Thoughts

1. New book day… AGAIN!

   Really excited to get stuck into this one! This is Service Design Doing. ‘Doing’ being the operative word.

   

2. Service Design Breakfast countdown

   Starting a 2-week countdown for the Service Design Breakfast at @Clearleft HQ. Looking forward to hanging out with some brilliant brains of Brighton & Hove and East Sussex on Thursday morning 7th May. https://servicedesignbreakfast.com/

3. New book day!

   Nothing like a new book being delivered. Thanks for the recommendation Jason Mesut!

   

4. Tintering with my website again

   I’ve caught a bug over the weekend. That one where you end up tinkering with your website for hours on end. This is a happy place.

5. RSS Data Breach

   “My RSS feed has had a data breach. Your personal information may be compromised.”… said nobody ever.

6. QR and 2FA Codes

   Life is a series of QR and 2FA (two factor authentication) codes.

7. Hakkeyoi!

   Up early to start watching to totally-legit livestream of the 2026 sumo basho. Hakkeyoi!

8. Required reading indeed

   Starting day 1 of 02026 with a BIG coffee and the optional.is 02025 omnibus written by @briansuda@mastodon.social https://optional.is/required/2026/01/01/omnibus-02025/ required reading indeed! Feed your brain during this year by signing up to their RRS feed!

9. Build community centres, not data centres!

   Build community centres, not data centres!

10. Future value in a Design History

    Reading Benjy Stanton’s notes on working in the open https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/govcamp-cymru-2025-working-in-the-open/ reminded me of design histories so now rewatching Paul Robert Lloyd’s UX London’s talk https://vimeo.com/841887944. I’m thinking this might be a potential solution for a challenge in my team.