Dr John Whelan SFHEA

My open letter marking the Web’s 35th birthday addresses the erosion of the web’s core values and resulting power imbalances that are influencing transformative technologies, reshaping geopolitics and driving economic shifts. The time to act is now. 👇 @timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@timberners_le…

The tail end of Autumn @UniOfHull @HullCompSci

I'm at #BEYONDconf @BeyondCnf next week at the Royal Institution in London, discussing cultures of creative AI. It looks to be an incredible event with an amazing cross section of creative industries and researchers.

Google's new Immersive View for Maps using Neural Radiance Fields looks impressive - especially the traffic simulation.

Gold! We are thrilled our outstanding teaching, learning and student outcomes have been recognised with the highest award in the latest TEF. Huge congratulations & thanks to our outstanding staff and students.

The 10 most creative ads I've collected this week: 1. Luxor Highlighters

Big news: we’ve expanded the functionality of the My Porsche app to provide new features within Apple CarPlay®. Porsche is the first automotive manufacturer to allow for easier access of vehicle functions within an app in CarPlay®. newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2023/pro… #Porsche #Carplay

Incredible photo. Steel from these works built the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1923 - 1932) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorman_Lo…

“Let’s stop the handwaving and design a sequence diagram. ” This is what I would say to my team when I see a technical design session going nowhere. Sequence diagrams are such an overlooked and powerful tool to unpack complex user flow across any number of application layers.

When you're on a plane and accidentally catch a rocket lifoff. (SpaceX HAKUTO-R + NASA JPL's Lunar Flashlight) [📹 chefpinkpr: buff.ly/3wlM09m]

Removing the polarization filter from a phone screen [source: buff.ly/3D3GtIc] [explanation: buff.ly/2IxaRjX]

Generative AI will do for content creation what the internet did for distribution

Happy 20th Birthday, Second Life! What an exciting adventure it has been to watch you grow up, and I'm looking forward to many years yet to come. Love, Philip theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

@Peston Covid risk register- mitigation deleted? Or not in place?

Absolutely astonishing document revealed by Covid-19 inquiry in its grilling of Matt Hancock. It is attached and shows risk assessment of potential health shocks. Risk of major infectious disease is flagged as high (red alert) but the mitigation boxes are empty of any content. Hancock insists this does not show there was no prophylaxis under consideration or in place.

Even rock royalty knows that there is no better way to travel to Glastonbury than by train! 🤘 You never know who is going to churn up on board our trains! #FooFighters #Glastonbury23 #TheChurnups

"After six months of effort, it's done. We're out of the cloud. The last application was brought home to our own hardware on Wednesday. Hallelujah!" world.hey.com/dhh/we-have-le…

Saw the same at Jervis Bay NSW. Did not have a camera…

Today is a big day! Dev Mode launches in @figma. It's the culmination of an ~18-month journey, filled with countless riffs, prototypes, reviews, PRDs, and PM mocks. Here's my story of how we got here. 🧵