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Jack Garfinkel

@curiousscutter

Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them

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the guy in the green mile who says 'i am so tired' but as a service

07.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started sayin β€œHe’s wearing a wire!” when I see these glasses.

One man overheard and pulled them off. 😭😭😭

06.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 800 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4

Sugar Babes overloaded - the singles collection

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Found a sugar babes CD on the pavement so things are looking up ladz

06.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A change in location is not enough to make tech that respects our rights πŸ‘‡

06.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know what this means but I think I get the vibe and thanks I hate it πŸ‘

05.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

strong πŸ‘

05.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am leading with:
- more that 1 thing can be true
- people knowing about the service is good
- meeting people where they are - including search - is good
...and I am going to dig up some search data for scenarios which do not mention service by name but which are directly relevant.

05.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Never had to persuade someone that SEO is good before πŸ˜… GEO not even on the horizon.

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Promoting the service so that users are 'aware' is carrying a lot of weight where I am. Finding the service through google is seen as neutral at best - maybe undesirable.

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Any gov design folk got experience of managing mental models stakeholders in how a service 'should' be found?

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

differences between tesco metro and tesco express - wrong answers only

04.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

If this is true it's got the whiff of a marketing bod vibe spewing specs on a long train ride while mainlining nasal opiates.

04.03.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The cast of "RoboCop" (1987) reciting their favorite lines. Bonus feature from "RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop" (2023).

17.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Someone on this train is wearing a scarf that looks so much like mince I did a double take.

03.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

the practical model effects in red dwarf have held up really well - follow me for more cutting edge takes on broadcast television

03.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

buying a secondhand carley rae jepsen CD and ripping it for my iPod because I am crawling out from under the 'subscriptions only' rock

03.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you know enough to say if it's true, you know too much to tell if it's clear (credit: @cjforms.bsky.social)

02.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the rumours are true and the kids and social media consultation opens today, here are two things I think should be banned from
social media:

1) AI bots
2) recommendations algorithms that optimise for time on site

Firm regulation of both of these things is possible and auditable

02.03.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

live your best life friend x

01.03.2026 09:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone have recommendations for a good basic 3d printer? We have had a shocker of a quality experience with bambuulab, which used to be so good, so anything not that brand ?

28.02.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think assigning me motive here is particularly constructive or kind but I know that comes with the territory when I choose to debate on the Internet πŸ˜… my family will be up shortly - I hope you have a joyful day 🌟

28.02.2026 07:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woz seems pretty sad about that chapter these days, although he does take care to package the good with the bad. I agree that internet culture's relationship with reductive narratives can be frustrating.

28.02.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ justice for the Apple III

28.02.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We see some of these things differently and I am ok with that. And many things can be true at once - I agree about the Apple II being a dead end. Jobs did contribute a lot, yes. Woz has spoken directly to his feelings in recent years. I am sorry we are not able to hear from Jobs also.

28.02.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are many narratives about Jobs from the people whose lives he touched, and he had many eras. But I think it's valid to suggest that his relationship with Woz in the early apple days was not reciprocal and had exploitative elements.

28.02.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple II - Wikipedia

The Apple II Iine was designed and championed by Woz and subsidised all of Jobs' pre departure passion projects - Lisa, Macintosh - but was sidelined by Jobs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

28.02.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Breakout (video game) - Wikipedia

Jobs and Woz's work on Breakout (Jobs on the business side, Woz on engineering) is fairly well documented. Woz got a $350 of a $5,000 bonus that jobs kept secret from Woz. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakou...

28.02.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I found a content debt template on the org's confluence and my heart is full β™₯️🌈

The deep institutional memory is like having a friend. It's nice not to feel alone in the work.

27.02.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

wrong coat maxing

27.02.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0