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  • Episode 17: Graphic Design, Freelancing and AI, with Adelaide Leeder

    Episode 17: Graphic Design, Freelancing and AI, with Adelaide Leeder
    2026/07/31

    Illustrator and graphic designer Adelaide Leeder joins us to talk about creative careers, freelance client disasters, pricing design work, and what generative AI means for artists.

    • Mark returns from Truck Festival with a giant battery and a solar panel
    • Michael tries mindful coffee drinking after reaching ten cups a day
    • Adelaide reveals what Michael was like at university
    • We discover that blunt feedback can make you an excellent design client

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    Who is Adelaide Leeder?

    Adelaide is an illustrator and graphic designer at Bally’s, the designer of the ctrl-alt-expletive branding, and one of Michael’s oldest friends. She talks about moving from animation and web work into illustration, designing games, making props for film, and creating work that still feels personal.

    Quickfire Questions
    • Spend a day doing 2D or 3D design?
    • When starting a character design, pen and paper or a digital notepad?
    • Design one important logo or a whole series of illustrations?
    • After Effects or Flash?
    • What is the biggest misconception freelance clients have about design work?
    • How much completed work never makes it into your portfolio?
    • Does AI image generation make you nervous about employment?
    • What is your dream creative job?
    Breaking Prod

    Adelaide tells us about the freelance children’s game that lasted for roughly five years, involved endless revisions and several thousand pounds of unpaid work, and ended with the client asking Adelaide to compensate them for changing illustrator.

    Big Topic: Freelance Design
    • Is freelance work a dream job or a necessary evil?
    • What work should a designer include in a portfolio?
    • Why should freelancers take 50% up front?
    • How long should mood boards and initial concepts take?
    • Hourly rates or day rates?
    • How do you price repeat clients and work for friends?
    • How much direction should come from the client?
    • How do designers collaborate with developers and animators?
    • Do tools like Squarespace mean fewer people need bespoke web design?
    • How do freelancers handle invoicing, tax, irregular work and late payment?
    AI, Creativity and the Future of Design
    • Where does AI genuinely save designers time?
    • When does inspiration or assistance become passing off generated work as your own?
    • What is lost when phone software “fixes” memories and removes imperfections?
    • Can clients already recognise the look of AI-generated work?
    • Will demand grow for handmade, analogue and demonstrably human work?
    • Are physical crafts such as prop-making becoming more appealing as digital work becomes easier to generate?
    News
    • Online age checks now in force — Ofcom
    • The UK Online Safety Act, age verification, privacy, and why VPN use surged after the new rules came into force
    • What a VPN actually does, legitimate privacy uses, and whether you should trust a commercial VPN provider
    Recommendations Books
    • The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel
    • Men in Love, by Irvine Welsh
    Talks and Podcasts
    • Do schools kill creativity? — Sir Ken Robinson, TED
    • The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
    TV & Film
    • Here We Go — BBC comedy
    • Joker: Folie à Deux
    • Severance, season two — Apple TV+
    • Untamed — Netflix
    Music
    • TONGUE, including “Dyson Airblade”
    Technology
    • Nanoleaf light strips

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    Special Guest: Adelaide Leeder.
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  • Episode 16: FinOps, with Alison McIntyre

    Episode 16: FinOps, with Alison McIntyre
    2025/06/13
    Alison McIntyre, Director of Cloud Economics at Capgemini gives us a tour of modern FinOps, and the state of FinOps report Michael is investigating Liberating StructuresMark doesn't know what a Clementine isAlison gets in on the ground floor on a new FinOps project Subscribe to our new Newsletter! Stay informed about new episodes, and get beautiful news and recommendation links. Who is Alison McIntyre? IT support -> Scottish Parliament -> Lloyds Bank -> Capgemini, with some stories along the way! Quickfire Questions: What is one FinOps practice you take into your personal life?What is the most likely offender of unnecessary spend in your experience?Which roles are most receptive to the introduction of FinOps concepts?What is one memory that sticks out from interviewing Michael?What is the biggest misconception about FinOps?What is the most memorable reaction you’ve seen when you’ve shown someone the cloud spend their team is accountable for?What is FOCUS?What is Cloud Plus, and Scopes? Breaking Prod Alison will happily unplug your network cables for you Big Topic: FinOps The term ‘unit economics’ comes up in all the literature, what does it meanWhat is the structure of that team? What sort of roles exist in a team like this when a company decides to have one?If you have an internal developer platform, does chargeback need to include the cost of the team developing that platform?What if other teams internally aren’t willing to eat that cost? Can they reject the Internal Developer Platform and do it themselves?Is there a lot of tooling provided by the hyperscalers?Is it significantly harder to track consumption with on-premise infra? News We cover the 2025 State of FinOps report We get hot takes from our expert. "Workload optimization and waste reduction is the top priority by a clear margin" "In the next 12 months, governance and optimization are top for future priorities" "“Organizational Alignment” still the top way to achieve priorities but “Investment and Tooling” has risen significantly" "Practitioners are increasing effort in many capabilities while reducing effort in very few" Recommendations FinOps FinOps Foundation websiteCloud FinOps book, by J. R. Storment and Mike Fuller (O'Reilly)FinOps Weekly podcast Books Unlearn audiobook (audible)1984 Audiobook, featuring Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott and Tom Hardy TV & Film A Real Pain, Drama film on Disney+The Studio, Comedy series on Apple TVWhite Lotus, Drama series on SkyMobLand, Crime Drama on Paramount+ Music Cultdreams - Love Won't Let Me Go & Death Consumes Me :: Indie Rock :: Apple Music · Spotify · YouTube Technology Arc browserCrossplane If you've enjoyed the show, recommend it to a friend! Or leave us a rating/review on apple/spotify to help others find us. Subscribe to our new Newsletter! Stay informed about new episodes, and get beautiful news and recommendation links. GIVE US FEEDBACK! Do this form, it will take 4 minsSpecial Guest: Alison McIntyre.
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    1 時間 32 分
  • Episode 15: Working with Neurodiversity, with Chris Knight

