Pilar Orti
@pilarorti.bsky.social
Writer on remote work and other stuff. Also training as #pilates instructor - gotta move! Books: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon Thoughts: https://spirallingcreativity.substack.co Voiceover including Xuli in GoJetters.
Fascinating article by @charlottetobitt.bsky.social about a “journalist” writing made up stories with genAI and getting through onto high profile publications. @caseynewton.bsky.social would love to hear your take in a Hard Fork episode… (wink wink nudge nudge) pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
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Jealous of the husband, who’s running a #photography workshop with one of his mentors. www.eventbrite.com/e/architectu... #London
Architectural Photography Walk and Workshop on the River Thames in London
Capture striking architectural images on a guided workshop along the Thames, led by experts. Learn, shoot, and refine your skills!
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025. Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy. Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An interesting experiment from a friend @pilarorti.bsky.social - Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot open.substack.com/pub/spiralli...
Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot
It’s been over a year now since I published The Remote Worker’s Guide to Time Management, which I co-wrote with ChatGPT. Here are some things I learned through the process.
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Meanwhile, good things keep happening: “A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics”. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists discover new part of the immune system
New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.
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My latest updates, working with four genAIs and a random pic - today’s Spiralling Creativity post. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/writing-in...
Writing in Parallel with 4 Bots and other updates
Earlier this week I found myself editing a chapter using four LLMs in parallel.
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If I’d gone out later this morning, I would have made more Vitamin D. But then I would have missed this:
Ok, so AI companies can create chatbots that reason like humans, but you can't change the email account associated with your accounts? What?????? Both with Claude AI and ChatGPT... hmmm...
Five things I was up to (and still am!) last week. spirallingcreativity.substack.com/p/spiralling...
Spiralling Five Times
stuff I'm doing or thinking about
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Any product management folks in my network available asap for a short term gig? Remote but UK only. Ideally have experience with intranets (even better, SharePoint). Slide into my DMs if so.
“Our books teach us what they want to be as we go along.” - Ink in your Veins ep 478 #writing You nailed it, @rachaelherron.bsky.social ! This is so true, all my books change focus and structure half way through!
I'm thinking of signing up to Gemini Advanced to try its Deep Research feature. Any thoughts? (I know I can sign up free for a month, but wanted to see how others are using it and how it's useful.)
I'm looking for first-draft readers for two books related to remote work. A bit more information here: www.virtualnotdistant.com/coming-soon
Coming Soon — Virtual not Distant
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I keep hearing how AI lacks humanity, but Anthropic’s last year showed that “current Al models can engage in what we call "alignment faking": strategically engaging in aligned or misaligned behavior depending on whether the model suspects its actions will go unnoticed.” Sounds pretty human to me.
Today's dilemma: for my Pilates cert case-study: shall I audio record a class, and then transcribe-genAI it (feed transcript of each exercise to Claude to generate bullet points) or shall I sit a the computer and type instructions for each exercise? I love the simplicity of my new life...
"It was three in the morning, the time when nightmares laugh side by side with reality." #quotes From "The Power of No" by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher
@fionamcbride.bsky.social Seen this?>>>>
IAF England & Wales@iafenglandwales.bsky.social · 2y agoDo you have a great idea for a workshop? Expressions of interest in running a #facilitation workshop at IAF E&W's #Facilitate2025 conference are now open - deadline for submission is 15 January #IAFmeetup docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
“Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.” - From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks A book with a lot of wisdom, recommended to me by @markkilby.com #wisdom #quotes
“Social isolation refers to objectively being alone, having few relationships or infrequent social contacts; loneliness refers to subjectively feeling alone, or the discrepancy between one’s desired level of connection and one’s actual level.” Yet many organisational initiatives address the former…
Data from France, Spain, and US from 2003 to 2018 show that inflows of foreign workers have a weak and mostly non-significant effect on the job-finding and job-separation rates of native workers. #FutureOfWork
Pedro Gomes@pedromaiagomes.bsky.social · 2y ago𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 Immigration myths busted: More immigrants ≠ fewer jobs for natives. From Spain to the U.S., migration inflows barely nudge native job-finding or job-separation rates. Turns out, the labor market pie grows! 🥧🌍 #LabourEconomics #Immigration doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Listening back to today's episode brought parasocial relationships to mind. It really felt like the guest and I shared a history - no wonder, he's been listening to the show since 2016! www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/con...
WLP371 Using Frameworks for Connection and Back to Basics — Virtual not Distant
Listener Richard de Villiers reached out to Pilar after hearing the episode on the 3 A’s of Connection. He has plenty to say on the subject of connection in remote teams, and bridging the gap betwee...
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My latest podcast guest is co-creating an intimate co-living experience for in Rumania for digital nomads and remote workers, in March 2025. If this sounds of interest, check out episode 370 of 21st Century Work Life podcast or have a look at the summary. www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/exp...
WLP370 A Curated Experience in Romania for Digital Nomads and Remote Professionals — Virtual not Distant
In this episode, Pilar interviews Andreea Gătin an event and community manager who is organising a unique experience for digital nomad and remote workers in Romania. Andreea discusses her goals for th...
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So glad to hear this! I feel like long-form writing is punished when external links demote posts.
Rose 🌹@rose.bsky.team · 2y agoWe want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
A must listen for all - and do share with those who are unaware that these types of scams, and many others are going on.
Martin Lewis@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 2y agoSCAMS EPIDEMIC POD SPECIAL I meet victim of a £73k deep fake of me Psychological ways the criminals suck u in Questioning Ofcom, Police & banks over UKs pitiful regulations & why so few get arrested! podcasts.APPLE.com/gb/podcast/t... open.SPOTIFY.com/show/6tsU1yc... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...