We're proud to host over 60 images from the Aubrey Williams estate on DACS Images. Explore and license the full collection on our website: https://www.dacs.org.uk/artist/aubrey-williams-arts001943 📷 Aubrey Williams at easel, 1960s © Estate of Aubrey Williams. All rights reserved, DACS Images.

Just booked to see Judi Dench on conversation at Richmond Theatre this October. Pre-sale tickets sold out in 5 minutes! There are more being released at 11am…

It’s vascular, every time you catch covid you risk vascular damage and a whole load of other complications. bsky.app/profile/elho...

My niece reading out the poll card instructions was my only reminder I now need photo ID to vote. 😅 Yes, it's written on the card. No I didn't do more than glance at the name and the poll station address. Certainly didn't read the print at the top before the main heading! #ContentDesign #Vote

Very pleased to share my limited company Cake is the successful bidder on a copywriting project for the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority website! I'll be collaborating with a tone of voice and SEO expert, Emily Hill. Image credit: Francois Schnell on Flickr.

Breakfast of champions, in Podiatry clinic waiting room. 🎉 You would not believe how fast I put down my Huel bar when I spotted these mini egg flapjacks at the cash desk. Mini. Egg. Flapjacks.

This Is Done By Humans is a non-profit certification entity to help people, business and organisations to have a simple way to certify their activity as human-made and distinguish it from the AI-generated products. #ai #noai #ailabel

Paused in some real DIY – upcycling an old wardrobe into shelves, including sawing and drilling – to compile and send out a sub-contracting agreement for an exciting web content project I've got coming up, that I'll be collaborating with another person on. #FreelanceLife #ContentStrategy

Terraced house neighbour, if your grandchild plays recorder (very, very badly, just blowing into it, not trying to play a tune) I will put my washing machine on, which backs onto your wall. That's just how it is. Disclaimer: I have nothing against recorders and got to Grade 5 on one as a child.

Nightmare. I woke up this morning to find the developer (who I have a lot of respect for) of a globally used wiki I authored, has applied an AI tool to it without my being asked. I don't own the IP, but I am the only author of the work. :(

We are cooking the planet, and ourselves, very literally, in the service of nothing of value. Fuck this

Playing With Attention? A worksheet for deliberately taking over a space and a time for playful shifting of attention together Wondering about use in museums Free PDF www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dv1um...

Check out my #UCD pathway course! Online, modular, based on over 20 years of user-centred design experience. cakeconsultancy.com/product/user-centred-design-pathway-course 🍰

As well as being free for online attendance, this #digital #accessibility event is managed by AbilityNet who are ace.

don't let tech companies make their marketing and revenue aspirations part of the web platform challenge

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’

Introducing Cursor Camp, a website to hang out with other cursors. Out now :) > neal.fun/cursor-camp/

Can confirm people were NOT living like it was all about to fall apart in the 90s. Most of us thought the Y2K computer crash thing was bollocks. Prince’s 1999 was released in 1982 and had nothing to do with it. Parties had lulls, and loo or drink refresh convo exits.

What are we allowing to happen? The Wye and Windermere are two of the glories of England and Wales. Now being slowly ruined, killed off, by a combination of incompetence and greed. At least some people are not sitting back and accepting it. Good luck to the claimants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I don't think publishing an article in The Telegraph and sharing it on LinkedIn, about how you took paychecks to do no work for a year, except for a couple of emails a week, is the flex the author thinks it is... telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/23/i-did-no-work-for-a-year-and-no-one-noticed/

The whole of this clause is fluff: "We can now give you even more help online to meet your needs..." #content #digital

So now I'm giving advice to AdviceCloud.. "Link text should be meaningful: your email link should be on "book a free call with us", not on "here". This is basic online usability, promoted by GOV UK and WCAG 2.2. If you work with public sector, all your online comms should follow WCAG 2.2 guidance."

Some very happy news on this Monday: over the weekend, two of our GPS-tagged gull-billed terns returned to Neufelderkoog and started uploading their data to the hub. Although the data transfer is not yet complete, both seem to have spent their winter in Guinea-Bissau.

