Ben Phillips
@ben-phillips.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Strategy person.
I mean this is very much a copy of nothing. The word brave gets thrown around far too much but this is brave. www.wired.com/story/jaguar...
Jaguar’s Controversial EV Relaunch Has Leaked Online
Ahead of the official reveal at Miami Art Week, snaps of the brand's Design Vision Concept have surfaced in all their polarizing pink power.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I mean this is very much a copy of nothing. The word brave gets thrown around far too much but this is brave. www.wired.com/story/jaguar...
Insightful unpacking of lots of what's going on at Unilever. Purpose, speed, premiumisation, power brands, NPD and more ecotton.substack.com/p/provoke-th...
Provoke- The Unilever Issue
Unilever has over a hundred years of experience building and marketing brands, but it now faces unprecedented challenges to grow its business.
ecotton.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Insightful unpacking of lots of what's going on at Unilever. Purpose, speed, premiumisation, power brands, NPD and more ecotton.substack.com/p/provoke-th...
As an Australian overseas it's not often that you see a headline about Australia that makes you proud. This is an exception.
Australia just imposed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16
The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
As an Australian overseas it's not often that you see a headline about Australia that makes you proud. This is an exception.
The winter sky this morning 😍
November 28, 2024 at 7:47 AM
The winter sky this morning 😍
This in itself is a a great example of enshittification
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This in itself is a a great example of enshittification
This is absolutely wild
Americans believe 21% of the population is transgender, slightly higher than the proportion of millionaires
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
This is absolutely wild
Exactly. Not everything needs "disruption"
ps this start-up makes me sad
ps this start-up makes me sad
One of the biggest problems with Tech in the last 30 years is the obsession with disrupting things that are actually perfectly good for society they way they are. It's nothing more than greed masked as innovation.
November 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Exactly. Not everything needs "disruption"
ps this start-up makes me sad
ps this start-up makes me sad
8.47am at the word’s best train station 😍
November 26, 2024 at 9:07 AM
8.47am at the word’s best train station 😍
Is WhatsApp becoming a victim of its own success? WhatsApp groups are the default for so many forms of communication now that it's overwhelming. I think I'm in about 20 active groups? Not sure if anyone feels the same way
November 25, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Is WhatsApp becoming a victim of its own success? WhatsApp groups are the default for so many forms of communication now that it's overwhelming. I think I'm in about 20 active groups? Not sure if anyone feels the same way
Absolute scenes! The pride of north London!
Lose to Ipswich at home two weeks ago.
Beat Man City away 4 nil.
Oh the joy of being a Spurs fan #COYS
Beat Man City away 4 nil.
Oh the joy of being a Spurs fan #COYS
November 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Absolute scenes! The pride of north London!
After novel recommendations if anyone has anything they’ve read recently that they loved? Bonus points if it’s historical fiction
November 23, 2024 at 11:57 AM
After novel recommendations if anyone has anything they’ve read recently that they loved? Bonus points if it’s historical fiction
Watching a child slowly learn to read is the most magical thing. The progress week in week out
November 23, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Watching a child slowly learn to read is the most magical thing. The progress week in week out
Observation on the Volvo campaign and Jaguar too:
the life stage they're pitching it too (mid / late 30s, starting a family) is so expensive. Buying a family home w mortgage plus childcare fees etc. We'd all love a new Volvo or Jag but there are other v pricey things that have to take priority
the life stage they're pitching it too (mid / late 30s, starting a family) is so expensive. Buying a family home w mortgage plus childcare fees etc. We'd all love a new Volvo or Jag but there are other v pricey things that have to take priority
November 22, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Observation on the Volvo campaign and Jaguar too:
the life stage they're pitching it too (mid / late 30s, starting a family) is so expensive. Buying a family home w mortgage plus childcare fees etc. We'd all love a new Volvo or Jag but there are other v pricey things that have to take priority
the life stage they're pitching it too (mid / late 30s, starting a family) is so expensive. Buying a family home w mortgage plus childcare fees etc. We'd all love a new Volvo or Jag but there are other v pricey things that have to take priority
My God this is absolutely extraordinary. Concept, storytelling, craft, direction etc etc etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-...
Meet the new Volvo EX90
YouTube video by Volvo Cars
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM
My God this is absolutely extraordinary. Concept, storytelling, craft, direction etc etc etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-...
New Porsche ALD spot is 🤌🤌🤌 www.instagram.com/reel/DCjcqw1...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
New Porsche ALD spot is 🤌🤌🤌 www.instagram.com/reel/DCjcqw1...
I used to get regular Chase Maserati emails in America too. And literally no other brand.
You know I cannot afford this car
Yet you sell me to the brand anyway
Sigh
Yet you sell me to the brand anyway
Sigh
November 21, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I used to get regular Chase Maserati emails in America too. And literally no other brand.
I feel like Barbour's been trying to push against its conservative "Farage wearing" reputation eg Noah collabs etc
Barbour has always been vaguely conservative coded, especially in Western Europe. But this doesn't mean you can't wear it if you don't share those political views. It's all about knowing the different levels of Barbour. 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I feel like Barbour's been trying to push against its conservative "Farage wearing" reputation eg Noah collabs etc
that feeling we've all wanted for so long
This site really does feel like 2019 Twitter in a good way
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
that feeling we've all wanted for so long
smile and lol re: "we just kinda expected more than a couple days notice before getting blasted with a million new users a day."
To be clear, we do have plans for scaling, we just kinda expected more than a couple days notice before getting blasted with a million new users a day.
The team is rapidly deploying fixes and new software to adapt. More servers in the mail.
The team is rapidly deploying fixes and new software to adapt. More servers in the mail.
November 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
smile and lol re: "we just kinda expected more than a couple days notice before getting blasted with a million new users a day."
The way that voice assistants were going to change everything but never really did . . . . I feel the same way about glasses
November 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
The way that voice assistants were going to change everything but never really did . . . . I feel the same way about glasses
At the best train station in the world
November 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
At the best train station in the world
I see old (and newer) Jaguars driving around on country roads outside of St Albans all the time. They're just so beautiful and it makes me want one all the time. A Jag on an English country road. Nothing looks better.
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I see old (and newer) Jaguars driving around on country roads outside of St Albans all the time. They're just so beautiful and it makes me want one all the time. A Jag on an English country road. Nothing looks better.
More thoughts:
• With Threads you get more of a Meta audience particularly IG so more of the same audience on a different platform
• Threads has the same big tech ick as Twitter albeit less pronounced
• Pining for the original Twitter is strong and ppl feel like they're getting it here
• With Threads you get more of a Meta audience particularly IG so more of the same audience on a different platform
• Threads has the same big tech ick as Twitter albeit less pronounced
• Pining for the original Twitter is strong and ppl feel like they're getting it here
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
More thoughts:
• With Threads you get more of a Meta audience particularly IG so more of the same audience on a different platform
• Threads has the same big tech ick as Twitter albeit less pronounced
• Pining for the original Twitter is strong and ppl feel like they're getting it here
• With Threads you get more of a Meta audience particularly IG so more of the same audience on a different platform
• Threads has the same big tech ick as Twitter albeit less pronounced
• Pining for the original Twitter is strong and ppl feel like they're getting it here
extraordinary chart
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 20, 2024 at 1:54 PM
extraordinary chart