Tom Coates

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New product strategy & development for the BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone & Eero. I’ve founded a couple of things too.
Twitter@tomcoates
BlogHttp://www.plasticbag.org
Show threadTom CoatesJan 14, 2023
Oh hey @coachtony. This is embarassing. Look at that! It’s an elephant of some kind!
Tom CoatesJan 14, 2023
What are we thinking about the Medium Mastodon server? Good move in the right direction or flavor of the week move from the company that never figured out precisely what it’s for? I’m considering moving over to it? Should I?
Tom CoatesJan 14, 2023
Show threadAndrew FeeneyDec 6, 2022

@kevlin

Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber) described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

Tom CoatesJan 2, 2023
Nate Hanson Dec 29, 2022
This week #Mastodon will pass 9,000,000 users. Every day we're growing and each post you create, or like, or reshare helps us arrive at the future we want.
Show threadTom CoatesDec 22, 2022
Now I’m hiding at the back of a department store staring into space because Christmas shopping is the worst.
Tom CoatesDec 22, 2022
I wrote a post on my blog for the first time in forever too. It’s not a particularly good post, but it felt nice doing it again after so long. http://plasticbag.org/archives/2022/12/how-to-find-me-off-twitter-com/
How to find me off Twitter.com – plasticbag.org

Show threadTom CoatesDec 22, 2022
There’s also quite a substantial feeling of “Thank fuck I (a) no longer have to live here or (b) escaped”
Tom CoatesDec 22, 2022
Walking through my old hometown doing some Christmas shopping and scrutinizing all the faces to see if I recognize anyone from school thirty years ago.
Tom CoatesDec 22, 2022
BeeDec 20, 2022
Tom CoatesDec 20, 2022
A few days with my new niece and jet lag and then a couple of hundred miles of driving and I am exhausted.