An email subscription I definitely don't need, and definitely didn't sign up for, is the blue pallet collection service's... What's your most random enewsletter "subscription" this week?

The Trump administration is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department (DOJ) has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants t... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights]

Different hardware, same software.

Ugh, someone has mixed up subheading style with button link formatting! And put meaningless link text in the body copy. I love this newsletter, but not sure how anyone active online in 2026 could get it so wrong. #digital #content

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

"We are now flooded with tools that promise automation and end up producing more repair work.": https://spitevillage.micro.blog/2026/04/24/we-are-now-flooded-with.html

Are you looking for a #ContentDesigner for contract, project or assignment-based work? There are now 22 experienced freelance and contractor content designers listed in my Cake #UCDFreelancersDirectory. cakeconsultancy.com/content-designers 🔤 #UCD #Content #DigitalTransformation #ServiceDesign

“What lovely sketches for houses from the 50s 🥸” www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/sugestoes-arquitetura-decoracao-1956

'Universities across the UK have reported more than 1,000 job losses in the first four months of this year, with the actual number likely to be far higher as institutions continue to roll out cost-saving initiatives.' 1/4

Cake has won a #content project bid I was very keen to get! Will share more soon when it’s all been made official.

More "interesting" decisions on delivery status copy....

“A chart attached to the letter showed that the motion contained incorrect case names and numbers and apparently fabricated quotes from cases.”

Moderated a fun panel on reducing methane emissions while increasing rice production at DC Climate Week today featuring @ecomarci.bsky.social (UNEP), Brian Segal (IndigoAg) and Jennifer Norfolk (Global Heat Reduction Initiative). A few things I learned: 🧵 1/

A landmark African Court opinion could soon define state obligations for people displaced by climate change. With millions in Africa forced from their homes by floods and erosion, advocates say the ruling is a major chance for the court to lead on durable solutions for climate survivors.

ITT stands for.... (non-serious answers only please!) I'll start: Igloo Team Time 🧊 #acronyms

Sweden returns to pen and paper: why one of Europe’s most technologically advanced countries is scaling back digital education. www.balkanweb.com/en/After-exp...

Big news stories this week about Sweden & Norway moving away from screens in the classrooom. People are realising that some technologies are just not suited for some purposes. It is hard to read deeply & concentrate on a tablet. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...

'Playbook' in a digital context is an agency-side word for 'Go-to source reference for how we do this'. It's very jargonistic, and is not clear language. It's got a slight flavour of "fun tech term that feels cool to use".

Cassowary dad now glazed and glamorous.

Have been revisiting this since @lapope.bsky.social shared it in her 10 Things newsletter last week. I previously tried moving to an alternative #SearchEngine, at least for non-work web use, and do like the sound of Mojeek and Qwant!

Spring 2026 release of #UCDFreelancersDirectory now live! 📕📝 Over 60 user-centred design professionals, including: #ContentDesigners, #ContentStrategists, #ServiceDesigners, #UserResearchers, #UXDesigners, #DataArchitects, #TechnicalWriters, #Coaches, #Trainers, #Leaders, #Facilitators

Never thought l'd take my best northern flicker photo ever offshore on the deck of a vessel! 🪶🌿 We've had some interesting bird visitors, mostly migrators likely enjoying a platform to rest on mid-journey. Highlights included a palm warbler, a savannah sparrow, and a ruby-crowned kinglet.

Idea: invited and or shortlisted bidders should be paid something for the proposal stage. Not a full rate, but, you know, something. Or get some sort of complimentary thing from the organisation, free entry, points, an experience. Just a passing thought. #SME #Freelancers

pausee ⚓️ — #schoenesgegendoofes #kleinekunstklasse

Saying "I don't mean to be rude" does not negate rudeness. It just draws attention to the fact you've got enough self-awareness to realise you're being rude, but not enough grace to realise you should either put it differently or not say the thing.

Spring 2026 release of #UCDFreelancersDirectory now live! 📕📝 Over 60 user-centred design professionals, including: #ContentDesigners, #ContentStrategists, #ServiceDesigners, #UserResearchers, #UXDesigners, #DataArchitects, #TechnicalWriters, #Coaches, #Trainers, #Leaders, #Facilitators