Richard Edwards
@richardedwards.me
Co-director at @outlandish.com, designing + building socially positive tech (see https://nookcrm.com 🥳). Also UX at https://openux.design
Happily exhausted after a day of coding workshops with @repoweringlondon.bsky.social London + @bhesco.bsky.social ☺️🎨🧑💻✊ #retrofit
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Happily exhausted after a day of coding workshops with @repoweringlondon.bsky.social London + @bhesco.bsky.social ☺️🎨🧑💻✊ #retrofit
Just seen an announcement that the BBC is now partnering with YouTube, going all in on producing dedicated homegrown content. The benefits of its revenue model are being touted in a time when its current license fee is being so questioned. 1/
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Just seen an announcement that the BBC is now partnering with YouTube, going all in on producing dedicated homegrown content. The benefits of its revenue model are being touted in a time when its current license fee is being so questioned. 1/
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🌞 We’re hiring a part-time CEO to help Croydon Community Energy turn Croydon rooftops into community-owned solar power!
Apply via CharityJob below (Closes Fri 27 Feb 2026, 5pm) ⬇️
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/croydon...
#CommunityEnergy #Recruitment
Apply via CharityJob below (Closes Fri 27 Feb 2026, 5pm) ⬇️
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/croydon...
#CommunityEnergy #Recruitment
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🌞 We’re hiring a part-time CEO to help Croydon Community Energy turn Croydon rooftops into community-owned solar power!
Apply via CharityJob below (Closes Fri 27 Feb 2026, 5pm) ⬇️
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/croydon...
#CommunityEnergy #Recruitment
Apply via CharityJob below (Closes Fri 27 Feb 2026, 5pm) ⬇️
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/croydon...
#CommunityEnergy #Recruitment
This live skeeted thread has been the funniest / most depressing (funnessing?) things I’ve read in ages! #AI
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
This live skeeted thread has been the funniest / most depressing (funnessing?) things I’ve read in ages! #AI
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Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
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Are you a #co-op or co-op curious in London? Join this drinks meeting with Dutch coops on Thurs 29th Jan, 5-7pm luma.com/clicv5rh with @outlandish.com and others
Futures x Co-ops: UK/NL drinks & dialogue · Luma
Drinks at Space4 to bring together the futures and co-ops community in London and from the Netherlands. Over drinks we will explore:
What can we imagine for…
luma.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Are you a #co-op or co-op curious in London? Join this drinks meeting with Dutch coops on Thurs 29th Jan, 5-7pm luma.com/clicv5rh with @outlandish.com and others
After a healthy break of thinking, reading + reflecting, it's time to #openUX! Our first meetup of 2026 is gonna be on effective UX research. Come swap notes!
#uxui #uxdesign #productmanagement
#uxui #uxdesign #productmanagement
#20 - Beyond Research Theatre: Making UX Insights Actually Change Things | Open UX Design
So many of us have been there: research that exists to rubber-stamp pre-made decisions; and organisations that say they’re "user-centred" but ignore uncomfortable findings.
This 1 hour roundtable dis...
community.openux.design
January 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
After a healthy break of thinking, reading + reflecting, it's time to #openUX! Our first meetup of 2026 is gonna be on effective UX research. Come swap notes!
#uxui #uxdesign #productmanagement
#uxui #uxdesign #productmanagement
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"You are here. In 2026. Systems are tangled, feedback loops are everywhere, time delays mask cause and effect, and linear thinking fails constantly. The mental models that help you see that clearly are your compass to navigating the polycrisis."
I wrote about the mental models we actually need for 2026. Less "climb the ladder," more "survive the polycrisis"
blog.dougbelshaw.com/mental-model...
#SystemsThinking #Education #Economics
blog.dougbelshaw.com/mental-model...
#SystemsThinking #Education #Economics
You are here: mental models for 2026
Systems are tangled, feedback loops are everywhere, time delays mask cause and effect, and linear thinking fails constantly. The mental models that help you see that clearly are your compass to naviga...
blog.dougbelshaw.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"You are here. In 2026. Systems are tangled, feedback loops are everywhere, time delays mask cause and effect, and linear thinking fails constantly. The mental models that help you see that clearly are your compass to navigating the polycrisis."
Hey tech #coops, in 2026 you should be exploring ways to align with the govt’s Industrial Strategy.
