Pete Marcus
@petemarcus.bsky.social
💻Founder at Delphi, a strategic communications consultancy in tech
🤓MSc at the Oxford Internet Institute 2022-24
🥰Tech comms, strategy, culture
🤓MSc at the Oxford Internet Institute 2022-24
🥰Tech comms, strategy, culture
Just getting round to reading the NYT's obit for Tom Stoppard and I'm struck once again by the brilliance of this speech from The Real Thing...
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just getting round to reading the NYT's obit for Tom Stoppard and I'm struck once again by the brilliance of this speech from The Real Thing...
Good chart from @azeem.bsky.social that captures something I've noticed anecdotally: AI obsession from businesses, leaders, elites; AI suspicion from workers and consumers...
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good chart from @azeem.bsky.social that captures something I've noticed anecdotally: AI obsession from businesses, leaders, elites; AI suspicion from workers and consumers...
Interesting TfL data that shows Londoners are slowly coming back the office more and WFH less (via @jim.londoncentric.media)
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Interesting TfL data that shows Londoners are slowly coming back the office more and WFH less (via @jim.londoncentric.media)
Public attitudes to AI, according to Edelman data. Pretty stunning.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Public attitudes to AI, according to Edelman data. Pretty stunning.
Interesting/depressing stats on AI-generated podcasts 👇
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Interesting/depressing stats on AI-generated podcasts 👇
Welcome to the party, guys...
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digiday.com/marketing/th...
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Welcome to the party, guys...
digiday.com/marketing/th...
digiday.com/marketing/th...
TIL this Astronomer ad, made by Ryan Reynolds’ ad agency after the CEO-HR Coldplay gig shenanigans, has more views than the Deadpool 3 trailer…
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
TIL this Astronomer ad, made by Ryan Reynolds’ ad agency after the CEO-HR Coldplay gig shenanigans, has more views than the Deadpool 3 trailer…
Reading Robert Graves’ “Goodbye To All That” and this anecdote is on page one. Wondering how far backwards and forwards we could take this chain of connections…?
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reading Robert Graves’ “Goodbye To All That” and this anecdote is on page one. Wondering how far backwards and forwards we could take this chain of connections…?
So much of this "Matt Clifford 4 PM" stuff just seems to be America-brained wishful thinking. In the Westminster system you can't just donate £100k/£1m to get someone to 'run for PM'. That's not how this works. And smart tech people should know that.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So much of this "Matt Clifford 4 PM" stuff just seems to be America-brained wishful thinking. In the Westminster system you can't just donate £100k/£1m to get someone to 'run for PM'. That's not how this works. And smart tech people should know that.
The average American now spends 13 hours a day on tech/media, including 5 hours on video. Because of multitasking, it adds up to a 32-hour day...
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The average American now spends 13 hours a day on tech/media, including 5 hours on video. Because of multitasking, it adds up to a 32-hour day...
Was this a subtle apology today?
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Was this a subtle apology today?
So weird to see a new beauty store opening in Westfield, plastered with a giant AI-generated image…
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
So weird to see a new beauty store opening in Westfield, plastered with a giant AI-generated image…
The “three threes” — the new standard for political communications in the 2020s…
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The “three threes” — the new standard for political communications in the 2020s…
Sad to see Vogue House like this.
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sad to see Vogue House like this.
This was really interesting to me. Forget 'dark kitchens'. The new thing in food is 'host kitchens'. (via @jim.londoncentric.media) www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This was really interesting to me. Forget 'dark kitchens'. The new thing in food is 'host kitchens'. (via @jim.londoncentric.media) www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lime's UK revenue has basically doubled every year for the past four years. Maybe one of the true legacies of the pandemic.
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lime's UK revenue has basically doubled every year for the past four years. Maybe one of the true legacies of the pandemic.
The founder of Lululemon took out an ad in the WSJ to complain about its new owners. Especially love the idea that the company should have a close connection to its ideal customer: “The muse—the woman who inspires the brand”.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The founder of Lululemon took out an ad in the WSJ to complain about its new owners. Especially love the idea that the company should have a close connection to its ideal customer: “The muse—the woman who inspires the brand”.
Interesting positioning from Netflix. “A season of visionary directors”. Awards season is coming.
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Interesting positioning from Netflix. “A season of visionary directors”. Awards season is coming.
An interesting value proposition for bag storage
October 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
An interesting value proposition for bag storage
What's going on with Larry Ellison is bonkers
September 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What's going on with Larry Ellison is bonkers
Fascinating analysis by the FT on how US companies are talking about AI. They're emphasising the risks more than a couple of years ago.
www.ft.com/content/e93e...
www.ft.com/content/e93e...
September 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fascinating analysis by the FT on how US companies are talking about AI. They're emphasising the risks more than a couple of years ago.
www.ft.com/content/e93e...
www.ft.com/content/e93e...
Exploiting your distinctive assets…
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Exploiting your distinctive assets…
Always good to be cheered up by the new issue of The Economist…
September 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Always good to be cheered up by the new issue of The Economist…