Louisa Mac

@Changememe
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Digital Strategist/project manager. Love chocolate, sunshine, sailing, reading, writing, my cat, my friends, my job - not necessarily in that order.

I write about digital, ux, privacy, business and communications. I live in the Netherlands, and write about that too.

Taking recommendations for books to read and people to follow.

DIGITAL, COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATIONhttps://change-meme.com/
LIFE IN THE HAGUEhttps://notourist.wordpress.com/
Louisa MacMay 29, 2024

Psst... need chocolate at midnight?
No problem, there's a chocolate dispensary on Piet Heinstraat in the Hague. #chocolate #DeBonteKoe

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/midnight-chocolate/

Midnight Chocolate

Need chocolate at midnight? No problem, De Bonte Koe (The Colourful Cow) has a “chocolat automaat”, where you can swipe your card and collect luxury chocolates. There were a range of pr…

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacApr 25, 2024

King's Day is coming up, I'll be buying plants for my tiny balcony and chilling out in the city. But King's Night - wow, what a party #koningsnacht #koningsdag #kingsday

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2024/04/25/kings-day-den-haag-edition/

King’s Day – Den Haag Edition

Let’s start with Koningsnacht, King’s Night. The city centre will become a music festive called “The Life I Live” from 7pm to 1am, with bands playing at five stages around t…

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacApr 12, 2024

The Dutch government is in the Hague, but the capital is Amsterdam. But why? Blame Napoleon. #history #capitalcity #amsterdam #denhaag

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2024/04/12/blame-napoleon/

Blame Napoleon

Why is Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands when the government is in the Hague? I always assumed it was one of those weird political compromises – like Canberra being in it’s own t…

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacApr 5, 2024

It's a big old church. In the middle of The Hague the Grote Kerk is one of the oldest buildings in the city. #DenHaag #TheHague #history

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/its-a-big-church/

It’s a big church

What’s in a name? It’s usually called Grote Kerk, which is Dutch for “Big Church”, and given that the tower is 92.5m tall it’s a name that works. For centuries its tow…

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacNov 23, 2023

Wondering what happened at OpenAI?

Here's an explanation for normal people.

https://maxread.substack.com/p/the-interested-normies-guide-to-openai

#AI #CEO

The interested normie's guide to OpenAI drama

Who is Sam Altman? What is OpenAI? And what does this have to do with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wife??

Read Max
Louisa MacSep 29, 2023

On a visit to Amsterdam I accidentally visited the very moving National Holocaust Names Monument. The design is a simple concept laden with meaning.

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/in-memory-of/

In Memory Of

I found it by accident, although I knew it was there, I’ve passed it from the street often enough. A brick wall, in warm, dappled, autumnal light, with a name etched on each brick. A name, a …

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacAug 28, 2023

I excavated my old twitter account for the longest trip down memory lane I've ever taken. This will (I think) be my last post about twitter.

https://change-meme.com/2023/08/28/it-was-fun-while-it-lasted/

#twitter

It was fun while it lasted

Goodbye twitter. I’ve been watching the developments on twitter, and the changes being made, and finally made the decision to walk away. What put me over the edge? A lot of things. To be hone…

Change Meme
Louisa MacAug 20, 2023
Julian DayAug 20, 2023
I'd like to be snarky about this, but it's sad to watch #Twitter's slow death. That stupid, beautiful site has been vital to me in my development as a poet. And as someone who can probably be described as Very Online, I used to find the site good in a bunch of other ways as well. But at some point, you have to go. He's deleting old tweets to save a bit of money on storage space. And meanwhile, all the tweets on the Arab Spring, the Mumbai attacks, etc, are gone. They're just...gone.
Louisa MacJul 31, 2023

A bit of history - turns out the cute statue opposite the Parliament buildings was a real person, and at the age of 12 he ran the place. #DutchHistory

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2023/07/31/jantje/

Jantje

There’s a statue of a small boy facing the parliament buildings, and he’s known as “Jantje” (Jant-ye), he wears a hat with an exotic plume in his hat and carries a basket of…

I am not a tourist
Louisa MacJul 2, 2023

In a moving speech King Willem-Alexander apologised for the role the Netherlands had played in the ownership and trade of people. It's an amazing step, let's see what actions follow.

#netherlands #slavery #history

https://notourist.wordpress.com/2023/07/02/the-kings-speech/

The King’s Speech

On the 1st July, at a commemoration of National Remembrance Day of Slavery Past at the National Monument Slavery Past Amsterdam, King Willem-Alexander, the Dutch King formally apologised for the Du…

I am not a tourist