James Maskell

Product Manager. he/him

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Forced to work in the rain unnecessarily?

Join a union.

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

Happy new year @BBCMaryam

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@British_Airways I’m on BA8945 from LCY to BER tonight. Just saw it’s delayed until after midnight which is beyond the curfews at the airports. Do you know what’s happening and why it’s delayed so long?

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

iPlayer throwing shade at Elton John 🙈

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Probably a good time to check in on the tech bros for some foreign policy analysis.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@phillipcaudell Or even worse - that there’s nothing wrong with you.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@phillipcaudell Also that people with ADHD will procrastinate on asking for help, often co-exists with anxiety, trauma etc. So the NHS waiting list is once you're over those hurdles. Sensationalising it will just put more people off seeking help.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Running a company:

2020: can you survive a pandemic?

2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds.

2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now.

2023: nice job! okay, we’re going to take away your bank account.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@justdt__ Definitely. They should have gone down the subscription route years ago. So many people who depend on this for their income and would pay good money.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@justdt__ The problem isn’t the ads - it’s lack of scale. To both attract the advertisers and make the ad targeting work. Twitter is too niche and they missed the boat on videos, messaging etc.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

Thought I’d give in and finally check out this Mastodon thing. [email protected] if you’re over there too.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@justdt__ Would obvs depend on the deposit, LTV etc. But similar point - you are choosing to prioritise the investment at your tenant's expense.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@justdt__ Well, you could sell the flat to a first time buyer who could take out a 30 year mortgage with lower repayments.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@yourolly We have Humanscale chairs in the office and I really like them. Prefer to the Aeron we have at home.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@jamesjgill Very relatable. I think the secret is to take schedule breaks and take them before you feel the need for one…

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@yourolly Thank you - will check it out!

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@justdt__ I'm amazed at how rapidly it can pull together a product strategy and backlog.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@GergelyOrosz @huima Have seen this a lot with Zoom and Meet. Meet got so much better that it’s hard to justify paying for Zoom.

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@tambuildsthings That’s great for a first month! 👏

[James Maskell @jmaskell]

@kylesoo I did some research on switching network recently and the consensus seems to be that you need to be on EE or Vodafone (or one of their MVNOs) if you live in a city…