Some general guff and links from a guy who is variously: Senior Director of Engineering Operations at Deltatre (OTT Division), a tinkerer / maker and breaker of things, a biker, a bespoke liqueur maker, a craft beer aficionado, and an apprentice polymath (AKA an easily distracted semi-professional geek with no other qualifications in anything tangible or useful in the real world). All opinions are my own (or shamelessly stolen).Tumblr (3.0; @andyhawkes)https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/Brands in the era of voice: Some thoughts on how brands need to adapt to the increase in voice...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/182369354073https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/182369354073Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:55:06 +0000AR, VR, MR – how brands can play with new realities: A little something I wrote last year about the...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/182369342313https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/182369342313Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:54:04 +0000augmented realityvirtual realitymixed realityCould marketers misuse artificial intelligence?: It seems like everyone is talking about AI at the...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/151704592383https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/151704592383Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:07:03 +0100artificial intelligenceaimarketing technologyThe myth of low-hanging fruit: “Declaring that an unfamiliar task will yield low-hanging fruit...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/150720052888https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/150720052888Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:00:01 +0100<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6968db4ce9bc28edf70c8cadfab8ffa4/tumblr_o9e8ft1KdD1twv5ryo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sevenseventyfive.tumblr.com/post/146513979936/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-frankly" class="tumblr_blog">sevenseventyfive</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>So long, and thanks for all the fish…<br/> Frankly, I’m feeling completely horrified and bewildered by the EU referendum result here in the UK. All I can hope for now is a miracle.<br/> •<br/> #makedaily #calligraphy #calligraffiti #calligritype #calligraphymasters #typographyinspired #inking #ink #lettering #handstyles #thedailytype #caligrafia #graffiti #showusyourtype #graphicdesign #goodtype #typedaily #typespire #handmadefont #art <a href="http://ift.tt/28UzQqP">http://ift.tt/28UzQqP</a></p></blockquote> <p>Love this caligraphy (and sentiment) from a fellow Neotist!</p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/146651677128https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/146651677128Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:09:33 +0100“Some thoughts on the Brexit fallout…”: Some thoughts on the Brexit fallout, by me.https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/146651371053https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/146651371053Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:58:26 +0100brexitdemocracypoliticsracismxenophobia“Say my job was shifting big rocks from one pile to another. And a tool was invented that let...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/141139516723https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/141139516723Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:25:28 +0000work/life balance“Want to kill innovation? Make people attend meetings all day. Send them emails every 30...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/141139456173https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/141139456173Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:22:38 +0000innovation“When there’s no one looking, how do we behave? When we have no reason to be nice to someone,...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/134326641978https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/134326641978Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:26:11 +0000“Anyone can now make a thing. But making the right thing, that’s the trick.” - Paul...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131147395938https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131147395938Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:09:23 +0100<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/23a6620cca839d841fc0504e535ee568/tumblr_nw5lmx2emt1s3hp12o1_r1_500.gifv"/><br/> www.steampunktendencies.com<br/><br/> <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/df6d706c2742e423e6fdad2d3132f544/tumblr_nw5lmx2emt1s3hp12o2_r1_500.gifv"/><br/> www.steampunktendencies.com<br/><br/> <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3bf150509524ad502b0a0be1e19cd280/tumblr_nw5lmx2emt1s3hp12o3_r1_500.gifv"/><br/> www.steampunktendencies.com<br/><br/> <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/15eec573bc9e924e9542486a7d0dd3ea/tumblr_nw5lmx2emt1s3hp12o4_r1_500.gifv"/><br/> www.steampunktendencies.com<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://steampunktendencies.tumblr.com/post/131081473654">steampunktendencies</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> Colibri is a wooden kinetic sculpture that simulates the motion of a hummingbird in flight. by <a href="http://www.derekhugger.com/colibri.html">Derek Hugger </a><br/></p> </blockquote> <p>This is stunning. Simply stunning!</p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131088296318https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131088296318Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:56:15 +0100wantLook at me - I'm in 3D!: 3D scanning is starting to get really interesting!Now where can I get...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131088258543https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/131088258543Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:55:17 +01003d scanner“The spirit of Silicon Valley should not dictate policy for the rest of the world.” -...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/125265307708https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/125265307708Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:10:38 +0100silicon valleyvalley mentalitysharing economyuber<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/601ba104adf85a57d374de70ce7e7320/tumblr_nrowxe7Faz1qztbv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bottled summer (AKA Strawberry Gin)</p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/124412342293https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/124412342293Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:41:38 +0100responsivenews: Responsive Web Design (RWD) builds on the primary design principle underlying the...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/123969967768https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/123969967768Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:20:46 +0100responsiverwdlocalizationinternationalizationl10ni18n<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/58ba4098accaa2ae3a00caae20a1743b/tumblr_nqe2cqOKac1uz8rroo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Snapchat care about “not being creepy” so much that they’ve just gone into business with the vile, misogynist, creepy-as-hell Daily Mail website with its “sidebar of shame”…</p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/122329607398https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/122329607398Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:27:12 +0100<br/><br/><p>The good folks at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/business/media/snapchat-joins-daily-mail-and-wpp-agency-in-marketing-venture.html?ref=technology&_r=0">WPP have teamed up with Snapchat and the (vile, hypocritical scum at the) Daily Mail</a> website…</p><p>to form “Truffle Pig”…</p><p><i>[kill me now]</i></p><p>to “create social content for brands”…</p><p><i>[please, just end the misery]</i></p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/122329337328https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/122329337328Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:19:37 +0100end of dayscannesadvertisingmarketingbranded contentaxis of evil“Meanwhile, oldmedia continues to call people greedy and selfish for not buying their...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/121660796203https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/121660796203Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:47:59 +0100Microsoft Band review: horrible (but good for you): “As a sign that Microsoft genuinely has...https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/119344093068https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/119344093068Tue, 19 May 2015 07:38:39 +0100wearablemicrosoft<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/db2410efe9451ede0bcbc20b9a93869d/tumblr_nn73zviSBf1qztbv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Morning!</p>https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/117068007818https://iam.andyhawkes.co.uk/post/117068007818Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:43:07 +0100