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October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Less static documents, more dynamic websites that evolve and show learnings.
Love this from @gilestur.bsky.social
Love this from @gilestur.bsky.social
had some stuff to get off my chest about strategies ~ gilest.org/notes/strate...
gilest.org: The strategy is enquiry
gilest.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Less static documents, more dynamic websites that evolve and show learnings.
Love this from @gilestur.bsky.social
Love this from @gilestur.bsky.social
Weeellllllll, if I can't repost now...
Thanks for including this @amymcnichol.bsky.social @allconsuming.bsky.social ❤️
My first love was Oasis. If you didn't like Oasis, this essay is also about nostalgia and optimism, and hopefully you can substitute [oasis] with [your first band].
If you did like Oasis, press play on 'Whatever'.
July 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Weeellllllll, if I can't repost now...
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Welcome to the new Section 28. Unofficially implemented by Reform. So angry I could scream right now.
As a reminder, Kent County Council, despite Section 28 being taken off legislative books in 2003, as voted for by parliament, maintained their own version until 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As a reminder, Kent County Council, despite Section 28 being taken off legislative books in 2003, as voted for by parliament, maintained their own version until 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Welcome to the new Section 28. Unofficially implemented by Reform. So angry I could scream right now.
As a reminder, Kent County Council, despite Section 28 being taken off legislative books in 2003, as voted for by parliament, maintained their own version until 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As a reminder, Kent County Council, despite Section 28 being taken off legislative books in 2003, as voted for by parliament, maintained their own version until 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For anyone interested in respectful form design, this is superb:
we've written up some work exploring what grants might look like if power between grantseeker:grantmaker got slightly reshuffled, and if the technology UK gov used to give out £46bn of grants was an enabler rather than a constraint. grab a brew, enjoy
www.ff.studio/projects/gra...
www.ff.studio/projects/gra...
FF Studio - Why public sector grantmaking needs better tools
FF Studio - Don’t take grants for granted: why public sector funding needs better tools
www.ff.studio
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
For anyone interested in respectful form design, this is superb:
I've just deleted a webpage that was annually using the equivalant amount of:
- kWh of energy used to charge a smartphone 658 times
- CO2 produced boiling 473 cups of tea
- kWh of electricity used to drive an electric car 51km
The internet uses more electricity than the UK.
Delete digital waste.
- kWh of energy used to charge a smartphone 658 times
- CO2 produced boiling 473 cups of tea
- kWh of electricity used to drive an electric car 51km
The internet uses more electricity than the UK.
Delete digital waste.
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I've just deleted a webpage that was annually using the equivalant amount of:
- kWh of energy used to charge a smartphone 658 times
- CO2 produced boiling 473 cups of tea
- kWh of electricity used to drive an electric car 51km
The internet uses more electricity than the UK.
Delete digital waste.
- kWh of energy used to charge a smartphone 658 times
- CO2 produced boiling 473 cups of tea
- kWh of electricity used to drive an electric car 51km
The internet uses more electricity than the UK.
Delete digital waste.
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Have you come across any good proposition statements other than this from GOV.UK?
Looking for examples for a proposition workshop to show what good looks like ☺️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Looking for examples for a proposition workshop to show what good looks like ☺️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
GOV.UK proposition
www.gov.uk
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Have you come across any good proposition statements other than this from GOV.UK?
Looking for examples for a proposition workshop to show what good looks like ☺️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Looking for examples for a proposition workshop to show what good looks like ☺️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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There's been recent focus on hiring designers from big-name tech companies (lnkd.in/eEjxq8EQ). Their skills are impressive, no doubt.
But in today’s climate of cost-saving, organisations need designers with the hard-earned experience of a transformation.
www.katherinewastell.com/blog/designi...
But in today’s climate of cost-saving, organisations need designers with the hard-earned experience of a transformation.
www.katherinewastell.com/blog/designi...
Designing on a cold, rainy night in Stoke — Katherine Wastell
Over the years in the teams I’ve led and supported, I’ve observed a unique skill-set in the designers with transformation experience. They’ve learnt how to do design in challenging, high-pressure envi...
www.katherinewastell.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There's been recent focus on hiring designers from big-name tech companies (lnkd.in/eEjxq8EQ). Their skills are impressive, no doubt.
But in today’s climate of cost-saving, organisations need designers with the hard-earned experience of a transformation.
www.katherinewastell.com/blog/designi...
But in today’s climate of cost-saving, organisations need designers with the hard-earned experience of a transformation.
www.katherinewastell.com/blog/designi...
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"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.
www.unep.org
December 28, 2024 at 8:02 AM
"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Thanks for including this @amymcnichol.bsky.social @allconsuming.bsky.social ❤️
My first love was Oasis. If you didn't like Oasis, this essay is also about nostalgia and optimism, and hopefully you can substitute [oasis] with [your first band].
