Marc Settle
@marcsettle.bsky.social
BBC trainer, not journalist — I train BBC staff (& others) how to use phones for newsgathering.
Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal.
My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.
Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal.
My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.
Really impressive to see this origami explanation from nano banana.
Step one - get a piece of grey square paper
Step two - by now it should be folded into the shape of an elephant.
🙃
Step one - get a piece of grey square paper
Step two - by now it should be folded into the shape of an elephant.
🙃
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Really impressive to see this origami explanation from nano banana.
Step one - get a piece of grey square paper
Step two - by now it should be folded into the shape of an elephant.
🙃
Step one - get a piece of grey square paper
Step two - by now it should be folded into the shape of an elephant.
🙃
Should I? I have never done so before, but always with a nagging feeling of “maybe THIS time, I’ll regret not having it”
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Should I? I have never done so before, but always with a nagging feeling of “maybe THIS time, I’ll regret not having it”
This is where reporting on cricket must be the best job in sport, for some.
You’re being paid to watch cricket; you’ve been flown to Australia to watch it; the game has just ended three days early.
You have three spare days in Australia. The next Test isn’t until December 4th. Lucky buggers. 😂
You’re being paid to watch cricket; you’ve been flown to Australia to watch it; the game has just ended three days early.
You have three spare days in Australia. The next Test isn’t until December 4th. Lucky buggers. 😂
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is where reporting on cricket must be the best job in sport, for some.
You’re being paid to watch cricket; you’ve been flown to Australia to watch it; the game has just ended three days early.
You have three spare days in Australia. The next Test isn’t until December 4th. Lucky buggers. 😂
You’re being paid to watch cricket; you’ve been flown to Australia to watch it; the game has just ended three days early.
You have three spare days in Australia. The next Test isn’t until December 4th. Lucky buggers. 😂
Shout out to this developer who asked me to rate their app BEFORE I’d finished the onboarding to actually use it 🤨
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Shout out to this developer who asked me to rate their app BEFORE I’d finished the onboarding to actually use it 🤨
Good luck to anyone staying up to catch the aurora in the UK.
I wish I could - the ones from a few years ago were amazing…for suburban north west London.
I wish I could - the ones from a few years ago were amazing…for suburban north west London.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Good luck to anyone staying up to catch the aurora in the UK.
I wish I could - the ones from a few years ago were amazing…for suburban north west London.
I wish I could - the ones from a few years ago were amazing…for suburban north west London.
When dictation goes wrong.
It was meant to be “pause button” 😬🙄
It was meant to be “pause button” 😬🙄
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
When dictation goes wrong.
It was meant to be “pause button” 😬🙄
It was meant to be “pause button” 😬🙄
If I’m on Microsoft Co-pilot to use ChatGPT, is it really necessary for the text to be headed “AI generated”?
Are there honestly people who’ll use the system and not be aware of that?
Are there honestly people who’ll use the system and not be aware of that?
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If I’m on Microsoft Co-pilot to use ChatGPT, is it really necessary for the text to be headed “AI generated”?
Are there honestly people who’ll use the system and not be aware of that?
Are there honestly people who’ll use the system and not be aware of that?
Here’s a linguistic quirk:
Last night on the TV10 on BBC1, it was the final; yet just now on the TV6 it was the finale.
Do they mean different things? Which do you prefer?
Last night on the TV10 on BBC1, it was the final; yet just now on the TV6 it was the finale.
Do they mean different things? Which do you prefer?
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Here’s a linguistic quirk:
Last night on the TV10 on BBC1, it was the final; yet just now on the TV6 it was the finale.
Do they mean different things? Which do you prefer?
Last night on the TV10 on BBC1, it was the final; yet just now on the TV6 it was the finale.
Do they mean different things? Which do you prefer?
Didn’t the first week of November used to be cold..?
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Didn’t the first week of November used to be cold..?
Obviously, there are worse things to be worried about right now - but boy is it dispiriting to see UK based retailers promoting *early* Black Friday deals.
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Obviously, there are worse things to be worried about right now - but boy is it dispiriting to see UK based retailers promoting *early* Black Friday deals.
Trying my 7 & 11 year old kids on this.
