UX and product lead
Sheffield, England
Joined November 2006
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An obituary of my mum.
theguardian.com/society/2025…
RIP. I miss you every day.
James Boardwell retweeted
Matthew Prince shared these stats:
📊 10 years ago: Google crawled 2 pages per visitor
📊 6 months ago: Google 6:1, OpenAI 250:1, Anthropic 6,000:1
📊 Now: Google 18:1, OpenAI 1,500:1, Anthropic 60,000:1
Sign the consent form, then they tell me I might go blind...! 🙈 (I didn't). I wonder how many people either refuse or withdraw consent in medical situations after initially committing?
Odd @BurnleyOfficial have signed 2 new CBs to add to the 3-4 great CBs we already have, and yet no LB or proven striker which we really need. We have a glut of CBs! What's going on? #bfc
Back doing user research, and in a fascinating environment. After the last few years of remote work, seeing and feeling the context at first hand is 🫶 @cdps_cymru #userresearch
ALT Empty clinic room with cupboards and a trolley
What a great bunch of personal stories. Thought provoking! Lovely idea @AmyMcNichol 💯🥳
24 essays by 24 anonymous authors.
ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
From Thursday 1 December, a new essay will be published every day in the countdown to Christmas.
What an astonishing performance and what a *great* word; marmalised. Going to use this at every opportunity.
Interaction designers and service designers - come work with me at @Farewill jobs.eu.lever.co/farewill/98… Great opportunity to work with an amazing team and develop out a great service for users DM if you have any Qs #design
One of my favourite books, River of Time by @jayavarnam being recommended by Jeremy Bowen in The Week. Such a wonderful story of love and war.
Excited to be joining @dg_farewill and the team at @Farewill as Interim Head of Product next week. Sorting out later life and handling end of life has never been more important 💪 🫶
London friends: new job = I want to rent a room out 2 days a week between Mon-Fri, ideally w easy access to Dalston area. Know anyone who might be interested? Pls DM RT etc 🙏🤗
RIP Tim Page. Sticking it to authority and power, and documenting the human condition at war. And so generous to me in my research back in 90s. 💥❤️ #TimPage #Vietnam #truthtopower
James Boardwell retweeted
Tickets are going fast for our September social. It’s our first event back and it’s going to be a fun one!! ☺️
Tickets have been out less than a week and half are already gone! Don’t miss out, get your ticket today to join us at Roxy Ball Room on the 13th September. We’ll cover the games and some drinks, you just need a free ticket. What’re you waiting for? 🎟 -> eventbrite.com/e/ladies-that…
ALT Photo of a pool table in the background with the ladies that UX Manchester logo and Roxy Ball Room logo in the forefront.
What a great performance by @ginakennedyy to win Squash gold 💥💪 – at Sheffield, England
25 degrees in a basement hotel room.
Me to reception: Hi, I don't think the Aircon works in my room
Reception: It's not Aircon, it's a comfort unit
Me: So, a fan?
Reception: No, it's a comfort unit
Me: I'm uncomfortably hot, so how can it comfort me?
Reception: Leave it on – at Luton, England
Swim up the Avon on the tide, turn around with the tide and swim back and eat and drink. Highly recommend the Bantham Boomerang 🏊 🦀⛱️🏕️ – at Kingsbridge, England
ALT Map of the swim, though actual distance was longer at 7+km
ALT Sign of the event, bantham swoosh
ALT View up the river Avon
ALT Beach path over dunes to start of the swim
Proper good, and a great way of bringing it to life with footage from the kids POV. You'd have loved this @idrysdale @jamesjefferies @tomstafford – at Cambridge, England
In his talk, "Agility Goes To School," at #agilecam on Wednesday 29th June from 13:30 BST, @worldofchris will share the story of how Hollydale Primary's Computing Club used lean and agile practices to address digital poverty in the school:
agilecambridge.net/programme…
#agile