simon balmain

simon balmain

@simonb.tv

ai for the people, by the people 🟧 community lead at rabbit inc (creators of r1 and large action model) ✨ former senior community manager at twitter 🐦 past: sphere messenger, monzo, bbc vegan, fan of funk music, travel, prince and michael jackson.

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This kind of coverage was unthinkable a year ago. Lesser companies would have died, and many thought we would. Instead we kept shipping, kept building, kept fighting. And now here we are. Back in the game, back in the fight. It's true - what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. #rabbitr1 #rabbitOS2

Not suppressing links is and will continue to play a quiet but major role in the success of this platform. The web was built for connections, and links are the plumbing. It's ridiculous, that thanks to Instagram, "link in bio" and such things are understood vernacular.

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Can you ever have too many handheld devices? I don’t think so! Rabbit R1 Seeed Studio's SenseCAP Watcher (now my OrionKit) Flipper Zero HackBerryPi Soon to have a ClockWork uConsole! What’s your favourite handheld gadget?

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Today, I played a bit with the #rabbitr1. This device doesn’t deserve all the hate I've read about it. Ok, it’s not what they promised. But doing vacation or black Friday research with Cyberpunk 2077-inspired UI? It really seems like the future

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A β€˜Magic Camera’ LoFi pixel art of a photo of my desk taken with the Rabbit R1. This has given me an idea for a whole bunch of new β€˜photography’ projects!

#rabbitr1 is a great little motivation machine, with a touch of my own personal generative UI πŸ’œ whenever you want, just press the button and ask for a motivational/inspirational quote.

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The use of #AI in our daily lives will be as common as using a smartphone as soon as you're up in the morning. Just wait a few years... #rabbitr1 #metaai #copilot

quite dystopian scenes at #london #euston with the main entrance from the tube closed and diverted (apparently a man seen on the floor convulsing), and a power cut with emergency lighting on the main concourse with all the screens off. this on top of some flooding cancellations earlier.

This is the way @jay.bsky.team! I think a lot of people forget how developer friendly Twitter *originally* was. There wasn't even an official app for years, and when it finally arrived, it was through an acquisition of a third party one. There were so many fun tools and services back then.

By the time I worked there, there were serious efforts to get that back to a good place, but of course they got stymied by the sale. Which is why I'm thrilled to see @amir.blue here now 😊

We used to say at Twitter 1.0 that we were "a community of communities". And I think we all understood that, if that breaks down, if any one group or interest began to dominate the timeline...... People would head for the exit. You're seeing that play out in real time.

Sorry to share a screenshot from the other place. But you need to be aware of the greatest comeback story in tech. Yeah I'm biased. But we ship. And we ship hard. #rabbitr1

Generative UI has landed on rabbit r1! Go to your rabbithole and style your own UI with a simple prompt. So much fun! Here's some examples Animal Crossing style

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Generative UI has landed on rabbit r1! Go to your rabbithole and style your own UI with a simple prompt. So much fun! Here's some examples Animal Crossing style

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Generative UI has landed on rabbit r1! Go to your rabbithole and style your own UI with a simple prompt. So much fun! Here's some examples Animal Crossing style

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Generative UI has landed on rabbit r1! Go to your rabbithole and style your own UI with a simple prompt. So much fun! Here's some examples Animal Crossing style

we'll ship this as an experimental feature tomorrow! #rabbitr1

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We have started implementing generative UI on the #rabbitr1 πŸ”₯ This is what happened when I asked it to analyze Bluesky (it found the post from @rose.bsky.team) Still work to do, you can see the bottom part is slightly janky but a great first step. This UI is based on Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Back when Twitter was sold, I was one of the first to tweet that I was impacted by the layoffs. It went viral, and the MAGAs pounced with "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BANNING TRUMP" etc Except: - I didn't work there when those things happened - I'm from the UK - Didn't work on content moderation

All of these things would have been obvious from looking at my profile for two seconds. Cult-like behaviour, and low comprehension skills.

Hi new followers! Maybe an introduction is required. I'm Simon. I build digital communities. Known in the UK for my work on Monzo, the leading digital bank here, and everywhere else for being Senior Community Manager at Twitter 1.0. I now lead community at rabbit πŸ’œ

We have started implementing generative UI on the #rabbitr1 πŸ”₯ This is what happened when I asked it to analyze Bluesky (it found the post from @rose.bsky.team) Still work to do, you can see the bottom part is slightly janky but a great first step. This UI is based on Neon Genesis Evangelion.

did something on r1 yesterday that wasn't possible up til now. and you'll all hear about it soon. the future's bright, the future's orange 😜