January 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Yes, I am a remainer. As in, I remain absolutely furious about the total disaster inflicted on our country by Brexiteers.