What are the disciplines of civic renewal - the skills/expertise that support community-led projects? Over the past few months I've had the pleasure of speaking to (and visiting!) some amazing people/projects for @kinship.works @jrf-uk.bsky.social Some interim thoughts: medium.com/kinship-work...

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This is my Camp Digital talk. The journey to it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Letting myself be seen just as me. It’s changed my life in ways I’m still figuring out. It was a threshold. I’m smiling a lot more these days. Thank you @shaungomm.bsky.social, @catcutmore.bsky.social and Nexar.

Bad Services, coming soon Ships on 25th June 2026 good.services/badservicesb...

I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again

It's 2026 and the most useful guide to AI adoption and implementation is produced by the Vatican.

Just an idea, cow dressage

Would be cool if someone invented an ice cream which gave you sun protection 🍦

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

✍🏻 New post for Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Every day accessibility awareness www.calumryan.com/articles/eve... #GAAD

I've been listening to Wolf Alice a lot recently, such beautiful music Thank you to Sennen one of my favourite people in the world for introducing me to this amazing band 💖 So many good songs

Loved the session by @lori-t.bsky.social on accessibility testing. The activities were so well presented. Clear, engaging and fun 💯 Lori has created some wonderful artefacts to help people learn about accessibility Check out her advent calendar if you have not already seen it! #gaad

Excellent read. Most accessibility issues occur because product teams assume everyone uses the web the way they do.

been feeling the grief 🥹 last year we lost our friend James. He was kind, informal, humble, fun. Creative. Effervescent. Loved to run, photography In lockdown, I remember him wearing a superman dressing gown in a design meeting 🦸😂 Still hard to believe he's not here

I’m fed up performative reading lists. I don’t care if something is a ‘classic’ or not. I want books that help me escape from real life for a few hours, help me connect with the human experience, and come out the other side feeling a little lighter.

Brilliant talk by @andrewhick.bsky.social on WCAG 3 Takes real skill to communicate accessibility standards in such an engaging, clear way Encouraged conversation & thought, approachable Amazing to see hundreds of public sector folks tune into a talk on Accessibility Guidelines! #gaad

Omg the auto captions for my lecture #medievalsky

I just sent an email newsletter out 📬 announcing a soft-launch of this year's Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD promotion: For the next two weeks, the Practical Accessibility course is going on sale! 25% off ($299 instead of $399) 🎁 Sale ends on June 1st ⏳ practical-accessibility.today

A reminder that the accessibility sessions are this week! A lot of these sessions don't require background knowledge so are great for engaging people outside of digital roles and people who may not consider themselves as technical We all have a role in making services more inclusive #gaad

Crisp red leaves 🍁

[blogpost] 100 novels (of limited literary value) ...and yes this did take AGES! digitalbydefault.com/2026/05/17/1...

Removing the headphone jack on phones was such a violation of the social contract

I hear a lot of "we have to design for the agentic web" from people who have so far failed to design for even the regular web

I am putting this at the front of my bio NOW.

Love the personal touch here 😆

UK public sector people! It's a fantastic line up for next week's government events for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Also I'm doing a piece on WCAG 3. If you have a UK public sector email address then sign up here: accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/11/g... #gaad #accessibility

Stop! It is necessary for you to see graphic designer extraordinaire Margaret Calvert’s 90th birthday cake. Perfection.

Squirrels outdoors, totally normal Squirrel in enclosed indoor space, rather surreal

Ripply water and little ducks

I loved "serious work, playful minds" by @laurayarrow.bsky.social when people feel empowered, have the autonomy to experiment and try things out, often more fulfilled and engaged "Make it safe to play!"

I especially enjoyed this section from @dasbarrett.bsky.social more of this in the world! #CampDigital memorable, creative and fun!

Enjoying @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social keynote kicking off @nexerdigital.com #CampDigital Hope spreads

Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale www.ft.com/content/2a58...

Early morning swim in Hyde Park 🦆 warmest swim of the year so far! surreal to see London so quiet

Hello accessibility interested folks, TechShare Pro is an Digital Accessibility conference and it's free for online viewers this year and there's usually something interesting being discussed. It's 18th and 19th November. Did I mention online tickets are free?

I'm talking at Lean Agile Scotland in Edinburgh in October leanagile.scot I'll be talking about Seriouness - it's something that has come up in codesign and civic assembly projects.

We need a matriarchy run by lesbians with clipboards and earpieces who do not take any shit.

Folks, it might be a two ice cream day, what a Monday 😅

From the warm Saturday, taken in north Somerset spring is blooming! garlic bread

It is so warm, I was like why can I smell bread and it was from inside the Hovis lorries

Every UX designer for the past 40 years: the carousel fucking sucks and users hate it Stakeholders: 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺

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!

Headline of the Day.

I've never seen a Strepsils box so big

What a lovely conversation - kicking off Spring with positive intentions and wonderful people is such a joy! Thankyou everyone who made it our April Radically Good Community meet. [p.s. my face in no way reflects the conversation 🤣]

Sensory accessibility is barely talked about. When lights are too bright or it's so loud you can't hear anything. It rained a lot but I did enjoy the cycling 🚲 See how many Bristol locations you can spot!

This week I tried Oreo ice cream sandwiches for the first time in my life. Thank you Sennen and Elly, it was a revelation 🤯 I will happily try ice cream in different formats 💖 open to recommendations

Brilliant post from Izzy, resonated with me some excerpts "You're supposed to challenge the system, but gently. You're supposed to fit into environments that weren't built for you, but also not point that out too often. You have to be included, but only in ways that don't require real change."

Hard to believe those astronauts came back here willingly.