Ian Wareing

Digital products, services and experiences. Product Manager at @OpenAthens, part of @Jisc. Design thinker, #FPL tinkerer and snowflake remainer

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I’ve done a lot of work with the BBC over the years and have always been fiercely proud of them as an institution, but this stranglehold that the Conservative government has over their news division’s editorial policy is seriously threatening that loyalty.

#IamGaryLineker

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@FiresnakeStudio @edibow He’s been on @soundtrackinguk before talking about Dark so check that out if you haven’t heard it before: https://t.co/BzEauJEmDH

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Hey @edibow. Any plans to get Ben Frost onto Soundtracking to talk 1899? I’m halfway through and something’s just not sitting right with me about it, so I’d be super interested to hear from him, particularly to hear how much influence Netflix had over the soundtrack/score

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@Weezykid Got kids too I take it 😂

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#Frozen #mtpcon

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The killer question: What's the next most important thing to do? #mtpcon

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Attending my first @MindtheProduct conference today (virtually today, in person tomorrow).

If anyone in my network is also attending in person tomorrow, give me a shout.

#mtpcon

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@deadalldead This is exactly what I was fishing for. Cheers dude. Although… Smithfield Tavern? Really?

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Rare opportunity to meet with friends in Manchester for afternoon drinks today. But it’s been so long since I’ve done this, I don’t know where’s good to go these days.

Where are the best places for a nice pint around Ancoats?

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@cameraline83 @deadalldead Cheers Caroline. I think I’ve been there before - remember it being pretty decent 👍

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@deadalldead Good to hear! That’s where I’ve suggested starting ����

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@drs1969 Having worked at one such university here in Manchester, struggling for budget to strengthen online infrastructure, I had this desire a lot. I suspect the importance placed on physical buildings isn’t so different from the importance placed on physical books!

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Skeuomorphism being mentioned here a lot in all but by name

#alpsp2022

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Current musing after yesterday’s #alpsp2022 sessions; If Sci-Hub is the Napster/Limewire of scholarly publishing, what will the Spotify of scholarly publishing look like, i.e. the legitimised disruptor in the space?

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My three year old’s rather damning assessment of the iPlayer for Kindle app this morning:

“So slow. So weak.”

🤣

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Shoes soaked, pants soaked. Delayed train.

Can someone please remind me why I’m schlepping into the office, just to sit on Teams calls with colleagues for whom this isn’t their ‘office day’?

Very much open to remote working opportunities. DM me

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@blackpoolant Ha, afraid not mate. Haven’t played a game for about 10 years, and that was stag party 5-a-side. Cracking result tonight eh!

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Just finished watching It’s A Sin (bit late, I know).

Utterly brilliant series that had me in tears on multiple occasions.

My only criticism is that it wasn’t fooling anyone about it supposedly being set in London, but maybe that’s because I lived in Manchester’s NQ for so long

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@raymosley Yes, I completely agree with this. Perhaps a consequence of an industry that likes abstract and controversial slogans to make conference slides, laptop stickers and wall art from

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So we’re now all in agreement that ‘move fast and break things’ doesn’t work and it was a ridiculously stupid mantra in the first place, right?

I’m firmly in the ‘if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly’ camp, call me a dinosaur if you want.

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@matthbooth Black and White Town by Doves. Not necessarily a favourite, but the one that always conjures up images of Manchester for me for some reason