Columbia Unversity, NYC, April 1985

…In late August, the panel returned a result that confirmed the student’s position — that divestiture was not only the moral option...

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Mr Floyd's last words

I saw this picture on Twitter and I wanted to remember, so I typed Mr Floyd’s last words.

Science vs bigot smackdown

Just seen this amazing post on Twitter. The 140 character limit means it’s a screengrab so I thought I’d transcribe it as this is def...

Columbia Unversity, NYC, April 1985

…In late August, the panel returned a result that confirmed the student’s position — that divestiture was not only the moral option, but an economically viable one as well…

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Gaudi

Just found these pics of the inside of the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona.

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The culture of the Internet?

There are times when internet culture feels a bit like a beach.

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Supporting the EFF

So I support the EFF – and you should too

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So DHH has been musing on #cloudexit – the notion of abandoning expensive cloud services in favour of something a bit more bespoke and, well, cost-effective. The idea of trimming down expenses by 60%? It’s compell...

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From the nation - fuck you

Cleaning my desktop came across this poem by @daisielanewrites

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Push #govuk protokit to render.com

Version 13 of the kit has guidance on how to publish your prototype online - this page mentions:

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Loss of nationality

Done.

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Help a mum and dad...

So clearing out the hard drive and came across this jpg.

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Tears for Northumberland:-(

On the morning of Wednesday, September 27th 2023 the Sycamore by the wall saw the sun come up as it had done for hundreds of years.

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Elon at work wasting human capital...

before…

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Looking after things we take for granted?

So have been following Dave Winer for years, but recently he’s been pushing these super important morsels. Not sure best way to link to this (especially he he gets no referral data…) but here goes with a Mastodon ...

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Looking after things we take for granted?

Carney gets it right

Mark Carney was speaking at the Global Progress Action summit in Montreal last week.

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The house is empty

So it’s Monday morning and the house is very quiet.

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La piscine a Colin et Chloé

As odd experiences go, this evening is pretty strange. I’m sitting on the roof of the pool I learned to swim in. The sun is setting on this capital city. A few streets away I can see the roof of centre court of a ...

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Building a boat from tree felling to launch in 7 years

I started Googling resources about building wooden boats and came across the Acorn to Arabella project. I was fairly immediately hooked, and am posting here simply to say they’re amazing people and that a boat tha...

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Building a boat from tree felling to launch in 7 years

Kayaks and canoes

So after moving to Scotland I found myself buying a Canoe. Over time, this has led to me spending more and more time on the water and camping on beautiful Scottish islands. This was never a plan, but just an accid...

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Have products gotten worse during the decade of the Product Designer?

So have been thinking about how design is operationalised in business and in particular what product design as a discipline has been up to these last few years.

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Have products gotten worse during the decade of the Product Designer?

Their lives are more important than ours

So Mum and I both tested positive the day after Boxing Day.

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Their lives are more important than ours

Personal data not so personal any more

In theory, under compliance with GDPR, companies that store your “Personal Data” (see https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/personal-data/) should handle it to a certain standard, including deleting it when it is no longer ...

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Assumptions in product design

So I’m not saying all product designers build on assumptions, but many do.

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A letter from Grandad Jed

As you know kids, Grandad Jed goes through life with a sketchpad shoved down the back of his trousers. Over the years his collection of “Jed’s Red Books” has grown, and occasionally, he sends a photograph of some ...

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What did I learn in 2020?

I may be experienced, but I learn something new pretty much every project I help out with:-)

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Bringing the customer into the room

So I was recently talking to a colleague about the amount of human capital that is wasted as we fly through projects, coming up with great ideas, putting them on the board and moving on to the next challenge. I’ve...

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Manfrotto single arm 2 section plus goPro

So I finally got the old goPro working. Turns out an SD card that fits in the slot can mess up the way the camera works. Who knew, silly me;-)

Testing a workable alternative to a dry-suit?

Special 6 Shirt A design classic developed with the Special Forces. Tested over 30 years in the most hostile conditions. Used by Military, Police, Mountain Rescue Teams.

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Testing a workable alternative to a dry-suit?

Where should service designers be focusing?

It’s only when you get the whole picture, you can fully understand what’s going on.

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Where should service designers be focusing?

Should I build a vision canvas with my stakeholders?

Recently, I’ve been hearing some variation of the following statement quite often…

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Should I build a vision canvas with my stakeholders?

This is Exactly How it Happens, and It’s Happening Here.

How much experience do you really have with authoritarianism? Any? If you’re a “real” American, you have precisely none.

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This is Exactly How it Happens, and It’s Happening Here.

Calming influences

I’d forgotten about this walk I took with Steve back when she was wee. Very calming slo-mo. Nothing happens but it’s pretty. I should set it to Ravel or something;-)

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Interesting 2011

OK I finally got my pictures from Interesting downloaded.

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Fishing for plastic bags in boat made of plastic bottles.

Plastic Whale is a movement of people who love doing, creating, making progress. We firmly believe taking action is a positive step forward. What happens next is not always certain, but that’s part of the fun!

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Fishing for plastic bags in boat made of plastic bottles.

The Week in Pictures

Missed the slideshow last week. The internet has been busy and some of the Trump ones are pretty good. Feel like these things had a lot more impact once upon a time…

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Jason on why Apple's appstore deal is not a good thing anymore and why it needs to change. Now.

Good relationships tend to be between consenting adults, or at least people.

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Jason on why Apple's appstore deal is not a good thing anymore and why it needs to change. Now.

Wednesday evening on the Forth (5 miles)

Managed to finish work on time on Wednesday. Nice thing about living in Scotland is it stays light later in summer. Looking out the window as I write this at almost 9pm the sun is still in the sky.

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Memers have been busy…

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