That = thinking about #netzero, #cleanenergy, local infrastructure (e.g. data tooling and place-based projects) & responsible #AI tied to raising civic capacity 🏡🙌
outlandish.com/blog/net-zer...
That = thinking about #netzero, #cleanenergy, local infrastructure (e.g. data tooling and place-based projects) & responsible #AI tied to raising civic capacity 🏡🙌
outlandish.com/blog/net-zer...
Net zero, AI and 2026
2026 feels like a next step to me – a chance for Outlandish and other tech co-ops to gather business momentum...
outlandish.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Hey tech #coops, in 2026 you should be exploring ways to align with the govt’s Industrial Strategy.
That = thinking about #netzero, #cleanenergy, local infrastructure (e.g. data tooling and place-based projects) & responsible #AI tied to raising civic capacity 🏡🙌
outlandish.com/blog/net-zer...
That = thinking about #netzero, #cleanenergy, local infrastructure (e.g. data tooling and place-based projects) & responsible #AI tied to raising civic capacity 🏡🙌
outlandish.com/blog/net-zer...
Big tech wants to push a narrative of co-create, co-design and copilot with #genAI because it spins a narrative that this is an equal entity. It is not. It is a tool, and this is important. 1/
January 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Big tech wants to push a narrative of co-create, co-design and copilot with #genAI because it spins a narrative that this is an equal entity. It is not. It is a tool, and this is important. 1/
I’m increasingly uncomfortable over Jakob Nielsen’s newsletters for his uncritical use & promotion of #AI.
His latest celebrates that he’s generated 20,000 AI images in 2025. I did a Google and that’s up to 40,000kWh… Or enough energy to power 14 UK homes for a year.
😧🫢😢
#uxdesign #uxui
His latest celebrates that he’s generated 20,000 AI images in 2025. I did a Google and that’s up to 40,000kWh… Or enough energy to power 14 UK homes for a year.
😧🫢😢
#uxdesign #uxui
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Saw a Kingfisher in St Albans! Such wonderfully beautiful birds 💙
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Saw a Kingfisher in St Albans! Such wonderfully beautiful birds 💙
Every Christmas my kids watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They titter once or twice, but mostly stare agog as Jim Carrey goes FULL ON JIM CARREY for 90 unrelenting minutes 😲🙀😬
I mean, it must be doing something right but… YIKES!
I mean, it must be doing something right but… YIKES!
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Every Christmas my kids watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They titter once or twice, but mostly stare agog as Jim Carrey goes FULL ON JIM CARREY for 90 unrelenting minutes 😲🙀😬
I mean, it must be doing something right but… YIKES!
I mean, it must be doing something right but… YIKES!
Just in time for 🎄🧑🎄 ! This week the NookCRM team finished ‘Nookifying’ a #communityenergy group’s existing CiviCRM setup, bringing 4000+ #energyadvice & #fuelpoverty cases into the Nook-o-sphere. 🙌
Should we call it that? 🧐 Probably not!
🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄
Should we call it that? 🧐 Probably not!
🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just in time for 🎄🧑🎄 ! This week the NookCRM team finished ‘Nookifying’ a #communityenergy group’s existing CiviCRM setup, bringing 4000+ #energyadvice & #fuelpoverty cases into the Nook-o-sphere. 🙌
Should we call it that? 🧐 Probably not!
🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄
Should we call it that? 🧐 Probably not!
🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄
YES! This could be for you! **£5,000 cash funding** 💸💸💸 for startups / orgs working on everyday challenges (like food, housing & retrofit, transport, care), PLUS training PLUS help setting up as a workers co-op 👇👇
via @workers-coop.bsky.social
#coops #socialimpact #retrofit #care
via @workers-coop.bsky.social
#coops #socialimpact #retrofit #care
Own The Future: Our first co-op support programme starting in March! - workers.coop
Workers.coop is launching Own The Future, its first co-op support programme for workers leading the transition to a new economy. Democratic worker
www.workers.coop
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
YES! This could be for you! **£5,000 cash funding** 💸💸💸 for startups / orgs working on everyday challenges (like food, housing & retrofit, transport, care), PLUS training PLUS help setting up as a workers co-op 👇👇
via @workers-coop.bsky.social
#coops #socialimpact #retrofit #care
via @workers-coop.bsky.social
#coops #socialimpact #retrofit #care
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GET INVOLVED: We’re coordinating a response to the call for evidence on how government can best support and grow the UK’s co-operative sector. 📈
As part of this, we’re running three webinars for our members to have their say and hear more about the process:
As part of this, we’re running three webinars for our members to have their say and hear more about the process:
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
GET INVOLVED: We’re coordinating a response to the call for evidence on how government can best support and grow the UK’s co-operative sector. 📈
As part of this, we’re running three webinars for our members to have their say and hear more about the process:
As part of this, we’re running three webinars for our members to have their say and hear more about the process:
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Don't steal pies this Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Don't steal pies this Christmas.
