Closing keynote #CampDigital 💪

Funny, warm talk from Tessa Quinn on delivering the Ukrainian resettlement scheme. So much to learn. The importance of agile actionable user research. It’s not so much about making the right decision - as about avoiding the wrong one. Those are different things. #CampDigital

Love this framework for nurturing a creative culture from @laurayarrow.bsky.social #CampDigital. Psychological safety the essential, underpinning component

Fantastically hopeful start to the day - from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - bringing much needed optimistim and a call to activism and collective action. Let’s all join. Let’s all do it now. societyforhopefultechnologists.org/ #CampDigital

"Confidence is not an entry ticket. Confidence is a receipt" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Tell me there's no poetry in the tech sector. A lightning talk at Camp Digital, once again from someone whose name I failed to catch, and I REALLY regret that, because that is extraordinary stuff.

The sound of 500 people talking about hope ❤️ (sound on!)

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The calm before the storm #CampDigital

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A charity shop in Bristol is about to score some nerdy book donations! If anyone at #CampDigital wants any of them I can probably bring a couple up in my bag - they are all hardbacks so weight is an issue!

With #CampDigital next week and Nexer Digital turning 19, our latest newsletter takes a look back at a busy April, including: - The Hidden Journey research - accessibility roadshow in Sweden - launching the Switched on to Privacy campaign with the ICO: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nexer-...

Hey #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign folks: you still have until the end of this month (31 May 2026) to propose a presentations for this year's #id24 in September inclusivedesign24.org/2026/ Reminder: as it's a global event, we'd also be delighted to have talks in languages other than English.

Looking forward to seeing lots of you at #CampDigital next week. We’re hiring Service Designers and User Researchers too. If you’d like to chat about these roles you can either catch us at our event (if you’re coming, obvs) or feel free to ping me separately www.nexerdigital.com/news-and-tho...

Boney M dancing to the Countdown theme.

This is an excellent article

Not sure why this isn't on Civil Service Learning but it still beats paying a fortune to an external provider. Does make me wonder what ever happened to the cross-gov DDaT BA community I spent such a long time working on setting up back in the day... cddo.blog.gov.uk/2026/04/24/a...

Priceless post from the official White House social media

A week to go before #CampDigital tickets move to ‘last minute’ pricing.

Who is going to be at @nexerdigital.com 's #CampDigital in a couple of weeks? I've decided that seeing @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @dasbarrett.bsky.social @himal.bsky.social @laurayarrow.bsky.social et al speak at my favourite conference will mark my return to the world post health crisis!

Woo hoo!

What an amazing coincidence?

The problem here is not blasphemy or idolatry but the exploitation of gullible, perhaps vulnerable, people at $1.99 a minute. (By the way, I think I’m entirely lacking in authentic religious feeling.)

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man *Spoiler Alert* I mean, it’s alright. It’s basically an extended episode for the fans who want to know how Tommy meets his end. Explosions, fights, Nick Cave, all the usual malarkey. Watched it on the plane for something to do and that was about the right speed.

‘Unable to tell if I am in the presence of somebody so intelligent I may as well be a labrador talking to Archimedes, or somebody so stupid I may as well be Archimedes talking to a labrador’ @mrhenrymorris.substack.com talks to Dominic Cummings mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...

I may have seen the worst game of football of my life today. Newcastle Benfield vs Guisborough in a Northern League top of the table clash. Neither team strung more than 3 passes together the whole game. Guisborough won 1-0. But deary, deary me. Still had a nice time with my mates though.

At an ecommerce/AI event. Many speakers at pains to say their AI investments are not affecting headcount. One big (to remain nameless) retail brand said their AI/automation had enabled them to let their entire contract workforce go. As though non-perm people aren’t real and don’t count.

We’re delighted to have Candi Williams at #CampDigital 26! Candi's talk, 'The secret sauce of digital experiences', makes the case for putting inclusive language and content design at the centre of UX, not the edges of it. 📍 Join us on 7th May! Explore our line-up and book: tinyurl.com/2s35kfd9

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Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla paid just 4.9% of their profits in federal corporate taxes in 2025. They have seen their collective tax bill drop by $95B thanks to two rounds of Trump tax cuts. Meanwhile, they've laid off thousands of workers. Trickle-down economics was always a scam.

🗓️ Plan your #CampDigital... our schedule is now live! A day for people working in and around digital, if you care about building services that are more inclusive, responsible and effective, you’ll be in good company! Check out all we've got planned for 7th May, and book at: tinyurl.com/2s35kfd9

Good luck today lads and lasses #NUFCvsSAFC

Wow. Thee Marloes. Indonesian soul music that sounds like it’s straight out of Detroit c.1970 @bbc6music.bsky.social

Morning all

How about: Mayalborough Burrowton Manichester

Finding myself getting annoyed at media narrative that it’s “Iran’s response” that is causing oil/energy price rises, as though they’re just supposed to lie back and get bombed into oblivion without fighting back

Well that was a bit bewildering. Held our own and even dominated at times the first 3 halves of football over 2 legs, and then completely fell apart in the 4th. Onwards and upwards. #NUFC

Seeing a flurry of tickets going out for #CampDigital this week. Good to see. We also confirmed that the content design team from @sheltercharity.bsky.social are talking about how #AI disrupts advice giving journeys. Feels applicable in lots of contexts. www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...

Good Services came out 6 years ago and I am SO excited to finally announce that the Sequel - Bad Services - will be out in late May!

Mood #NUFC

A few years ago, we hosted a brilliant talk on the risks of lionizing tech bro culture and making heroes of its leaders. One academic attendee admonished us for bringing feminism into a tech conference. Said he wouldn’t be bringing his students again. Political intent in software is real folks

Love this #NUFC

The reason I want students to have to struggle with difficult texts is because I want them to have the capacity to make meaning in and of the world on their own.

Congrats to my friend @jamfactory for 25 year of “making the all the stuff that absolutely no one asked for” Keep on rocking, dude! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Vf...

For #WorldHearingDay, Molly Watt has shared a brilliant personal reflection on trying #AI powered hearing aids for the first time. Molly’s experiences are a good reminder that designing and testing with real people is still key to creating accessible services: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

…and it’s getting worse. £950M 10-year contracts with government departments just shouldn’t exist.

Technical debt always loses the prioritisation battle, but ignoring it isn't free. It's deferred cost with interest. I wrote about how gov teams can tackle it. Make debt visible, protect sprint capacity, and modernise incrementally without stopping delivery. rummanamin.co.uk/tackling-tec...

Delighted to say that we’ve secured a major, long-term contract with the ICO to support their digital transformation www.nexerdigital.com/news-and-tho...

🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat? Con 31% v Ref 24% Lab 35% v Ref 31% Lab 29% v Con 28% LD 41% v Ref 29% LD 34% v Con 26% LD 29% v Lab 21% LD 26% v Grn 25% Grn 42% v Ref 27% Grn 37% v Con 29% Grn 30% v Lab 20%

How much do you reckon it costs to replace a roof on an average 1950s 4 bed semi?* We’ve had quotes ranging from £2500 to £8700 and we’re a bit puzzled. It’s probably not as simple as just choosing the cheapest. *North East England