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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We walked the red carpet, grabbed some tasty canapés, had some glasses of champagne and watched the thrilling documentary ‘AI Agents - How Do We Take Control Back’, the full VIP treat after a most insightful Day 1 of FOST London Conference.

Networking with drinks & canapés pre Agentic AI documentation screening.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I was stumbling across this little gem: Colorstrology - A little book on Pantone colours related to birthdays. Beside briefly describing each personality, it also specifically looks into each colour’s benefits. It certainly might come very handy when working on personal branding projects.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

YOU DON’T NEED JAVASCRIPT A practical guide to create modern websites and interfaces using only CSS by THEO SOTI has finally landed as a book. I can’t wait spinning up BB-Edit …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Between 0 and 1 there are infinite possibilities. The world ain’t black & white. Wishing everyone a happy Non-Binary People’s Day!

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

La Migra! End of Schengen as soon you want to visit Germoney.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A very smooth ride until this sign came along …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Still in London but already Europe! It’s quite amazing how swift automated Schengen border control works out at St Pancras International, especially as U.K. resident holding an EU passport.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It certainly is magical area for some to enjoy good drafted pint already at 5am, or purchase a litre of duty free booze from 12 quid.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

With border control and custom sorted, i believe this St Pancras International platform is already Europe, even its Central at London. When coming off the train Amsterdam Centraal in only 4 hours there won’t be any more checks ….

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It’s so valuable attending Computing’s quite intimate annual IT Leaders Summit at One Moorgate. Shared insights without that vendor fluff on global technology challenges, workforce and societal obstacles makes it a truly inspiring event.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Wishing all gender-fluid individuals a most beautiful Non-Binary People’s Day. #diversity

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A Rage For / Against the Machine panel certainly provides a great conclusion after debating all day A.I. in research, creativity and UX design. #HCID2025 #ParadigmShift

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

At the iconic historic IoD for One Executive Day discussion the finer aspects and implications of using AI and Low-Code to build enterprise grade applications …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“The EU A.I. Act might be good for your organisation, even if you’re not obliged to use it”, recommends Duncan Brown from IDC.

Duncan Brown from IDC presenting his Cybersecurity Summit keynote.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

At The Biltmore in sunny Mayfair today for IDC’s Cybersecurity Summit discussing the darker aspects of internet technology.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

It’s quite fascinating when it comes to a panel on The Dark Side Of The Money that honestly absolutely no investors are in the room. #Equity #Investment #RareFounders

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Without having to stay at a hotel, I’m so glad that there’s a very swift 06:33 LNER service from KingsX to Leeds, reaching my workshop already by 9am.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

‘Software should be soft, should work the way you want, not the others way around’, nicely says Ivan Zhao, Founder and CEO, Notion. #MakeWithNotion

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Today’s Barcamp London XIII unconference grid is up, and I’m looking forward to my ‘Preserving Copyright by Preventing A.I. Content Scraping - Let’s Geek Out’ session. I assume it’ll be fun and most insightful … #BCLxiii

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

“People who tend to know nothing often are the loudest”, explains Steve Faulkner during his insightful #SotB2024 ‘No Industry for Old Men’ talk.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Lesson’s of the day: - Do not switch from presentation mode to live browser action! It will not only reset your timer but also messes up your presentation flow. - Get more practice with my new shiny Logitech R800 Presenter. Anyhow, it was great to share vital HTML fundamentals w/ web professionals

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

So inspiring having incredible conversations with all those lovely creatives during Design Districts 2nd B-Day celebrations, so memorable, so much happiness, so inspiring.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

“80% of value of a system is delivered by 20% of its outputs.” A very insightful workshop on #OOPSI , based on Behaviour Driven Development taking customer behaviour as starting point by Jenny Martin. #AgileAtSky

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

“Always map the journey in its customer context”, emphasis is John-Paul Clare during today’s hands-on #AgileAtSky journey mapping workshop.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

“The customer is not an expert on your product, the customer is an expert on their problems”, enlightens us Johnathan Lucky during his ‘Mastering Customer Interviews’ workshop. #AgileAtSky

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