If you did like Oasis, press play on 'Whatever'.
December 24, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Thanks for including this @amymcnichol.bsky.social @allconsuming.bsky.social ❤️
My first love was Oasis. If you didn't like Oasis, this essay is also about nostalgia and optimism, and hopefully you can substitute [oasis] with [your first band].
If you did like Oasis, press play on 'Whatever'.
This beautiful essay gives The Kinks Big Sky vibes: open.spotify.com/track/6OAAMw...
December 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
This beautiful essay gives The Kinks Big Sky vibes: open.spotify.com/track/6OAAMw...
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Friends! We only have a handful of books left. They include good words, 162 pages of munken pure rough 120gsm paper, lots of white space and cute illos.
TL;DR: they look and feel nice, and therefore make gorgey Christmas presents.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop
TL;DR: they look and feel nice, and therefore make gorgey Christmas presents.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop
Shop – I thought about that a lot
A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Friends! We only have a handful of books left. They include good words, 162 pages of munken pure rough 120gsm paper, lots of white space and cute illos.
TL;DR: they look and feel nice, and therefore make gorgey Christmas presents.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop
TL;DR: they look and feel nice, and therefore make gorgey Christmas presents.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop
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🤩 @mollywj.bsky.social, in her 'middle-age mum era', has written about fandom as grown up. "It feels special to be on the inside of something as remarkable as what she’s created, but also objective enough not to buy into every last element of it."
Publishing today, on Taylor Swift's 35th birthday
Publishing today, on Taylor Swift's 35th birthday
"Most new music’s not aimed at us Millennials. While I can appreciate Sabrina Carpenter’s lyrical quips, the teeny-tiny outfits age me out. I like Charli XCX, but I’m too tired to have a brat summer... But Taylor manages to feel like she’s for everyone."
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/taylor-...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/taylor-...
December 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM
🤩 @mollywj.bsky.social, in her 'middle-age mum era', has written about fandom as grown up. "It feels special to be on the inside of something as remarkable as what she’s created, but also objective enough not to buy into every last element of it."
Publishing today, on Taylor Swift's 35th birthday
Publishing today, on Taylor Swift's 35th birthday
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Do you know what a pouch of Douglas is? If you don't, find out in my short advent blog. It could come in useful one day...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas
#endometriosis
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas
#endometriosis
In 2024, I thought a lot about my pouch of Douglas – I thought a lot about that
A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Do you know what a pouch of Douglas is? If you don't, find out in my short advent blog. It could come in useful one day...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas
#endometriosis
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas
#endometriosis
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Yep I know it is ironic staking claim to an anonymous essay I wrote about shutting up but I've wanted to write for @allconsuming.bsky.social since @amymcnichol.bsky.social started it and after @jo-scho.bsky.social managed to make this readable I am quite proud of it!
"I became addicted to the dopamine hits from interactions with my content. As my profile grew, I found my career started to benefit and I leaned in more and more... But now, as the poster child for openness, I want to close myself off."
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/shuttin...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/shuttin...
December 7, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Yep I know it is ironic staking claim to an anonymous essay I wrote about shutting up but I've wanted to write for @allconsuming.bsky.social since @amymcnichol.bsky.social started it and after @jo-scho.bsky.social managed to make this readable I am quite proud of it!
A life witnessed through the lens of the most delightful-sounding garb. Forever a joy to read @hardyps.bsky.social
"Some buyers think I am both a chat facility and an Evri delivery driver coordinator. There are those who haven’t bothered to read my crafted sales copy, and send 1 word Qs about my wares that remind me of my time on dating apps: “Length?” “Size?”
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/selling...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/selling...
December 5, 2024 at 5:34 PM
A life witnessed through the lens of the most delightful-sounding garb. Forever a joy to read @hardyps.bsky.social
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This one is written by my GCSE English teacher. A self-proclaimed feminist, he pushed us to challenge patriarchal values and gender binaries in class discussions in the early 00s. He and his classes have had a profound influence on the values I hold today.
His essay is terrifying.
His essay is terrifying.
"Our male students are using expressions such as ‘alpha’, ‘simp’, ‘sigma’ and ‘lone wolf’ – the same words that Laura Bates discovered are part of the language incels use about themselves and other misogynists."
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/boys-wh...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/boys-wh...
December 3, 2024 at 1:10 PM
This one is written by my GCSE English teacher. A self-proclaimed feminist, he pushed us to challenge patriarchal values and gender binaries in class discussions in the early 00s. He and his classes have had a profound influence on the values I hold today.
His essay is terrifying.
His essay is terrifying.
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In 2024, I thought a lot about Gladiators
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/in-2024...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/in-2024...
