Ed Everett

@edeverett
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Human out of the loop

Generalist designer going deep on service design, UX and strategy

South London suburbia

#design #ux #uxDesign #serviceDesign #strategicDesign #UCD #productDesign #productManagement

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Like the proverbial AK47, 'not giving a fuck' is neutral. LLMs don't make shit content, people do

If your brand is 'I don't give a fuck' (like Trump) then this will suit you perfectly

I did graph so now it's science fact

I'm noodling on the hypothesis that the overriding aesthetic of LLM content creation is "I don't care"

RE: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy/116687097878815796

This is another reason why chatbots are stalling or even regressing—the training data is getting more and more poisoned from the use of LLMs to manipulate chatbots.

Chatbot centipede

Random marketing × etymolgy I've learned recently:

Bikinis were named after the then recent nuclear bomb test on the atol to make the swimsuits sound exciting. Having previously been unsuccesfully marketed as 'atoms'.

Magenta was renamed after a french military victory near Milan, the synthetic dye having just been invented. I guess they didn't consider the Italian market.

My school's PTA uses AI to create flyers for it's events. I'm using one as an example and went to anonymise it but it's already so anonymous that there was nothing to redact 🙃

It's ok guys, we're not grumpy old farts resisting progress - we're *friction-maxxing*

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/06/friction-maxxing-could-less-convenience-lead-to-much-more-happiness

Friction-maxxing: could less convenience lead to much more happiness?

The conveniences of modern life such as Uber Eats and ChatGPT are robbing us of satisfaction – and worse still, infantilising us. But should we really go back to the basics?

The Guardian

RE: https://mastodon.social/@oscarfalcon/116684434878597702

LLM as dilution is such a perfect metaphor.

RE: https://edeverett.co.uk/2026/06/putting-gods-in-your-pocket/

I did a ranty blog about about how Big LLM™'s project seems to be to give us the power of gods in our pockets. Anything we wish for is ours for a few tokens

But anyone who's read their fairy tails knows that great and poweful gifts usually come with catches...

(Also I wish Wordpress to Mastodon posting preserved the formatting, like at all. Anyone know how I can make that happen?)

The Pitt is very good television

Dude rode a bike over 1500km in 24 hours.
#BikeTooter
Crazy. I find it tough to drive that far in one go.

https://www.recumbent.news/2026/05/31/confirmed-insane-the-new-24-hour-velomobile-world-record-is-1512-km-940-miles/

Confirmed & Insane: The new 24-Hour Velomobile World Record is 1,512 km / 940 Miles | Recumbent.news

Aidan Lampe rode an astonishing 1,512.775 km / 939.995 miles in 24 hours, setting new WUCA and Guinness World Records.

Recumbent.news