    Episode 15: Working with Neurodiversity, with Chris Knight
    2025/03/29
    Chris Knight, Head of Data & AI Demand, Delivery & Financial Operations, talks about his work life, and dealing with Neurodivergence Mark has been fiddling around with Kit and automation for emails for our newsletter. Chris is says you can only last a week without a dishwasherMichael calls people Rain Man. Hasn't even seen it. Subscribe to our new Newsletter! Stay informed about new episodes, and get beautiful news and recommendation links. Who is Chris Knight? Chris has a very unusual story of how he eventually landed into his senior role. Buckle in! Quickfire Questions: What’s one thing that’s certain to distract you, when you’re working? When are you at your most focused? Do deadlines help or stress you out? What’s something neurotypical people often get wrong about neurodivergence? One app or tool you couldn’t live without? You meet someone new at work, and although they haven’t come out and said “I’m Neurodivergent”, you can just tell. What sort of things are you noticing? What does time management look like for neurodivergent people? Breaking Prod Chris is breaking records in style, with an email whoopsie to all customers Big Topic: Neurodiveristy What sort of stigma comes with being neurodivergent?Have you tried during your career did you pretend you weren't neurodivergent, by “masking”? Did you ever tell yourself, or have other people tell you, “you need to try harder”, even though you felt you were already giving it your all?When’s the right time to tell your boss/employer?From the corporate side, what does good support look like from your employer?In some ways, your Neurodivergence makes things more difficult – are there any ways in which it’s your superpower? What's your take on medication?What should parents know about neurodivergence? How do you support your daughter? News TikTok Misinformation Is Warping Young People's Understanding of ADHD (sciencealert.com) “of the top 100 most-viewed TikTok videos tagged for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) content, fewer than half matched the professional diagnostic criteria for the condition.” “using the top 100's five most accurate and five least accurate videos, as judged by clinical psychologists. These 10 clips were then shown to 843 undergraduates taking an introductory psychology course, who were asked to rate them based on their perceived educational value. While the best five videos scored an average of 3.6 from psychologists for accuracy, they only got a score of 2.8 from the students. The worst five videos for accuracy scored 1.1 from psychologists, but 2.3 from students.” Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare (The Guardian) From Wes Streeting: “Here’s the other thing, mental wellbeing, illness, it’s a spectrum and I think definitely there’s an overdiagnosis, but there’s too many people being written off and, to your point about treatment, too many people who just aren’t getting the support they need. So if you can get that support to people much earlier, then you can help people to either stay in work or get back to work.” Neurodiverse staff well suited to a changing world (The Times, paywalled) > "People with conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia bring unique skills to the workplace" Recommendations Neurodivergence NHS WebsiteADHD Love, YouTube ChannelHow to ADHD, by Jessica McCabe TV LOL: Last One Laughing, reality comedy on Amazon PrimeGangs of London Action Drama from Sky Music Why? - The Well I Fell Into :: Alternative :: Apple Music · Spotify · YouTubeHHY & the Kampala Unit :: Electronic Jazz :: Apple Music · Spotify · YouTubeWilkinson :: Electronic, Drum 'n' Bass :: Apple Music · Spotify · YouTube If you've enjoyed the show, recommend it to a friend! Or leave us a rating/review on apple/spotify to help others find us. Subscribe to our new Newsletter! Stay informed about new episodes, and get beautiful news and recommendation links. GIVE US FEEDBACK! Do this form, it will take 4 minsSpecial Guest: Chris Knight.
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    1 時間 36 分
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