Robin Grainger

Cunning linguist, evil genius, spin doctor. Communications and strategy consultant. Tech ¦ Science ¦ Pharma ¦ Digital health ¦ Global affairs ¦ Eclectica

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Half a century ago on 9th Dec, the personal computing revolution began. The rest is history #thedemoat50 https://t.co/lW5l1eNu6M

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

I unlocked £25 Rush tickets for Your Lie in April on @TodayTixUK! https://t.co/h1tQYtM3Gy

[Gary Shteyngart @Shteyngart]

There is a tenth circle of hell and it comes with fries.

https://t.co/kXdlzplViE

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

I heard you on the wireless back in '82... lying awake in bed and tuning in on you... That voice. So many tunes. RIP.

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Giving this a go in an attempt to get the kids off the sofa @TodayTixUK https://t.co/GWASTHOwoU

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Asked for a quote on the Coutts/Farage row @geraldratner quips: “If I had £100 for every time I’ve seen people say some corporate decision is a ‘Gerald Ratner moment’, I could open a Coutts account.”

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Oof. How the (once) mighty fall... "there's an app for that" model of healthcare now almost completely discredited #MedTech #DigitalHealth

[Kai Nicol-Schwarz @NicolSchwarzK]

NEWS: Babylon shareholders lose hundreds of millions of dollars as company goes private and forms new entity with Swiss digital therapeutics unicorn MindMaze.

https://t.co/37Apfrpqb3

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Yawn. Teddy Ruxpin had this nailed in the 1980s. https://t.co/u5JgYBrJsg

[Fourteen Forty @weare1440]

Our client @ravelinhq talks "criminal customers" and fraud trends on BBC You and Yours https://t.co/QYydVWec3W

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

There are a few parts of the world where this kind of thing would unleash armageddon. Great headline tho.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Sweden launches research rocket, accidentally hits Norway https://t.co/YnTsbfEM1x

[Fernando Barbella  @FLBarbella]

"...When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes."

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Chelsea Manning, 22, Jack Teixeira, 21. What is it about US security agencies allowing very young employees access to highly sensitive information?

https://t.co/gcjfYbCb1B

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

It's not what generative AI models produce, but the way that you brief them. By me:

#AI #Marketing #Content

[Fourteen Forty @weare1440]

AI-powered content marketing: a case of rubbish in, rubbish out? https://t.co/ZUD7ahniBu

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Read to the end.

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Persuading Peter Day to spend a day at Cisco in 2007, and the resulting World Service programme, was a career high for me. Very sad to hear he's no longer with us.

[gilesfraser @gilesfraser]

A sad loss. A great business broadcaster.

[Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey]

It’s tragic that Silicon Valley Bank could lose 80%+ of its value in a single day.

But what’s crazy is that the financial collapse was largely driven by a communication collapse.

Their storyline unraveled and their messaging went off the rails, in 4 big ways.

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[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

Important historical detail.

[Brian Eno News @dark_shark]

The 100% true story of why Brian Eno really left Roxy Music

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

@roly_allen Voilà.

[Robin Grainger @mistergrainger]

How could I possibly not share this? (Props @chloetravers )

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

If a medieval French vagina could speak, what would it say?

We actually have the answer to this. Allow us to tell you the tale of The Knight Who Could Make Cunts Speak.

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

This will be fun. Soon, in line with costly signalling theory, all formal and polite communications will need to be laced with profanities, to prove that we are not using ChatGPT. "Dear Fat Bastard, I am writing to apply for the dope fucking job you advertised...."

[Fourteen Forty @weare1440]

Six lessons for true success in #contentmarketing, based on a multi-award winning campaign. With credit (and thanks) to @Bencardsbites

https://t.co/PSB2ojs920