Reformed journalist, reformed consultant, now I design electronic musical instruments: musicthing.co.uk/

Joined April 2007
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Replying to @RossMcCaff
I used to work for Shipman’s local MP and he had a stack of letters written from prison complaining about this very topic.
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6 Dec 2025
21. A study of 500 diners found “attractive servers earn approximately $1,261 more per year in tips than unattractive servers.” Mostly because of “female customers tipping attractive females more than unattractive females.” And many more
I just published 52 things I learned in 2025 medium.com/p/52-things-i-lea…
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Steve Jobs announced a feature called Smart Shuffle, which made iPod randomisation less random, in order to appear more random, in Sep 2005. Twenty years later, Spotify are still trying to find a shuffle algorithm that users like – @TomWhitwell medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-t…
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Hello friends. At long last that annual moment has come. My friend @TomWhitwell has posted his list of 52 things he learned in 2025. I look forward to this more than Christmas. This year's list is an all timer that includes this titbit:
I just published 52 things I learned in 2025 medium.com/p/52-things-i-lea…
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A special Sound Bureau is happening on Tuesday November 11th where we feature @TomWhitwell's Music Thing Modular #workshopsystem advanced tickets from: wegottickets.com/event/67989…
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NEW ANALYSIS: A potential game changer for global emissions: China is on track for fall in emissions in 2025. Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in H1 2025. Excellent @CREACleanAir analysis in @CarbonBrief carbonbrief.org/analysis-rec…
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Here's @DANIELPEMBERTON recording his Golden Globe nominated Across the Spider-Verse score IN MY SHED.
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Pay what you like for a Music Thing Modular Workshop system, inspired by @jugendingenieur musicthing.co.uk/NYP/
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New Workshop Newsletter is out: workshopsystem.substack.com/…
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Just when you thought you were done for a little while and then that @musicthing thing you’ve been waiting since @MachinaBris in Sept comes into stock #Sold #Thonk
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