Ben Ward

Work technology advocate. Views and opinions etc

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

The @Meta layoffs look more like bad management than AI or pandemic over-hiring. Compare to Microsoft and Salesforce who’ve kept their headcount despite big AI bets.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@eigenrobot Interestingly, if you look beyond the layoff numbers, even at big tech, you can see headcount drift back up after these major layoff announcements. This is more about changing the workforce structure than reducing headcount.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@guyrleech @DanielW_Kiwi

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@guyrleech Frankie says…

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

Time for the North to become independent I think. Rejoin the EU for some sweet development funds and actually get the infrastructure investment needed to reach the North’s potential.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

And there it is. Embargo is finished. Yorkshire Post press publish first. But I have my suspicions there's quite a lot more to this story than what they're reporting. https://t.co/MOcYqoCT9c

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

Great explanation. The key to all of this though is specialisation. The more specialists a society has, the more it can grow.

Very few people in a developed economy are involved in house building or food provision; most are involved in ‘esoteric’ activities that only very indirectly support these activities.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@Jordan_W_Taylor You should count the cranes in Leeds. Massive amount of building work and regeneration going on, more than I’ve ever seen before

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@fisheryeah @levelsio The UK beats China and the rest of Europe too on this basis. The UK is the largest tech startup scene globally outside of the US and China

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

Musk acquired Twitter in late 2022. He slashed the workforce and set the example that tech companies can operate on much lower staffing levels.

In Twitter’s case, it was obviously bloated for a social media platform. That’s no excuse for the B2B tech giants slashing staff though, Musk just made it fashionable.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@thomasforth Every. Single. Time. The North needs full devolution. It can no longer count on the South for spending decisions.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk Musk is in his villain era

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk We all know how this ends

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk Yes but why does it insist on telling me the time and date every time? Is that a way of delaying the main response?

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk I have a cooker hood that looks very similar.
Wife will tell me off if I graffiti it though. Again.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk @xai Asimov would be proud 🥹

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@PolitlcsUK Distracting the BBC Pol Ed with the state of UK finances

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@BBCNews Reminding the BBC Politics Editor about the state of UK finances

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

If you want your Apple Music downloads to be in Hi-Res Lossless, you need to turn this off.

This is in addition to turning off Dolby Atmos.

Can’t believe how long it took to find this.

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

@elonmusk It’s like the vault of Ely cathedral

[Ben Ward @BenWardUK]

Wow! Look at that lead. Well done to all the leaders. And Parallels is basically a leader here too…

[Christiaan Brinkhoff @Brinkhoff_C]

Excited to share that for the 3rd year, we’ve been named #Leader in Desktop as a Service (#DaaS) by the #Gartner®️ Magic #Quadrant™ for the third year running. Working back from the customer and ensuring our roadmap is solid as team has been such a great experiences. Congratulations to our whole team involved!

➡️ Read the full report to learn more why:
https://t.co/a38LUZLB2A