Alex Nelson

Principal Product Designer @halasystems, formerly @BBCRD. Technology, electronic music, games.

[Dr. Farbod MBBCh FRCEM @EmergencyBod]

I called so many people on the phone to tell them their loved one was dead or dying in December 2020.

"Can I come and see them?"

"We have to protect everyone we can from this. No visitors are allowed. I'm so sorry."

"I understand."

Meanwhile in CCHQ…

[Belinda Barnet @manjusrii]

What other kind of product is so *embarrassing* that people feel compelled to explain it? No, no I didn’t really buy this thing. Honestly I didn’t.

Twitter Blue will be a marketing case study for years to come

[Zac Bowden @zacbowden]

Lol, my fellow brits using Windows 11 with en-GB in the Insider Program might have noticed that MS has mistranslated ZIP files as "postcode" files in the latest builds.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@gray Lies.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@MrGarriock Also, hello mate! Let’s have a catch-up :)

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@MrGarriock I have a custom workflow using Google Sheets and automatic translation that a human then edits. Lokalise looks good, but a lot of my custom stuff is due to my other language being RTL (which means updating layouts too)

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Back of my Polling Card for local elections. For 1st time, photo ID is required. Card gives many options for elderly or those with disability. None, NONE, for younger or student voters. The policy is simply biased against younger voters, designed to suppress their vote.

[SK Tedeschi @skedeschi]

Here's a little look at German cost of living vs British cost of living, which goes a long way to explain why British people are suffering- despite the UK being ome of the richest countries in the world

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[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@DanielAlcorn @BhamDsgn @designfestbrum @luketonge Happy birthday old bean!

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@EmmaMJYoung @bolsterstonetom They’ve been waiting for you…

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Andrew Neil helped front the BBC's political coverage for many years while also regularly sharing his own (very right-wing) views on Twitter. It never once splashed newspaper front pages, or led BBC news bulletins

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@mollyneux @DaftLimmy iLoud Micro Monitor. I have a pair, they’re very decent for the size.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@Smutchings @Dan_Gray It doesn’t. The fact remains that nothing I’ve seen in AI art - and nothing you’ve presented in your argument - convinces me that there’s any more creativity in the art beyond uncanny valley ripoffs and no more talent in the artists beyond writing a really good google search.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@Smutchings @Dan_Gray This is not what inspiration looks like https://t.co/WQJB9bpt4A

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@Smutchings @Dan_Gray The people that created the novel work are the (uncredited) artists the AI is trained on.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@joakimjansson Along with the price, I think the extreme industrial look of it will make it a struggle to fit in with a lot of office/home office spaces.

[AisleOne @AisleOne]

Vintage logo animations for broadcast TV.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@tashwillcocks Same! Every time. Although writing "defiantly" makes me feel oddly empowered.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@Dan_Gray Might be 'cos I've only been here 4 years. I asked my neighbour if he's from Glossop, and he said (un-sarcastically) "No, I've only lived here 40 years" so I have a few more to go yet.

[Alex Nelson @lexnels]

@james_kirkup Figma, plus Figjam user flows (or sometimes architecture). Where possible always referencing back to aims/principles.