He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4
Ray Newman
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My top ten Stephen Speilburg films:
10. Jurrasic Park
9. 1942
8. Huck
7. Catch Me If You Must
6. Amstrad
5. Saving Private Ron
4. Indianer Jones and the Tombola of Doop
3. The BFT
2. E.P. - The Extra Tressletable
1. Jows
This is a smart approach.
Ben Baker
Vaguely wiki-ing random 1950s London characters in the wake of Alan Moore’s latest novel, and discovered that the extravagant racecourse tipster Prince Monolulu died of choking to death on a Black Magic strawberry cream given to him by Jeffrey Barnard
The Crungus has assumed human form.
Ray Newman
I’ve been thinking:
- Films with multimillion budgets and an army of people to check detail often get away with HUGE mistakes or oversights
- An independent author pouring out their soul will be BODIED for mismatching a cotton used in bedsheets with the period they’re writing about by like a year
Roobarb
Me on a Teams call: "Sorry, could you say that again? There was a steamroller going past my office window."
Them: "?"
Me:
Also true of all kinds of tech products. I used to work with financial technology (fintech) companies on marketing and a failure to describe what the product did, how it did it better, or why anyone should care, was often the first stumbling block.
Digital transformation.
A half hour walk with the latest @radiolento.bsky.social in my ears has been remarkably transformative. My stupid nervous system doesn't realise I haven't actually been in a forest.
radiolento.podbean.com
