Thoughts
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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.
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RSS Data Breach
“My RSS feed has had a data breach. Your personal information may be compromised.”… said nobody ever.
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QR and 2FA Codes
Life is a series of QR and 2FA (two factor authentication) codes.
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Hakkeyoi!
Up early to start watching to totally-legit livestream of the 2026 sumo basho. Hakkeyoi!
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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!
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Build community centres, not data centres!
Build community centres, not data centres!
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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.
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Antiseptic Leona
I support Antiseptic Leona!
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My future self and me
I’m really excited for this afternoon’s Waitrose Online shaping session hosted by the brilliant Jason Mesut. I’m finding the time to write this at his online writing club. I’ve missed opportunities like these to have an accountabilibuddy for writing. The seal has been broken!
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Unstuck with story glue
This week I volunteered to give an update at Waitrose Online’s Design Deli, our weekly sharing of work in progress. Instead of a chain of ‘and then’ I decided to dig out my notes from Ben Sauer’s Practical Strategic Storytelling workshop and add some story glue for a more compelling story. If you’re looking to raise your storytelling game or your team’s, I highly recommend getting in touch with Ben! https://bensauer.net/workshop/