James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 26/09/2026MeasureCamp London going with a somewhat brave 'we're all a bunch of cowboys' theme this year 040
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 18/09/2026I feel personally attacked by this age group selector 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 16/09/2026Why do schools love sending information to parents as PDF attachments? Just put it in a plain text email so I can search it and read it on my mobile! I don't care how it looks, I just want to know when my daughter needs to bring her PE kit in 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 14/09/2026Call me cynical but this feels like a marketing play. It positions the tech as extremely powerful while also pricing in any future lack of progressuk.finance.yahoo.comAnthropic, OpenAI CEOs call for pacing AI development after researcher says technology could ‘kill all humans’Anthropic and OpenAI are calling for the AI industry to pace development of high-powered models. 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 04/09/2026I've been here - not with images but with technical SEO. Client followed ChatGPT advice and ended up getting in a tangle. Doubt started to creep in so they turned to a human (me) to unpick it alltheguardian.comFreelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to clean up its mistakes rather than create original work 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 13/08/2026Great example of misheard song lyrics: my daughter thinks the song Shallow Grave by @themountaingoats.bsky.social is about (the actor Timothee) Chalamet Chalamet, out in the middle of things Chalamet, go get a bucket of chicken wings 020
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 08/08/2026Tom Holland is actually just a region in Tom Netherlands 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 07/08/2026Pootling through the East Mids on a train. I like how Long Eaton has a short platform 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 01/08/2026In other news, the Lidl near me is actually really big 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 01/08/2026Use Slack for your business and want to save a bit of money? Go to cancel your paid plan and chances are you'll be offered a 50% discount instead. You're welcome. 011
Reposted by James Clark | Technically ProductMark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 26/07/2026you: this cell contains text that *looks* like a date, but it isn't Excel: got it you: you're going to turn it into a date, aren't you Excel: that is my nature, yes 2122
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 24/07/2026There's a line from Dostoevsky that a couple of Russians quoted to me when I lived there: "Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart." The people you are talking about aren't choosing narrow-mindedness so much as avoiding discomfort. 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 23/07/2026I'm quite enjoying Schroedinger's Burnham. His cost of living policies apparently involve a) so little money that they will make no difference and b) so much money that they will bankrupt us all 020
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 22/07/2026Sorry David, I just meant it is something that you've built a genuinely useful tool. I get the same entitled attitude in comments on my blog posts sometimes ("tell me how to do XYZ...") so I know what's it like. I'd still rather have those comments than no comments at all 100
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 22/07/2026Not excusing their behaviour, but I guess they want it fixed ASAP because the tool is genuinely useful to them. That's something, right? 100
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 22/07/2026I don't get why everyone is talking about watching The Odyssey in 70mm. That's a really tiny screen 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 18/07/2026"For the right moment you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently, when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless." 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 17/07/2026I'm becoming cautiously optimistic about Burnham. Also pleased to get our first PM with an English degree! 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 17/07/2026Understood and thanks! I currently have neither of those things 011
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 17/07/2026Me neither! Though I don't think I have any clients with 100K followers on any one social channel - which I'd heard was the threshold. I have quite a few in the 20-50K range. 110
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 17/07/2026Officially changing my name to Name 130
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 16/07/2026Never mind Celsius vs Fahrenheit. I want a temperature scale where 0 is equal to 0C but 100 is equal to 100F. Best of both! 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 09/07/2026Yes, and the rest will vote for Count Binface 040
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 28/06/2026That's 5:76 p.m. to Americans 160
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 27/06/2026Agreed! And you might find this of interest: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAt a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake MorrisonThe putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook, says poet and author Blake Morrison 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 25/06/2026During my first *decade* of life, the town where I currently live had one single day where the temperature hit 30°C. This year, it has already had 10 days at 30° or more - and we're only in June. 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 21/06/2026I would ban Claudes and Copilots too 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 26/05/2026I was once hired by a Wix witch to fix her website tracking, if that helps? 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 26/05/2026Maybe it's just the hot weather, but this Meta setup option seems confusing. Have I toggled automatic advanced matching on or off? Don't show me an 'on' toggle with the word 'off' alongside! 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 24/05/2026If articles aren't performing, shouldn't responsibility lie with commissioning editors, editorial direction etc? Don't not pay the writers! Shocking 200
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 20/05/2026I was going to buy a tub of olives, but on the side it said "for expiration date see film" and I'm not a fan of video content 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 18/05/2026As a martial artist, it is very important that you do not lose your tempeh 020
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 14/05/2026Plus, creating or engaging with art slows your biological clock! I'm actually 83 www.npr.org/2026/05/12/n...npr.orgEngaging with the arts can slow biological aging, study showsEat well and exercise. That's the classic advice for living a long, healthy life. A new study suggests another habit to add to the list: Let your creative juices flow. 030
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 13/05/2026Don't worry, you nailed it 110
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 13/05/2026Shame - that would have been an amazing way to go 100
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 13/05/2026And the last person to be executed by guillotine in France could have flown on Concorde 150
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 11/05/2026Finally! Audio issues on waking are my biggest bugbear with the Deck. At first it was just crackling, but now the volume level sometimes gets stuck when using headphones 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 10/05/2026Plus, most characters look ridiculous when jumping constantly. At the very least, jump should have a cooldown. 120
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 10/05/2026Open world games would be better if they contained less stuff everywhere. Tripping over something significant every 30 seconds reduces the thrill of discovery. I still remember discovering the turtle in The Faery Tale Adventure (1987). What do I remember discovering in Skyrim? 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 10/05/2026Every time I have a good run of freelance work, something goes wrong with the house that I need to pay to get fixed. I don't know if this is really bad luck (my money always goes on repairs) or really good luck (I always have money for repairs) #freelancelife 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 09/05/2026The key metric is the number of Furiouses per Fast, which you will note is the same for both movies. Unintuitively, 1 Fast 2 Furiouses would have been the superior sequel. 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 09/05/2026It's a sign you cared about the work, the client relationship, your professional reputation - probably all three. People who show their humanity are the best people to work with. 110
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 06/05/2026Handy if you need to put a biscuit down for a bit! 010
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 04/05/2026"Vote for us and we'll build those new hospitals you want but not where you live!" Yep, agree, makes no sense 020
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 04/05/2026Surely pilots can just use the bathroom on the plane 000
James Clark | Technically Product @technicallyproduct.co.uk · 02/05/2026Agreed, and I think the same is true for Alien. 030