Good post from Ayesha about the clash between product and programme thinking ayeshamoarif.substack.com/p/making-pro...

Welcome! 🤗 @franco-grech.bsky.social

“AI isn’t taking your job, the people making the decisions are” “Responsibility must be shared, not outsourced” “Being able to ignore the doom and gloom is a privileged position” “Be hopeful AND cynical” Necessary truth bombs from @elmosmoe.bsky.social at @sdingov.bsky.social #sdingov

Brilliant keynote from @rdietkus.bsky.social at #sdingov about public services as care. She also talked about hypernormalisation. This world were living in and what were witnessing is not normal. “There's wo truths, what we feel in our bodies and what the world insists we perform”

Love the focus on choice: we can choose how/if we use AI! Dystopia is not inevitable! @elmosmoe.bsky.social #sdingov

So many great points being made by Steph Wright on AI in today’s keynote. #sdingov Copilot Agents are here, slowly creeping into our workflows. Local Gov needs more support in how to: - design for fairness - mitigate bias - measure accuracy of agents - design for human in control

“Everything shareable across government in one place – to support the delivery of digital services” @nikolagoger.bsky.social sharing their cross-gov Reuse Library work at #SDinGov: reuselibrary-dev.apps.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk

The 10 year health plan mentions the NHS App 55 times! How can the NHS App team live up the weight of expectation, manage their roadmap, and avoid becoming a [email protected] #sdingov

Reminding us of the scale of the civil service, and the value of looking outside of silos @nikolagoger.bsky.social #sdingov

Great to see progress being made on tackling vaccine hesitancy, such an important issue! @carolinefinucane.bsky.social #sdingov

Prototyping digital credentials for care leavers @harrytrimble.bsky.social #sdingov

Adam Curtis would be proud 🥲 @rdietkus.bsky.social #sdingov

Great to see this here: “‘Move carefully and fix things‘ is a small sticker by Bill Hunt that isn’t just a sticker, but it’s an approach of working with dignity and care” — @rdietkus.bsky.social at #SDinGov

“This is a clarification. It’s not new.”— Lucy Kimbell “ #PublicDesign is an iterative process of generating, legitimising, and achieving policy intent whilst de-risking operational delivery. ” #SDinGov

David’s asking us to look into the future of public design: what do you see? 👀 @the80skid.bsky.social #sdingov

"The machine (of government) is breaking before our eyes and if we're not careful it's going to be dismantled," says @jamestplunkett.bsky.social kicking off #SDinGov. We'll be looking at how to bring a more curious, humble, and systemic mindset to the work of govt tomorrow afternoon.

Lovely tribute to Vicky - I often still share her blog posts @maredwards.bsky.social #sdingov

Shout out to everyone at #SDinGov! I’m not there, but I’ll be following with interest. A quick reminder that I help maintain a list of all UK gov digital services, including links to service assessments and code: govuk-digital-services.herokuapp.com If your service is missing, let me know!

Nice to see Newton and Hobbs getting shoutouts 🤗@jamestplunkett.bsky.social #sdingov

Excited to be back at #SDinGov !Team Transform is me, David, Franco and Jen this year 🎉 Come say hi if you’re here too 🤗

"SLOPPER" I'm losing my mind

'The Princess Bride' (1987) dir: Rob Reiner 📽️

I am thrilled to share my upcoming book which is now available for pre-order! Thank you to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and my amazing agent @juliasreading.bsky.social Thank you @lizoriordan.bsky.social for the foreword and @iandunt.bsky.social for the endorsement! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

"A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people" Henrik Karlsson, via @jukes.ie #CampDigital2025

Claire Dellar on principles of universal design: low physical effort is as relevant to digital interfaces as it is to the built environment #campdigital

A great “I’ve worn many hats” slide 👌 #campdigital

If you wonder what I *meant* to say at #campdigital this morning - here is my ‘script’ suitably blog-ified digitalbydefault.com/2025/07/03/c...

Just learned about mukbang 🤯https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukbang #campdigital

Anyone listening to the AI talks who wants to know what an ethical, accountable, inclusive and responsible framework for AI might look like, I highly recommend this book which you can read for free in it’s entirety data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu #CampDigital

The fabulous @sharonodea.com repping 300 Seconds at #CampDigital

The problem with “edge users” - who decides who is on the edge? That’s a choice made, about and for people @acuity.design #CampDigital

I'm retiring as @ukgovcamp.bsky.social deliver manager (DM). I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time. You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference. Reply or email [email protected] please. Free hoodie included 🙂 www.ukgovcamp.com/about/

"You will annoy a lot of people...but you can make it look like what you're doing might actually be fun" I've mashed together two points there but I think together they're really important for digital transformation. ( @blangry.bsky.social and @kwastell.bsky.social at fabulous #CampDigital)

Thanks to @sharonodea.com for the Alt Text - definitely many notables missing but I owe the folks named loads.

@blangry.bsky.social “Your vibes may be legitimately annoying” 🥺 #campdigital

Happily watching @jukes.ie about working in the open

@genmon.fyi and @ballantine70.bsky.social getting a shoutout from Jukesie 🤗 #campdigital

Working in the open is… #campdigital

@jukes.ie - “the poster boy for working in the open” #campdigital

Chayn’s principles have been influenced by some of SAMHSA’s work on trauma informed approaches library.samhsa.gov/product/samh... #campdigital

Hera bringing her baby on stage during her keynote 🥰 #campdigital

“In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care.” YES @dansinker.com

"People like AI because it acts like a sponge, a gas, a perceived infinitely malleable material that adapts to whatever shape is presented to it. It will fill a space in the same way that cats do." 👌 newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e...

Interesting last night was SO GOOD. I smiled and laughed and cheered and sang and handed out stickers and took almost no photos and saw loads of people and it was, of course, very very VERY interesting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interestin... Thanks @undermanager.bsky.social

Once again, it is time for Interesting 🥳 russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/202...

The foreign-born population of the UK is extremely mid. We are literally in the middle of this chart. There is NOTHING exceptional or problematic about this position. Everything racists tell you about it is a lie. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

"First thought is just how much I needed it. The great content; Reconnecting with the community" - #CampDigital 2024 attendee feedback 🗨️ We're back on 3rd July in Manchester + online! Ethical, inclusive, practical digital thinking. 🎟️ Tickets at: www.nexerdigital.com/campdigital/...

If you’re in London this is a fun show, oil paintings of jelly. Until June 8. lyndseyingram.com/exhibitions/... www.instagram.com/florencehous...