Stamanfar
@stamanfar.bsky.social
Service designer, tinkerer and generally just getting in the way, UK Gov. #weeknotes
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Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have… |...
Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have be...
www.linkedin.com
In 2026 we are reinstating the regular One Team Gov breakfast club in London and also running a virtual one for anybody who doesn't have a meetup near them.
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
Yesterday I went to my boy's school Christmas play - the first they have ever done. I've been thinking about it ever since, seeing all the parents watching their SEND kids doing the best they absolutely can and being applauded and appreciated. It's really difficult to explain how much it means.
December 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yesterday I went to my boy's school Christmas play - the first they have ever done. I've been thinking about it ever since, seeing all the parents watching their SEND kids doing the best they absolutely can and being applauded and appreciated. It's really difficult to explain how much it means.
Ok hear me out, Baby it’s cold outside is a ghost story, but which one is the ghost?
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ok hear me out, Baby it’s cold outside is a ghost story, but which one is the ghost?
Me, at my desk: Where are my glasses?
*looks around frantically*
Also me: Ah, I plonked that tube of twiglets on them. Cool.
*looks around frantically*
Also me: Ah, I plonked that tube of twiglets on them. Cool.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Me, at my desk: Where are my glasses?
*looks around frantically*
Also me: Ah, I plonked that tube of twiglets on them. Cool.
*looks around frantically*
Also me: Ah, I plonked that tube of twiglets on them. Cool.
Dear people who are better at this stuff than me: I really want a training about agentic AI which doesn't require being a Python expert (though I'm getting the feeling that this might not be a thing)and focuses on what the impacts of agentic might be on service design. (1/2)
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Dear people who are better at this stuff than me: I really want a training about agentic AI which doesn't require being a Python expert (though I'm getting the feeling that this might not be a thing)and focuses on what the impacts of agentic might be on service design. (1/2)
Innovation idea 'Blursky' the same as Bluesky but everyones tweets are passed through AI to make them just 10% out of whack. I'm seeking an investment of £10 for a 0.001% stake in the company.
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Innovation idea 'Blursky' the same as Bluesky but everyones tweets are passed through AI to make them just 10% out of whack. I'm seeking an investment of £10 for a 0.001% stake in the company.
Last #weeknotes of the year @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social - see you on the other side:
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December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last #weeknotes of the year @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social - see you on the other side:
weeknot.es/weeknotes-s2...
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In 2026 we are reinstating the regular One Team Gov breakfast club in London and also running a virtual one for anybody who doesn't have a meetup near them.
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have… |...
Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have be...
www.linkedin.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In 2026 we are reinstating the regular One Team Gov breakfast club in London and also running a virtual one for anybody who doesn't have a meetup near them.
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!)
www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
Typo of the day: plopulation
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Typo of the day: plopulation
Oh you want feedback?
“Using this service made me cry”
“Using this service made me cry”
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Oh you want feedback?
“Using this service made me cry”
“Using this service made me cry”
Hivemind: your help please, I want to read about gathering survey responses from people who might need support to participate, this might be in person help, or it could be innovative uses of technology and new tools (yessss like AI). What about capacity? What works, what doesn't? Suggestions?
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Hivemind: your help please, I want to read about gathering survey responses from people who might need support to participate, this might be in person help, or it could be innovative uses of technology and new tools (yessss like AI). What about capacity? What works, what doesn't? Suggestions?
If only this was the full title:
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If only this was the full title:
Online Christmas shopping is great and all but how do I turn off the “little treat for meeee” part of my brain?
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Online Christmas shopping is great and all but how do I turn off the “little treat for meeee” part of my brain?
Spotify wrapped told husband that his listening age is 62 and it has provided me with the laugh that I needed today.
He was also his own top artist which is lolz.
He was also his own top artist which is lolz.
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Spotify wrapped told husband that his listening age is 62 and it has provided me with the laugh that I needed today.
He was also his own top artist which is lolz.
He was also his own top artist which is lolz.
Summary of my last interaction with copilot (thank you so much for the suggested prompts copilot)
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Summary of my last interaction with copilot (thank you so much for the suggested prompts copilot)
Gah, the small autistic human found the twiglets in my office and scoffed the remaining treats before breakfast, now I don't have any emotional support twiglets.
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Gah, the small autistic human found the twiglets in my office and scoffed the remaining treats before breakfast, now I don't have any emotional support twiglets.
Ah the form has culminated in a short text message reply which doesn't fully address my needs, a push to request private support and me in tears. Brilliant. Excellent work all round.
It took me 15 minutes to complete the form, by the time I’d done it and gone back to the beginning the form was closed again
You have 2 options: write your symptoms into a form (at 8am) or try and get an appointment at (8.30am)
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ah the form has culminated in a short text message reply which doesn't fully address my needs, a push to request private support and me in tears. Brilliant. Excellent work all round.
It took me 15 minutes to complete the form, by the time I’d done it and gone back to the beginning the form was closed again
You have 2 options: write your symptoms into a form (at 8am) or try and get an appointment at (8.30am)
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It took me 15 minutes to complete the form, by the time I’d done it and gone back to the beginning the form was closed again
You have 2 options: write your symptoms into a form (at 8am) or try and get an appointment at (8.30am)
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
You have 2 options: write your symptoms into a form (at 8am) or try and get an appointment at (8.30am)
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
I do not understand what possible reason you would have to close a form like this...
I've been finding writing difficult lately but I do have some #weeknotes I haven't shared and a new set for today. Here they are @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social medium.com/web-of-weekn...
Weeknotes S21 Ep8
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November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I've been finding writing difficult lately but I do have some #weeknotes I haven't shared and a new set for today. Here they are @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social medium.com/web-of-weekn...
Oh hey, shhhhhh but, do you remember that thing we used to call One Team Gov? What if we did that again, like, in January next year?
By which I mean #OneTeamGovLondon starting January 2026 and with a virtual session once a month too, wow, hey, doesn't that sound swell?
By which I mean #OneTeamGovLondon starting January 2026 and with a virtual session once a month too, wow, hey, doesn't that sound swell?
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oh hey, shhhhhh but, do you remember that thing we used to call One Team Gov? What if we did that again, like, in January next year?
By which I mean #OneTeamGovLondon starting January 2026 and with a virtual session once a month too, wow, hey, doesn't that sound swell?
By which I mean #OneTeamGovLondon starting January 2026 and with a virtual session once a month too, wow, hey, doesn't that sound swell?
I just learned about Microsoft teams walkie talkie and it has genuinely angered me
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I just learned about Microsoft teams walkie talkie and it has genuinely angered me
Ah so festive, smelling the Christmas trees in the supermarket and thinking “I must be having a migraine because that is making me want to throw up”
a greeting card with a deer and the words " tis the season "
Alt: a greeting card with a deer and the words " tis the season "
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November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ah so festive, smelling the Christmas trees in the supermarket and thinking “I must be having a migraine because that is making me want to throw up”
The worst anxiety dream, I can’t remember how to get to my office, then when I eventually find it every computer I log on to won’t let me access my calendar, I know I have a meeting but I can’t get to it, people keep distracting me or having breakdowns around me
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The worst anxiety dream, I can’t remember how to get to my office, then when I eventually find it every computer I log on to won’t let me access my calendar, I know I have a meeting but I can’t get to it, people keep distracting me or having breakdowns around me
Typo of the day 'funancial'
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Typo of the day 'funancial'
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it