Eddie Rich

Eddie Rich

@eddierich.bsky.social

Product / Strategy / UX

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I'm starting to think that CTO is an outdated concept in many organisations who are clinging to it as a role because its expected. Maybe I'm wrong and it's more the type of CTO most organisations have isn't right.

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

Maybe it's time that CTOs came from a different background. Maybe, just maybe, its time for CTOs to be Experience Strategists. People who can pull all the threads together to enable the organisation to deliver something truly unique, driven by user needs.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I'm starting to think that CTO is an outdated concept in many organisations who are clinging to it as a role because its expected. Maybe I'm wrong and it's more the type of CTO most organisations have isn't right.

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

They often don't understand that what the organisation delivers is an experience that needs properly designing. They often don't understand that user research is the most effective driver of business and product strategy.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I'm starting to think that CTO is an outdated concept in many organisations who are clinging to it as a role because its expected. Maybe I'm wrong and it's more the type of CTO most organisations have isn't right.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I've witnessed multiple times how a new CTO fails the organisation by decreasing the design maturity as they focus on techinical, and cargo cult delivery.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

Been trying to play with a tattoo design in Gemini. What a downright TERRIBLE experience. I had some words, and a turtle. I wanted to place the turtle over the words, but it would only mash them together. I asked it why it was crap. Strap in...

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...The "Anchor" Loop: Because I attempted to modify a highly specific, existing composition step-by-step (preserving the exact turtle, exact positioning, and precise font), ..."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...the model gets heavily locked in ("anchored") by its own visual templates, making it extremely resistant to changing the underlying pixel intersection between the turtle’s head and the letters."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

Been trying to play with a tattoo design in Gemini. What a downright TERRIBLE experience. I had some words, and a turtle. I wanted to place the turtle over the words, but it would only mash them together. I asked it why it was crap. Strap in...

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...It is actually trying to generate the image by matching patterns, rather than understanding that a solid, three-dimensional turtle should physically occlude (block) a flat backdrop of text..."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

Been trying to play with a tattoo design in Gemini. What a downright TERRIBLE experience. I had some words, and a turtle. I wanted to place the turtle over the words, but it would only mash them together. I asked it why it was crap. Strap in...

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Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...In the neural network, "layering" is not a physical stack; it is just a pattern of visual associations. Because the turtle and the letters occupy the exact same coordinate space, the AI's "attention" merges their details together, leading to visual bleed-through or "ghosting"..."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...​Prioritizing Patterns Over Physics: The AI was trained on millions of images, where "text overlaid on artwork" or "interlaced/merged patterns" are extremely common..."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

Been trying to play with a tattoo design in Gemini. What a downright TERRIBLE experience. I had some words, and a turtle. I wanted to place the turtle over the words, but it would only mash them together. I asked it why it was crap. Strap in...

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

"...What went wrong under the hood? The "Flattening" Problem (No Real Z-Axis): Unlike Photoshop, which allows me to work with discrete, independent layers, the AI model generates the final image all at once, as a single flat grid of pixels (raster format). ..."

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

EV charging prices on the public network in England is absolutely outrageous. This is not how to stop people using fossil fuels. It needs capping.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

SO.DAMN.EXCITED. for Helle and the team that UX Copenhagen is back baby!!!! May 2027. YES!!!! So excited that I got a bit carried away and said I would speak, so there's that.

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Micah Kolding
@micahkolding.bsky.social

Why are we supposed to be impressed that a robot beat Bolt's running record? There are millions of machines that can go faster than any human alive. There's so many of these machines, the traffic they cause frequently keeps them from moving at all. Where's the "reverse climate change" machine?

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Global Museum
@globalmuseum.bsky.social

The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history

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phil
@philjamesson.com

crocodile tears is such a funny phrase. some guy looked at a crocodile and thought “he looks so sad. but i mustn’t believe him”

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Alastair Somerville
@acuity.design

#NathanCofnas does represent history of racist eugenics well in that lying, useless ‘research’ is how #eugenics has always worked Burt was asked for his ‘research’ data by Harvard but said his assistants had it all and they had emigrated without leaving forwarding addresses It’s all racist lies

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Accessibility Awareness
@a11yawareness.bsky.social

For people who want to see a screen reader in action, it can be helpful to start with this demo from Hadi Rangin of the University of Washington's IT Accessibility Team. Among the things Rangin discusses are ARIA landmarks, headings, and text content. youtu.be/7Rs3YpsnfoI

youtu.beUsing a Screen ReaderHadi Rangin is an expert user of screen reader software. In this video, he demonstrates the elements of a well designed web page and how they sound to someone who is blind. Issues discussed include…

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Nexer_Digital
@nexerdigital.com

In her latest article for BusinessCloud, @hilaryonline.bsky.social explores what the govt's planned subscription rules could mean for businesses, and why paying more attention to hidden journeys can help us create better experiences. businesscloud.co.uk/opinion/peop...

businesscloud.co.ukPeople shouldn't need an afternoon to cancel a subscription - BusinessCloudThe government plans to make subscriptions easier to cancel & ensure customers are told when contracts are going to renew at a higher price

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RNIB
@rnib.bsky.social

If you aren’t currently making your social media content accessible, you should give it a go. No one expects it to be perfect. Progress is better than nothing at all. We’ve got a handy guide to get you started: rnib.in/AccessibleSocialMedia

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Alastair Somerville
@acuity.design

Computers cannot divine human interiority and no amount of data tracking or scrapping will work The gap which is the vastness within any human is always there and it is powerful when you engage with and enable it

Prof Mike Yearworth@mikeyearworth.bsky.social

“misalignment” - is another myth. Assumes alignment is possible. This is a category error. A computer system has no understanding of human intentions and morals. No equivalent basis for building an understanding

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Jack Garfinkel
@curiousscutter.bsky.social

Networking is a pyramid scheme - banging thread 👇 I think the same also applies to a lot of 'leadership performance' at conferences too.

Sharon O'Dea@sharonodea.com

“Your network is your net worth” is one of those phrases that sounds like wisdom to people who spent £600 to attend a conference in a hotel ballroom with a keynote by Steven Bartlett. Until you, you know, actually think about it.

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I clearly don't follow enough local Bristol peeps yet as I've not seen one post stating "Drizzle in Brizzle" despite having weather reports from colleagues.

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Amyville Hoyrror
@amyhoy.bsky.social

if you didn’t write it… you didn’t write it no, using an llm to “draft” for you is not writing it writers write: that’s one of the four noble truths for writers if you don’t write, you’re not a writer it’s really that simple no wriggling, hairsplitting, whining argument will change that

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m. r. sauter
@oddletters.bsky.social

if anyone hashtag on here knows a lot about the Government Printing Office, pseudo-governmental publications, the distribution networks of same in the 1970s, and archival classifcations of things kind of are but kind of arent fugitive documents, can you hit me up? i have a weird question

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Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Eddie Rich
@eddierich.bsky.social

I found this interesting as a thing. I'd like to explore this platform and think how it might apply to other contexts...

Smaksked Skåne AB@smaksked.bsky.social

How to design a space habitat that supports its residents’ mental health A new online platform helps engineers look beyond survival mode when designing habitats for extreme living conditions. news.mit.edu/2026/how-spa...

news.mit.eduHow to design a space habitat that supports its residents’ mental healthThe Human-Environment Connection and Interaction Atlas (HECIA) is a tool for designing habitats in space and other extreme environments, where crews can not just survive but thrive. Users can explore ...