I’ll let you know what they thought of it in about 28 minutes.
I’ll let you know what they thought of it in about 28 minutes.
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trying my 7 & 11 year old kids on this.
I’ll let you know what they thought of it in about 28 minutes.
I’ll let you know what they thought of it in about 28 minutes.
All the guys *actually* called Andrew Windsor have long been dreading this moment.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All the guys *actually* called Andrew Windsor have long been dreading this moment.
I’m sure it’ll win out in the long run but Meta’s AI just took away a click I would otherwise have given to a page on Facebook.
This was a good “curiosity gap” from Secret London, omitting the name of the museum… rather undermined by the suggested questions from Meta AI.
This was a good “curiosity gap” from Secret London, omitting the name of the museum… rather undermined by the suggested questions from Meta AI.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I’m sure it’ll win out in the long run but Meta’s AI just took away a click I would otherwise have given to a page on Facebook.
This was a good “curiosity gap” from Secret London, omitting the name of the museum… rather undermined by the suggested questions from Meta AI.
This was a good “curiosity gap” from Secret London, omitting the name of the museum… rather undermined by the suggested questions from Meta AI.
Neat trick - use the zoom on the iPhone 17 pro to help tell you the time.
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Neat trick - use the zoom on the iPhone 17 pro to help tell you the time.
I appear to be in Beethoven Fifth’s room.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I appear to be in Beethoven Fifth’s room.
So who ELSE knew that Italians call Munich “Monaco of Bavaria”?
Can any Italians verify that…?
Can any Italians verify that…?
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So who ELSE knew that Italians call Munich “Monaco of Bavaria”?
Can any Italians verify that…?
Can any Italians verify that…?
Curious that the Met Office’s one-icon weather summary for Thursday is “dark cloud & lots of rain” when the detailed forecast says that’ll happen 0100-0400 and the rest of Thursday looks to be quite nice.
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Curious that the Met Office’s one-icon weather summary for Thursday is “dark cloud & lots of rain” when the detailed forecast says that’ll happen 0100-0400 and the rest of Thursday looks to be quite nice.
Random discovery of the day.
The boundary of Kansas City, Missouri has real echoes of Marge Simpson.
The boundary of Kansas City, Missouri has real echoes of Marge Simpson.
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Random discovery of the day.
The boundary of Kansas City, Missouri has real echoes of Marge Simpson.
The boundary of Kansas City, Missouri has real echoes of Marge Simpson.
With all ~this~ going on in the world <gesturing wildly>, I don’t know whether to be pleased or confused that the top story as shown on Google Chrome is about the temporary closure of a McDonalds somewhere in Sussex.
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
With all ~this~ going on in the world <gesturing wildly>, I don’t know whether to be pleased or confused that the top story as shown on Google Chrome is about the temporary closure of a McDonalds somewhere in Sussex.
I don’t take out many subscriptions so I don’t know how common this is…but this seems a little dodgy “dark pattern” from Apple?
Under the guise of receiving fewer emails, the happy financial by-product for Apple would be me not getting a reminder about cancelling my subscription. 🤨
Under the guise of receiving fewer emails, the happy financial by-product for Apple would be me not getting a reminder about cancelling my subscription. 🤨
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don’t take out many subscriptions so I don’t know how common this is…but this seems a little dodgy “dark pattern” from Apple?
Under the guise of receiving fewer emails, the happy financial by-product for Apple would be me not getting a reminder about cancelling my subscription. 🤨
Under the guise of receiving fewer emails, the happy financial by-product for Apple would be me not getting a reminder about cancelling my subscription. 🤨
I wonder what the Venn diagram is of “people who hate the idea of football matches from European leagues being played outside Europe” and “people who love that the Grand Sumo Tournament is taking place in London and not Tokyo”?
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wonder what the Venn diagram is of “people who hate the idea of football matches from European leagues being played outside Europe” and “people who love that the Grand Sumo Tournament is taking place in London and not Tokyo”?
A little reward for submitting a bug report for iOS 26.1 beta 2
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A little reward for submitting a bug report for iOS 26.1 beta 2
Goodbye (Mr) Clips.
I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...
I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Goodbye (Mr) Clips.
I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...
I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...