Hello again,

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Hope you're well and here are the things you might find interesting from my recent adventures in "living on the internet so you don't have to".

When David Hockney, Allen Jones and Gordon Ramsay met for lunch
A rather amusing story from 2004 about expectations of great artists including Jurgen Teller. Thanks to Daniel for the link.

82 tiny changes to transform your B2B marketing
More amusing than it might sound at first but trust me this is worth a click.

38. Ask ChatGPT to write an ad headline to promote your offering – print it out and remember never to run anything like it

DPD AI chatbot swears, calls itself ‘useless’ and criticises delivery firm
Most enjoyable!

What we lost when Twitter became X
Lots of things to ponder in this New Yorker article and a real shame the incel man child took over my favourite place.

Photographer discovers polar bears that took over abandoned building

Photographer Dmitry Kokh traveled through islands in the Chukchi Sea when he came across Kolyuchin Island: a now abandoned Polar Bear playground 🐻‍❄️🏚️

Chromophobia - Articles of interest (podcast)

Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie.

Experience: my house is Insta-famous
What it's like when everyone takes a picture of your front door step and the Instafication of everything around us.

Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation
A fascinating look at where the slide show or 'deck' has come from and the issues around by the MIT Technology Review.

Post it notes, Reddit and the power of commumity
Genuinely one of the best things I've read in years!

The GIF's from Total Recall

Come on Cohaagen, you got what you want. Give these people air!

That's all for this week. More links to follow who knows when...

Love as always,

Andy x

(no requests for a coffee this time as BuyMeACoffee closed my account and stole my money)