I think this could be the best tv ad ever - vivid, persuasive, factual, memorable and to the point... and I nearly choked laughing. Brittany Ferries Parrot Advert 1980s 80s UK youtu.be/ln-03t4yeAU?si… via YouTube

"You've gotta start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology" (What Steve Jobs knew that advertising won't ever learn.)

This is something that Boris, Sunak, Labour and the ignorant but self-regarding British press pack did not even think about during the Covid spending binge.

Exactly

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers🎩🪄 Free Fallin' May 20th, 1989, Season Finale of #SNL Introduced by #SteveMartin #TomPetty #Classic

He may be pale, stale and male but Lord Forsyth’s passion in House of Lords yesterday, rebuking farmed salmon practices was palpable. He blames the previous government for looking the other way. Let’s hope Steve Reed MP bans this terrible Norwegian imported industry and soon.

What a great video. I never saw this one before. 1960 Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra singing each other’s songs.

Actually amazing to see a heat pump averaging 500% energy efficiency in the UK with a full 12 months data. Well done to the installer EL COPO, the manufacturer Viessmann Climate Solutions UK and to OpenEnergyMonitor for supplying the best heat pump monitoring kit. 👏

A distinguished retired Admiral, in The Times today, echoes my contrast yesterday between the jingo tub thumping of UK politicians, and the pitiful state of our actual military capacity.

Remembering the legendary Jimi Hendrix, who passed away on this day in 1970… Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as the greatest and one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most

"Journalism is about people bringing their imagination to writing on subjects they understand." Patrick Sargeant

We should be very wary of large-majority governments and their incurious MPs throwing their weight around to avoid scrutiny and accountability. #pressfreedom

All credit to Mail+ for this story dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

1 year ago still grafting 🏃🏼‍♂️

A sales conversation is your opportunity to take someone through a process that helps you rapidly understand how you can help them. That process is simple and based on 3 types of questions: 1. Where are you now? 2. Where do you want to be? 3. What's in the way? That's it.

A growing economy is easy. You only need three things: 1. High-skilled labour relative to unskilled labour. You need engineers, entrepreneurs, IT profesionals, scientists, executives, etc. These people need to be high-agency individuals who can easily form teams. 2. You need

Feedback on new-ish National Rail app. Page with favourite stations, where you saw departures at a glance, is gone - now must type in two stations each use. Also slow to load wherever used.

Too-loud, too-long announcements as ever on GWR. Done any polling? I'm sure most people dislike them as much as I. #captiveaudience

On the money as ever Margareta Pagano thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/…

Congrats to very helpful, knowledgeable chap at Three UK #Newbury on Friday who talked me through dual-sim process, saving me time and money. A real champ you're fortunate to have.