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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 13h

Jeez Louise. Sending good vibes from Yorkshire.

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Transform Wales @transform.wales · 21h

Today, we're launching Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales. This report sets out a clear path for the next Welsh Government to move beyond short-term fixes and deliver better, human-centred services.

#DigitalWales #PublicServiceReform

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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 1d

In today’s episode of #FixTheForms, an example of how long it can take to roll out a fix in a complex organisation.

The NHS improved the “Friends and Family” in 2020, but @blangry.bsky.social just got asked the previous bad version. 5 years later.

Links in my reply to Alex.

Alex @blangry.bsky.social · 1d

Net promoter score has no place as a research methodology in health services.

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 1d

I still blame Charlie for the demolition of my favourite building, Birmingham Central Library, after he said he hated it in the 80s.

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 1d

That’s Blumenthal-style fusion. All good.

You can imagine a “despairing parent” inspired taster menu.

“This dish is inspired by the time my daughter refused to eat the Shepherds Pie I made because she didn’t like the texture, but then ate a Coco Pop she found under the kitchen table”

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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 1d

Do you write and run training courses, but are never sure about how much time to give to each activity?

Try "How to allocate time effectively in a training course" by me and @claragt.bsky.social

Top tip: Don't talk too much!

www.effortmark.co.uk/how-to-alloc...

How to allocate time effectively in a training course - Effortmark

Caroline and colleague Clara Greo share their tips, advice and case studies on how to allocate time when you're putting together training

www.effortmark.co.uk

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 2d

Student on train put a pen on the table and watched it roll slowly to the other side. Then he looked up with a satisfied grin in the hope the bloke opposite had enjoyed watching it as much as him (I don’t think he was bothered).

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 2d

Revolut didn’t spring fully formed from a Dubai sand dune.
It grew in London, funded by UK and EU investors, hiring UK engineers, built on UK infrastructure, by people educated in UK schools.

But sure, he “did it all himself.”

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 2d

I see the bros are all over LinkedIn this week, clutching their cappuccinos and defending Revolut’s Nik Storonsky for fucking off to Dubai, arguing we need to tax startup founders less.

Because apparently if we don’t subsidise billionaires, they’ll flee.

a large yacht is docked next to a smaller one

ALT: a large yacht is docked next to a smaller one

media.tenor.com

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Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social · 2d

In today’s brand new episode of #SystemsOfHarm I chat to accessibility specialist @tink.uk about how design systems can help us create more accessible UX, how to advocate for our disabled product users, and whether AI will help or hinder us in the process

Apple: apple.co/4nAMX6K
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB

Design systems and accessibility with Léonie Watson

Podcast Episode · Systems of Harm · 08/10/2025 · 52m

apple.co

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 3d

Smoking this post in one long, slooooow drag.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 3d

This is the best thing about AI art ever written, bar nothing

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 3d

Designers* need to get excited about business models, regulation, and tax policy.

*that is to say anyone who thinks about intentionally improving policies and material conditions from an ethical, evidence-informed position.

TSM @tenshookmars.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, but have we learned anything or are we just doomed to make the same stupid Sisyphean missteps over again? How will this be cleaned up after this bubble bursts? ⏳

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 4d

IMPORTANT

All freelancers, self-employed, creatives

This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices

Deadline to respond is 23 October

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 4d

😂😂😂

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 4d

In Leeds for a talk on ADHD in women (for family reasons). If the speaker doesn’t open with a “Thank you all for managing to get here on time” joke, I’ll be very disappointed.

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Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com · 4d

We're delighted to share that our MD, @hilaryonline.bsky.social, has been nominated for the 2026 Northern Power Women Awards!

It’s well-deserved recognition of Hil's impact as an advocate for inclusion, both within Nexer Digital and the wider community.

Good luck, Hil!

#NPWAwards #Inclusion

Colorful celebratory graphic for the 2026 Northern Power Women Awards 10th anniversary. Text reads: ‘I’ve been nominated!’

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 4d

This time last week I shared this call for 3 small AI-related freelance gigs to do specialist literature searches on AI and worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety. The call's open till Friday this week www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...

Freelance Researchers: Safe Adoption of AI — Careful Industries

We are looking for freelance researchers to conduct literature searches on the impacts of AI on worker safety, infrastructural safety, and environmental safety.

www.careful.industries

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 6d

This is a fantastic piece of writing about a superb TV series.

Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social · 9d

"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy."

I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.

madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 6d

Old MacBook randomly switches off, which corrupts the external HDD, which then needs rebuilding via Disk Utility. Such larks!

Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 6d

Opening up old iPhoto libraries on a HDD takes ages to build, then when you upload photos the files are presented via the upload date, not the metadata of when they were bloody taken, so I am having to create folders for each year.

Can only do 30-odd photos at a time otherwise Firefox crashes.

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 6d

Finally trying to put 20+ years of digital photos from various HDDs onto iCloud. Man, it’s so arduous.

I have a hard drive which won’t be read by my MacBook, so I need an old MacBook, where the only way of getting stuff online is via an old version of Firefox (Safari or Chrome won’t work).

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 6d

Side note: one of mine has recently had an ADHD assessment (no prizes for guessing which one).

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The Abominable Dr. Vibes @benmckenna.bsky.social · 7d

If anyone’s interested in how we’re in this mess this is basically it.

Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social · 7d

On a bus. Fares across Worcestershire are £1 per journey every weekend in October.

Four seniors boarded. They are loudly complaining. Quote: "They shouldn't do this £1 fare. It's workshy folk getting stuff for free yet again. No-one gives us pensioners anything."

The seniors all used bus passes.

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