Phil Wallace

Bringing good people together to do good things | Views my own. On a Twitter break.

[Daniel Tenreiro @TenreiroDaniel]

@Pontifex Holy Father the post will perform better if you append the url in a threaded reply as opposed to linking it in the tweet

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

@thomasforth I see Pearl Jam have chosen it for their tour (as well as Tottenham's stadium), but £160 is a weeeee bit steep

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

I'm a sucker for a list like this. I think lots of these lessons apply in universities more than we'd like to admit

[Dave Kline @dklineii]

15 counterintuitive lessons for building a winning business:

1. Every new hire creates more complexity than capacity.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

I have now run one of the more powerful, open source LLMs (Mistral 7B) directly on my iPhone. No internet needed.

It isn’t very fast but that is already being solved. Consider the implications: almost anything can soon be imbued with local “intelligence”

A lot of possibilities.

[Dr Philip Lee @drphiliplee1]

Behold the glory of mankind's structures dedicated to the worship of God

https://t.co/daa5qeyLm1

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

@CarloLCordasco I honestly resorted to Google maps for help last time I was in there

[Sam Altman @sama]

make a GPT: https://t.co/R9VsQboTli

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

@JenBobaroo @SpotifyUK It's a good summary of what I do for a job to be fair 😂

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

The genres on @SpotifyUK are an endless source of fascination to me.

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

@alexmj_ @MakeUK_ @FT I live here now

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

Hard to disagree with @MakeUK_'s report findings that UK infrastructure has deteriorated in last 10 years. Half the doors don't open on this morning's 30 min delayed train 😅 https://t.co/Z874B0gPU6 via @FT

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

Genius! https://t.co/3eJ3JzjJl7

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

But, as Tom points out so well - and as I sit here on an indefinitely paused train in Stockport likely to miss my next meeting (which as it happens is on skills in Greater Manchester) - we need modern transport links to match our ambitions.

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

I attended the launch of the fantastic @TICMcr yesterday, an ambitious initiative to accelerate GM's digital economy. There was (I think rightly) a big focus on digital skills, particularly boosting them in areas where we can make a big difference to living standards 1/2

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

We did a capitalism. 💪🇬🇧📈 https://t.co/kC0Tw4r8fn

[Invest Manchester @Invest_MCR]

We're #hiring ! 📢

Do you want to make a difference in Greater Manchester’s thriving creative, digital & tech sector?

As a business development executive, you'll play a key part in creating new opportunities by attracting inward investment.

https://t.co/G9HjCiyv1X

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

@DanielGDresner 😂 Hardware Salespeople one is my fav: "catch rabbits, paint them gray, and sell them as desktop elephants."

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

I struggle to get out for a wee jog and this guy keeps popping up on my timeline

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

138 days ago I began my attempt to become the first person ever to run the entire length of Africa.

Here is a list of some of the problems I’ve had to overcome to get to this point (I’m not even halfway):

• Day 1- Started the mission with less than 10% funding

• Day 5- Support van breakdown

• Day 14- Attempted robbery

• Day 17- Support van couldn’t cross the border. Solo into the desert

• Day 26- Food poisoning (multiple days)

• Day 35- Another attempted robbery

• Day 42- Started pissing blood (lasted 6 days)

• Day 64- Got robbed at gunpoint (passports, cameras, phones, money got taken)

• Day 74- Visas issues (had to travel 2000km backwards & pay a load of bribes to get it sorted)

• Day 89- Leg injury

• Day 103- Got stuck in a rural Congo village. Thought I was going to die.

• Day 107- Van needed fixing (10 days)

• Day 112- Restructure of the support team. Made 2 new hires.

• Day 120- Arranged purchase of new support vehicle

• Day 128- Foot injury

• Day 136- Support van crashed. Potentially a write off.

Throw in running daily ultra marathons and it has been quite the party out here so far. The message stays the same as always.

WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. TILL THE END🫡

[Richard Jones @RichardALJones]

Great to welcome AI Minister @JonathanCamrose to Manchester to hear our plans for growing AI & robotics research, innovation, & skills in city-region.
Thanks to City leader & GM economy lead @bevcraig for stressing GM's commitment to inclusive, innovation led economic growth.

[Phil Wallace @philwallace]

Come up North. It's nice. https://t.co/B2AMVG8Hwv