December 2, 2024 at 9:44 AM
In 2024, I thought a lot about Gladiators
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/in-2024...
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/in-2024...
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It’s the 1st of December. @amymcnichol.bsky.social is kicking off her annual advent of essays. Every year I wondered what I might write about. This year I figured it out. This one’s from me.
"I don’t think my childhood was unhappy. Mum took us on trips to the beach and we camped and cooked outdoors. Christmas always felt magical. What I am unhappy about is my dad. I would have liked to have had a better one."
ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/saying-bye-to-a-dad-i-never-knew
ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/saying-bye-to-a-dad-i-never-knew
December 1, 2024 at 1:14 PM
It’s the 1st of December. @amymcnichol.bsky.social is kicking off her annual advent of essays. Every year I wondered what I might write about. This year I figured it out. This one’s from me.
Chuffed to bits that an essay I wrote is included in this beautiful book.
Each year, @amymcnichol.bsky.social lovingly and expertly curates a virtual advent calendar of things people have thought about during the year.
Now marking 5 years with this peak handsome book.
Thank you, I'm proud as punch
Each year, @amymcnichol.bsky.social lovingly and expertly curates a virtual advent calendar of things people have thought about during the year.
Now marking 5 years with this peak handsome book.
Thank you, I'm proud as punch
November 24, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Chuffed to bits that an essay I wrote is included in this beautiful book.
Each year, @amymcnichol.bsky.social lovingly and expertly curates a virtual advent calendar of things people have thought about during the year.
Now marking 5 years with this peak handsome book.
Thank you, I'm proud as punch
Each year, @amymcnichol.bsky.social lovingly and expertly curates a virtual advent calendar of things people have thought about during the year.
Now marking 5 years with this peak handsome book.
Thank you, I'm proud as punch
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100 followers and we promise to start planning the next Content Teatime...
Hello. @jo-scho.bsky.social and I would like to build up Blue Sky followers for @contentteatime.bsky.social so we can tell you about any future events we're running.
Give us a follow if content is your thing.
Give us a follow if content is your thing.
November 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
100 followers and we promise to start planning the next Content Teatime...
This:
New CDL blog!
'Managing backlogs of web content: where to start' by CDL's Content team.
Find out why content maintenance is so important, and how to prioritise a review and make it work for you.
'Managing backlogs of web content: where to start' by CDL's Content team.
Find out why content maintenance is so important, and how to prioritise a review and make it work for you.
Managing backlogs of web content: where to start
We work with organisations, big and small, to transform their content and help them succeed.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:10 AM
This:
I'm in awe of the amount of care, thought and love that goes into curating these virtual advent calendars every year.
Now a beautifully designed book for our real-life Christmas stockings.
Now a beautifully designed book for our real-life Christmas stockings.
You can now pre-order the I Thought About That A Lot book! ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop
It includes 23 essays that we’ve published on ithoughtaboutthatalot.com between 2020 and 2023. As well as 3 that will be part of this year's advent calendar.
It includes 23 essays that we’ve published on ithoughtaboutthatalot.com between 2020 and 2023. As well as 3 that will be part of this year's advent calendar.
Shop – I thought about that a lot
A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
November 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I'm in awe of the amount of care, thought and love that goes into curating these virtual advent calendars every year.
Now a beautifully designed book for our real-life Christmas stockings.
Now a beautifully designed book for our real-life Christmas stockings.
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We’ve created a book!
It includes 24 essays that we’ve published between 2020 and 2024 as part of the 'I Thought About That A Lot' essay advent calendars.
You’ll be able to pre-order it next week for a December delivery 🎄 🎁
It includes 24 essays that we’ve published between 2020 and 2024 as part of the 'I Thought About That A Lot' essay advent calendars.
You’ll be able to pre-order it next week for a December delivery 🎄 🎁
October 30, 2024 at 12:51 PM
We’ve created a book!
It includes 24 essays that we’ve published between 2020 and 2024 as part of the 'I Thought About That A Lot' essay advent calendars.
You’ll be able to pre-order it next week for a December delivery 🎄 🎁
It includes 24 essays that we’ve published between 2020 and 2024 as part of the 'I Thought About That A Lot' essay advent calendars.
You’ll be able to pre-order it next week for a December delivery 🎄 🎁
Loads of appreciation for this blog post - how awkwardness can be a strength.
wrote a blog post about how being awkward is actually amazing and we all need to do more of it carabermingham.com/2024/10/28/t...
The joy of awkwardness
why we should embrace it instead of avoid people in the audience who said that awkwardness held them back Photo: Emily Webber Here’s something I talked about for 10 minutes at Agile in the Be…
carabermingham.com
October 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Loads of appreciation for this blog post - how awkwardness can be a strength.