The Age We Live in Now

Hello there!

Back from a short break which contrary to popular belief didn't last for a month as a striking amount of people -both at work and not- thought based on a post I shared on LinkedIn that was a reposting from an article.

If you were one of those people I hope you don't take this badly but you may want to work on a bit on reading comprehension.

Anyway, this is not a newsletter, I'm afraid. It's a goodbye.

I published a post on LinkedIn last week announcing that your beloved London Creative & Tech News is moving homes from LinkedIn to Substack, but since LinkedIn has changed its algorithm yet again, that post was probably seen by me and a handful of people.

Because I am against ghosting and one should preach what they teach, here I am telling you why we can't keep communicating via LinkedIn when you thought all was going so well between us. It's always a shock, I agree, but it's not less true that there are always telling signs of an impending disaster.

So in case you were wondering when your favourite newsletter would be back, the good news is that the wait is over and the first issue of The Age We Live in Now (new title and a play on words that references a XIX novel by a great English writer) has already been published in Substack and you can read it here.

There will be a new issue by the end of this week.

If you'd like to keep reading my weekly ramblings on what's new in the world of tech and creative industries, plus my random but amazing cultural recommendations, you have a number of options:

• Subscribe to The Way We Live in Now in Substack. No, it won't cost you any money, and it offers the advantage of delivering the newsletter when it's out straight into your inbox. You can also choose which email you use for it.
• Keep an eye on my LinkedIn profile as I will post on LinkedIn when a new issue is out with a link to it. This will be featured in my profile every week for convenience as the algorithm may now show you that upate.
• And last but not least, there is also a direct link to the Substack newsletter in my LinkedIn bio.

FAQs

So just to be clear, are you saying the LinkedIn newsletter is over? As in this one I'm reading now?

Yes, finished, caput, dead, mortally wounded, unable to be resurrected.

But I don't have substack and don't even know what it is. Do I have to create an account to read the newsletter now?

No, you don't. It's as easy as putting any email you want that content delivered to and you can start receiving updates as and when they're published.

Are you going to bombard me with emails if I subscribe?

I don't plan to.

First because I don't have unlimited time to write emails to strangers online -as exciting as that sounds if like me you came of age at the time the messenger chat entered our lives (hi there, sexyunicorn 69, wherever you are)

Although I admit that since I learned that Ruper Murdoch has retired a part of me sees this as my only window of opportunity to take over by building an online media empire based on newsletters of any kind. The amount of things I could write about...

But worry not. I have a life offline and I'd much rather cultivate that one. To your relief and mine.

So what can I expect then?

The newsletter will still be a weekly issue with a very similar format so you can expect one weekly email delivered to your inbox of choice.

I don't want you to have my email.

I get it. You still have options.

If you don't want to subscribe to the new newsletter, you can still check my LinkedIn profile to keep an eye on new issues. There is a direct link on my LinkedIn bio that will take you straight to the newsletter.

Alternatively, you can create a fake email address (sexyunicorn69 it's already taken, I remind you) or use the one you have for all the one-off discounts you have signed up for but don't use for anything else.

You do you, I won't judge you.

Will I be missing out if I don't subscribe?

Clearly yes because my newsletters are both informative and fun, but I'm biased here.

The move to Substack is an idea I've been maturing for a while as LinkedIn was convenient but never the main plan for this content.

Back in June I heard from several people that are subscribed that they weren't able to access LinkedIn regularly and since they kept mentioning how useful it was to get these weekly updates (and here I'd like to thank everyone who's let me know they enjoyed the newsletter or, mind you, found it helpful to share information that was relevant for business conversations), I thought it might be a good idea to explore a more user-friendly platform.

But again, you don't need to subscribe as you can always pray to the gods of the LinkedIn algorithm for benevolence so they let you get a glimpse of the post with the link to that week's issue before you drown in an ocean of "incredibly honoured and truly humbled" updates.

Understood. No further questions, your honor.

Good.

Whether you have been following London Creative & Tech News since the beginning back in February 2023 or have just joined at the time of the transition, thanks for having dedicated a few minutes of your time to read these weekly updates.

The reason behind this newsletter stems from a desire to understand the world I live in and which is moving at a frightening speed, especially due to the quick adoption and rise of technologies that only a few years ago seemed to belong in a sci-fiction book. As a non-tech person writing this newsletter is almost therapeutic as it helps me make sense of what's happening around me.

Whether you join me on the other side (substack) or remain loyal to checking LinkedIn, I'm sure we'll cross virtual paths again.

The ways of the internet are inscrutable.

Ciao, ciao for now

Cristina

London Creative and Tech News is now The Age We Live in Now, a weekly round-up of curated creative, cultural and tech news with a focus on London published on Substack.

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