👁️ Why don’t people with headphones in their ears connect them to the phone they are using to talk on?


I know … Let’s build a wind-farm to power an oil field.

There’s that language thing again … Farms and fields … don’t they sound nice?


It’s a pure text app .. so why wouldn’t the ChatGPT people build their new app so it auto sizes for iPad …


ChatGPT is sucking the oxygen out of the conversation … just like Uber and AirBNB before it …


If you don’t want your AI to just be about chat … why would you call it ChatGPT?


For the first time ever, iOS notifications are working on my iPad 🎁 🍾 🎉


Larry Ellison, Oracle chairman, donated $32,400 for Jenner’s campaign

👁️ Ellison is heading towards ‘McAfee crazy’!


👁️ 🔗 Race car driver Jessi Combs has posthumously been named the fastest woman on Earth by Guinness.

Many congratulations and all that - BUT - ‘posthumously named’ … ‘ON earth’ ….

Did I miss the memo redefining the after-life?


I really should unsubscribe from Gotham Girl … but I don’t. I guess it’s my ‘Bachelor’ or ‘Love Island’ or ‘Real ‘Housewives’ secret pleasure … come to think of it - I think she’d fit right in to a twist on ‘Real Housewives of New York’.


👁️ 🔗These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer

Now there’s a clever thing. At least if you’re a bad person that is.


Sorry - just because we voted you in, or you own a newspaper or are a big strapping tech jock … whatever … you are not ‘an elite’ … another example of language being co-opted to maintain the status quo.

🖇️ 🔎 More ‘Language' posts here.


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Happy New Year To Everyone

My three words ?

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👁️ Apologies For Our Absence

… we have been doing a little housekeeping at ‘Chez First’ … and now we are finished. You can expect a lot more interesting and relevant information coming through this channel. Thank you.



Do People No Longer Pick Up The Phone ❓

Apparently not !