Chronologically

1. 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.

2. Trails of experience

   Walk a mile in your customers shoes.

3. Ep.370: Deep Work in the Age of AI

   In this episode, Cal dives deep into the study and argues that when it comes to efforts that require deep work, AI can sometimes make things worse.

4. Cycles: 20250616-20250924

   Cycles: my new, no-pressure weeknotes. The seasons reverse.

5. Hearing a tech CEO make your work look easy for their own personal and financial gain pisses me off.

   Nailed it!

6. Jurassic World: Rebirth

   🍿🍿🕳️ Two bags of popcorn and a hole to put your logical brain in while you watch.

7. Antiseptic Leona

   I support Antiseptic Leona!

8. Avenue 5 – S01

   🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿💩 Five bags of popcorn and a rotating ring of poop to protect you from harmful space radiation.

9. 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!

   

10. 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/