Ellis Pratt
@ellispratt.bsky.social
By day: Director at Cherryleaf. Technical writing services and training courses. Policy and procedures writing too. By night: Flashdance. See my Techcomm starter pack.
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Ellis Pratt
@ellispratt.bsky.social
· Oct 18
This is a photograph of Fairyland. It was an Edwardian amusement arcade in Tottenham Court Road, run by my great grandfather. Mechanical games, penny slots, fortune teller Madame Pauline ...(1)
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
Donald Trump won the FIFA peace prize, but they never said who won the FIFA physics or literature prizes
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Donald Trump won the FIFA peace prize, but they never said who won the FIFA physics or literature prizes
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Lots of detail here, down to the level of which models are used more for programming (Anthropic) or for roleplay (DeepSeek).
State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
State of AI | OpenRouter
An empirical study analyzing over 100 trillion tokens of real-world LLM interactions across tasks, geographies, and time.
openrouter.ai
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Lots of detail here, down to the level of which models are used more for programming (Anthropic) or for roleplay (DeepSeek).
Maybe asking for an image in a manga style wasn't the best idea...
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Maybe asking for an image in a manga style wasn't the best idea...
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Christmas Dinners Around The World.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Christmas Dinners Around The World.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
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Nano Banana Pro is the “ChatGPT Moment” for Visual Communication - Jakob Nielsen jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/nano-banana-… (lots of details and ideas about use of these types of images) #AI #UX #NanoBanana #images #VisualCommunication
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nano Banana Pro is the “ChatGPT Moment” for Visual Communication - Jakob Nielsen jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/nano-banana-… (lots of details and ideas about use of these types of images) #AI #UX #NanoBanana #images #VisualCommunication
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Podcast 163: Discovering what different users think of your documentation
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/podc...
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/podc...
Podcast 163: Discovering what different users think of your documentation - Cherryleaf
High-quality documentation reduces support costs and drives product adoption, but traditional feedback methods often fail to capture the full user experience. This episode explores how modern document...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Podcast 163: Discovering what different users think of your documentation
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/podc...
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/podc...
There once was a woman called Di
Who liked to use AI
She committed a crime
Through a prompt with a rhyme futurism.com/artificial-i...
Who liked to use AI
She committed a crime
Through a prompt with a rhyme futurism.com/artificial-i...
Scientists Discover "Universal" Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain
A simple trick involving poetry is enough to jailbreak the tech industry's leading AI models, researchers found.
futurism.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
There once was a woman called Di
Who liked to use AI
She committed a crime
Through a prompt with a rhyme futurism.com/artificial-i...
Who liked to use AI
She committed a crime
Through a prompt with a rhyme futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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A client is looking for a UK contract Technical Author. See www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/vaca...
Vacancy #4541 Contract Technical Author, East Midlands/WFH, part time, 12 months, £330/day - Cherryleaf
Our client is looking to recruit a Technical Author, on a temporary basis, to cover maternity leave for 12 months starting in January 2026. It’s a part time role of 2½ days per week. You’ll be joining...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A client is looking for a UK contract Technical Author. See www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/vaca...
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"And if your OSS contributions do lead to your dream job, like they did for me, remember to balance the scales one last time. Pass on your knowledge to new contributors and especially to new tech writers. Pay it forward."
Tiffany Hrabusa at @writethedocs.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqry...
Tiffany Hrabusa at @writethedocs.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqry...
Tiffany Hrabusa - A beautiful arrangement: Gaining experience & giving back through open source docs
YouTube video by Write the Docs
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November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"And if your OSS contributions do lead to your dream job, like they did for me, remember to balance the scales one last time. Pass on your knowledge to new contributors and especially to new tech writers. Pay it forward."
Tiffany Hrabusa at @writethedocs.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqry...
Tiffany Hrabusa at @writethedocs.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqry...
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We've added a short guide to our website: A plan for improving outdated help documentation. www.cherryleaf.com/useful-resou...
A plan for improving outdated help documentation - Cherryleaf
Let’s be honest: there’s a good chance the help documentation for your product or service is probably out of date. Before you feel defensive, know that you’re in good company. Most software vendors st...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We've added a short guide to our website: A plan for improving outdated help documentation. www.cherryleaf.com/useful-resou...
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Cherryleaf runs a monthly survey that tracks hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. November 2025. Employers in the UK continued to hire technical communicators in November. However, the strength of demand differed across job boards. See: www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/cher...
Cherryleaf UK Technical Writer/Author jobs indicator – November 2025 - Cherryleaf
Cherryleaf has initiated a monthly survey that tracks hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. Here are the results for November 2025. Employers in the UK continued to hire technical communi...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Cherryleaf runs a monthly survey that tracks hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. November 2025. Employers in the UK continued to hire technical communicators in November. However, the strength of demand differed across job boards. See: www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/cher...
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Thing I found out today: if you're on Universal Credit (or other means-tested benefits) you can get into Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, or the Tower of London for £1 (and 50% off at one cafe per site too). Because poor people deserve days out too www.hrp.org.uk/one-pound-ti...
One Pound Tickets
£1 tickets for a day visit to the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace will be available to anyone in receipt of named benefits.
www.hrp.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thing I found out today: if you're on Universal Credit (or other means-tested benefits) you can get into Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, or the Tower of London for £1 (and 50% off at one cafe per site too). Because poor people deserve days out too www.hrp.org.uk/one-pound-ti...
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Evaluating policies and procedures with AI personas
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/eval...
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/eval...
Evaluating policies and procedures with AI personas - Cherryleaf
Yesterday, we blogged about using AI to simulate users of software to gain insights into how different types of users react to a user guide or online help. We have also developed a similar app for eva...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Evaluating policies and procedures with AI personas
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/eval...
www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/eval...
Snow. We'll be trapped, trapped, I tell you TW15
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Snow. We'll be trapped, trapped, I tell you TW15
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Testing documentation with AI: The reader simulator www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/test...
Testing documentation with AI: The reader simulator - Cherryleaf
Most documentation teams face a critical challenge: they rarely test systematically whether their documents work for different types of users. Without dedicated user research teams focused on document...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Testing documentation with AI: The reader simulator www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/test...
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Here are some of the AI apps and agents we've developed for technical writing www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/here...
Here are some of the AI apps and agents we've developed for technical writing - Cherryleaf
Here are some of the AI apps and agents we’ve developed either for our course on managing documentation projects with AI or for internal use. Staff scheduler Estimating the time required to create a...
www.cherryleaf.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Here are some of the AI apps and agents we've developed for technical writing www.cherryleaf.com/2025/11/here...
Strawberry Hill House
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Strawberry Hill House
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