Note archive: May, 2025

Going to Cork, like. brb

When evaluating any technology I understand why it’s important to ask “how might this benefit me” but it’s more important to first ask “how might this harm others”.

Reading Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor.

When someone breezily tells me how they’re using a large language model, I can feel myself channeling Luthen Rael.

“How nice for you” I say, the words seething with contempt.

Reminder: standard ticket pricing for UX London ends at midnight tomorrow (Friday), so if you haven’t got your ticket yet, get in there now!

https://ti.to/clearleft/ux-london-2025

Remember intranets?

Pepperidge Farm remembers

Octavia Butlerian Jihad

Proposal to rename language model benchmarks to Top Of The Slops.

The editor in me is itching to insert the very necessary word “proposed” into the phrase “the HTML permission element” throughout this article:

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/enhancements-to-permission-element

The beauty ain’t in the necklace. It’s in the neck.

Maybe that’s my problem with AI-generated prose: it’s all necklace, no neck.

— Adam Mastroianni

Reading Folk by Zoe Gilbert.

Going to Namur. brb

I know I’m biased but I think the line-up for this year’s UX London is looking fantastic:

https://2025.uxlondon.com/speakers/

June 10th, 11th, and 12th—come for one day or come for all three!

Why is the new pope being elected at a Figma event?

Reading The Voyage Home by Pat Barker.