Peter Barron

Not every destination in Spain is struggling with overtourism. In fact, these places deserve more visitors: frommers.com/trip-ideas/art…

Now hotting up...

Online auction of new drawings of old friends in support of @qbcentre ends Thurs 14 March...

Coming soon - an opportunity to own one of 12 new drawings of Quentin Blake's most famous characters, in support of @qbcentre qbcentre.org.uk/a-dozen-new-dr…

Out now: ⁦@RoryStewartUK⁩ is the first guest on the new series of Desperately Seeking Wisdom. Rory talks about what he’s learned from life, including his lowest moment… You can listen wherever you get podcasts or desperatelyseekingwisdom.com

Road Trip Itinerary: Finding the Best Jamón Ibérico in Spain The story on @Frommers: frommers.com/trip-ideas/foo…

"Illustration is an essential part of our language.." The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opened its spectacular future home at New River Head as part of @openhouselondon & it was a thrill to spy around @qbcentre with @peterbarron1 & @BBCJustinR qbcentre.org.uk

@KatharineQ @TheNewEuropean Thanks very much Katharine, I've enjoyed reading you too!

@peterbarron1 I really enjoyed your long-read about your pilgrimage for @TheNewEuropean:)

John's and my 2022 annual letter for Stripe: stripe.com/annual-updates…. Topics covered include: • The increase in startup creation rates. • Trends in startup hubs. • The perils of "low-revenue mode".

At @Stripe, we've been using AI to improve user experience––better managing fraud, increasing conversion rates, and building better products for our users. Working with @OpenAI, we're now applying GPT-4 to Stripe Docs so developers can get the info they need lightning fast.

This was simultaneously one of the biggest and easiest projects I’ve ever worked on at @Stripe. The whole thing came together in a matter of weeks—GPT-powered Docs, their integration with us, and our integration with them. A testament to the quality of both teams (and APIs).

Scaling People is a tactical playbook for building a company and setting its people up for success, from an executive who was deeply involved in driving growth at both @Google and @Stripe. Available now: press.stripe.com/scaling-people

Wish there was a manual for running a company? @chughesjohnson (long-time COO of Stripe) just wrote one, and it's incredible. It's called "Scaling People", and it's coming out Tuesday. You should get it. I sat down with Claire to dig into her new book. Here's a peek:

📣 attention internet: it's wildly suboptimal to build your own checkout. in 2022, 65,000 businesses upgraded to @stripe's new fancy optimized payment UIs and saw a, on avg, 7% increase in revenue! try 'em: - Checkout: checkout.stripe.dev - Elements: stripe.com/docs/payments/…

Thanks to the incredible support of the UK public, our Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal has so far raised a staggering £100 million. But the humanitarian need is huge and more help is still needed. dec.org.uk

Stripe 🤝 Google Millions of Android phones have just turned into points of sale.

You Probably Can’t Hire Stripe’s First COO But Soon You’ll Be Able To Read Her Book by @hunterwalk link.medium.com/Yn6CTTFApxb

Thank you! Due to the incredible generosity of the U.K. public our Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal has raised over £52 million in the first two days, including £5 million in #UkAidMatch DEC charities are providing urgent aid now. Please donate: dec.org.uk

🧪🚀 NEW FILM from Works in Progress 📈🔬 A conversation with the leaders of ARIA, Britain's £800m effort to build a new DARPA or Bell Labs, which launched yesterday. Feat @ilangur, @matthewclifford, @bswud and @salonium. WATCH: worksinprogress.co/issue/aria-bet…