Hello! I’m a š¢ public relations professional, and I love the š open web, š open culture, and šļø open cities.
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Thinking Machines
I like this post about ‘impressionist blogging’, mainly because it gives voice to a sense of how using generative AI as a tool shapes the work it serves. I still don’t know how generative AI will work its way into my life. For all the risks that it poses, there are myriad interesting possibilities. But…
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Will It Hurt Anyone, Can I Trust It, & Will It Make Me Look Stupid?
I feel very uncertain about where we are with AI in practical use. It is unavoidable (literally, every time I open Illustrator, I get prompted to use generative AI) and certainly convenient. Iām also too aware, though, of the flip side of AI to feel very comfortable using it. Indeed, an AI holiday planning mishap…
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Threads
I joined Mastodon during one of the waves of user migrations after Elon Musk took over Twitter, and I have to say, I like it there. So I didn’t really know what to make of Threads when people started talking about it.
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A More Complete Picture on New Tech and Society
Iāve had a few interesting conversations in the last couple of weeks that have ended up at the same conclusion: we can talk tech until the cows come home, but the really interesting debatesāthe debates that are too often absent, especially from the Silicon Valley perspectiveāare not from the sciences.
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Media Literacy
https://points.datasociety.net/you-think-you-want-media-literacy-do-you-7cad6af18ec2 I’ve had this link in my reading list for a while, but it is quite timeless. I think we have a sense of the media landscape having found its footing after the upheaval of the internet’s arrival, but really, I think the last 20 years have only been the beginning of our reckoning of…
A passion for communicating
My work is centred on making āexpertā topics understandable, helping to connect people and ideas.
Making the complicated simple
I find ways to make complicated topics simple through clear communication.
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I build the foundations for strong public and non-profit sector communication.
Open systems
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