Alex Blanes

Marketer. Mystic. Patient with people; impatient with tech.

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

As the modern world continues to speed up—and as my own metabolism begins gradually to slow down—I keep thinking of Stuart Brand's theory of "pace layering", from his 1999 book "The Clock of the Long Now". 1/

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

The objective of the war has become undoing the consequence of the war.

The stupidest war in history.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

The main thing AI has taught me is a profound new appreciation for human intelligence (and human writing and art!), particularly that which emerges from longstanding experience, expertise and mastery.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.

This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.

Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.

I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspended my duties so as not to be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it is too late.

Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested “No Kings” in the United States. The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Protest for our humanity and future. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

@PVAenglish Remember: every time world leaders talks about nuclear war, they’s discussing human bodies-the bodies of men, women and kids-being incinerated in an instant, followed by an untold number of agonizing deaths in a long nuclear winter.

Think about this.

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@flavell5 @SkyNews It’s 2024

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

If I was Ed I’d be marching out of Downing Street to greet the press pack eating the biggest fuck off bacon sandwich mankind has ever known

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

This is telling. Labour has not won. The Tories lost and the SNP have lost, whilst Reform and the Greens have won, and the LibDems have been exceedingly organised. But Labour has not won hearts and minds. Not in the slightest.

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@scottygb This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen on live television

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@HateNewbuild Wow a shot of depression with super fast uptake, thanks page

[The State of LinkedIn @StateOfLinkedIn]

Fuck off 😭

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

New brand strategy, who dis?

[James Boodt @JDBoodt]

I love this so much.

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@NotionHQ can I submit a feature request here?

I’d love the iOS share sheet to be a bit more customisable, namely to have the option of including a multi-select field from an associated database!

I would use this (for example) to add tags from my Recipes database:

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@BillyM2k eric.... ERIK 💯

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@regameyk Damn, would have loved to have seen you (moved from Van to London in 2015) — also congrats on the BAFTA!!! 💛

[Joe Perkins @joeprkns]

Last night I used GPT-4 to write code for 5 micro services for a new product.

A (very good) dev quoted £5k and 2 weeks.

GPT-4 delivered the same in 3 hours, for $0.11

Genuinely mind boggling

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@StokeyUpdates Awesome!

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@FrancescoD_Ales Sunrise — my favourite :(

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

did I accomplish my goals for this year? no. but did I look after my physical and mental health? not at all. but did I maintain a proper diet and sleep schedule? listen,

[Alex Blanes @daftmonk]

@NotionHQ Is it possible to set a date property of a database template to the current date?