Hey up, @workers-coop.bsky.social is hiring! Looking for a "strategic organiser and collaborator".
Freelance in tech? This part-time role may be something you can do alongside other work!
#coops #socialimpact #techjobs
Freelance in tech? This part-time role may be something you can do alongside other work!
#coops #socialimpact #techjobs
We're hiring a Business Operations and Movement Building Coordinator - workers.coop
Business Operations and Movement Building Coordinator Salary: £36,000-£38,000 FTE, dependent on desired benefits package.Location: Remote (UK
www.workers.coop
December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Hey up, @workers-coop.bsky.social is hiring! Looking for a "strategic organiser and collaborator".
Freelance in tech? This part-time role may be something you can do alongside other work!
#coops #socialimpact #techjobs
Freelance in tech? This part-time role may be something you can do alongside other work!
#coops #socialimpact #techjobs
Woop! It’s Tuesday rollout time and @nadiagor.bsky.social & the NookCRM team have deployed improved user permissions. Meaning better management of settings, client journeys and project configuration. 🥳☺️🥳
#communityenergy #fuelpoverty
#communityenergy #fuelpoverty
NookCRM
The open source client and case management tool for community energy groups.
nookcrm.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Woop! It’s Tuesday rollout time and @nadiagor.bsky.social & the NookCRM team have deployed improved user permissions. Meaning better management of settings, client journeys and project configuration. 🥳☺️🥳
#communityenergy #fuelpoverty
#communityenergy #fuelpoverty
Looks very useful 👇 #civitech
🚨 3 DAYS LEFT! The TPG Mentorship application closes this Friday, Dec 5. Don't miss your chance to be a mentor or mentee in this transformative 5-month program (Jan 9 - Jun 5, 2026). Apply now:
Mentorship Program | Technologists for the Public Good
community.publicgood.tech
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looks very useful 👇 #civitech
Oooh nice! Innovate UK is offering Women in Innovation Awards to women founders & co-founders. £75,000 of grant funding and business support 🤩👇
@ukri.org #innovation #tech
@ukri.org #innovation #tech
Competition overview - Women in Innovation Awards 2025/26 - Innovation Funding Service
apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Oooh nice! Innovate UK is offering Women in Innovation Awards to women founders & co-founders. £75,000 of grant funding and business support 🤩👇
@ukri.org #innovation #tech
@ukri.org #innovation #tech
Browsing a thread about how to help a mum with dementia to work with answerphones, I came across this *wonderful* Substack - simple tech & hacks to make things more accessible at home 👇💙
#accessibility #dementia #dementiatech
#accessibility #dementia #dementiatech
Frank’s Easy Tech Corner | Frank Engelman | Substack
If you are looking for easy-to-setup technology to make your smartphone more “usable” or make your home “smarter,” this could be the place for you. Click to read Frank’s Easy Tech Corner, by Frank Eng...
frankseasytechcorner.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Browsing a thread about how to help a mum with dementia to work with answerphones, I came across this *wonderful* Substack - simple tech & hacks to make things more accessible at home 👇💙
#accessibility #dementia #dementiatech
#accessibility #dementia #dementiatech
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hi friends, I’m so thrilled @publicgood.tech is on BlueSky! I've been a board member since 2021 & I care deeply about this org: the only one dedicated to supporting the people who do the very hard work of civic tech
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
hi friends, I’m so thrilled @publicgood.tech is on BlueSky! I've been a board member since 2021 & I care deeply about this org: the only one dedicated to supporting the people who do the very hard work of civic tech
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
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User needs first
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
User needs first
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.
Service design second
Operating model third
Technology fourth
This order is still reversed way too often.