Hackster is the world’s fastest growing developer community for learning, programming, and building hardware with 2.4M+ members and 39K+ open source projects.
Helping mission-driven organisations navigate complexity and work more openly. Consultant, facilitator, and critical friend.
🇹🇼 https://CyberAmbassador.tw/. 1st Digital Minister (2016-2024) & 🌐 1st 🏳️⚧️ cabinet minister.
Todd Bishop / Portland, OR -
Drummer, drum teacher, Origin recording artist, visual artist
Visit:
CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!: https://cruiseshipdrummer.com
Cymbalistic: https://cymbalistic.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/cruiseshipdrummer
Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
https://ecfr.eu/
worrydream.com
dynamicland.org
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Internet, charities, chocolate & dogs.
Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain 🏳️🌈
Reforming the state to renew the nation.
To stay updated, join our mailing list: https://futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/contact/
Host @crisisroompod.bsky.social writes for Sunday Times, ex-BBC guy covering war & peace + sometime Newsnight presenter 1990-2024, IWM trustee, author Big Boys Rules, Generals, Rifles, Task Force Black, The Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils, Tank & more!
Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Generalist civic technologist (& final year DPhil). Principal consultant. Norwich with a cargo bike. Greyhound pictures extra.
Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Demographer, former tweeting statistician and female data lad. Attempting to make a difference in public health analysis at DHSC. I ran the UK's covid dashboard. Now seen running parkruns. DMs not available. She/her 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Content/UX and contemporary archaeology. Human/dog mom. She/her.
Allergic to unwanted advice.
Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol at British Library. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access + UX for digital heritage, AI/machine learning and crowdsourcing in cultural heritage / GLAM / digital humanities. She, they. More at https://www.miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 ok
🇰🇷 최선을 다하겠습니다
https://techforevil.tumblr.com
My DMs are NOT ON.
I do agile product delivery stuff for work but this account is just cat photos and various nonsense.
they/she
London, UK. Pero quiero vivir en Madrid. 🙆🏻♀️
Software and complex (not complicated) systems. Pursuing the public good, sometimes with technology.
I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement.
Born at 323 ppm
Co-founder & CPTO at https://breakroom.cc. Helps run @edinburghgravel.cc. Pushing the bees where they want to go.
Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Digital and tech exec at the BFI. Previously GOV.UK, and a tough but edifying stint in local gov. Alcohol free. Fun facts: I can't form mental images and have no inner monologue (aphantasia) nor remember my own life (SDAM). https://neilojwilliams.net
I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
Petafloptimism.com / views are my own
Founder and CEO of Content Design London
Cat person with a dog. (And a cat, horse, hamster and fish.)
Really hoping this takes over from the other place.
Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (GB National Champions ‘24). Prolific knitter. She/her
workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
Accessibility, inclusive design research #A11y #UX
Loves swimming in nature, rocks in rivers, mint tea, gelato, trees. Art, music, play!
Grew up in the West Country, left to explore cognition & behaviour, returned ND 🌈 she
All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership, justice & open culture.
Vibe: 🏳️🌈🔮💀💃🏼⚽️🌞🥦🪩🍾🧘🏼♀️⚖️☮️
Head of Design for GOV.UK at GDS. Ex HM Land Registry. Public speaker. Observer of humans. Crisp connoisseur. Yarn hoarder. Northerner.
Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Principal Accessibility Specialist at TetraLogical. Former Head of Accessibility at DWP. Writer. Speaker. Coder. Wildlife Photographer. Cat botherer. ADHD. Autistic. He/They. https://www.craigabbott.co.uk
Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way.
Anagram of Amnesia.
Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
Member of Parliament for Swansea West
Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
VP Product @snyksec. @openpolicyagent Conftest maintainer. Developer, designer, product. Open source geek. Devops Weekly. @gdsteam alum. he/him.
Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing.
Strategy, tech & products to improve society. Principal Software Engineer @madetech.bsky.social (he/him/they/them)
A keen walker and fan of #greyhounds #dogs, #wildlife, and the countryside.
Independent design consultant, specialising in service design and strategy. Mainly works in public sector. Previously: Service Design lead @gdsteam. Chilena en Londres
She/her
https://ignaciaorellana.com/
Filmmaker / Directing #section28film
Founder: anthrobricolage.com
Director: good.services @theschoolofgood
DR of Design, once ran
@wearesnook
Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack
GOOD Magazine #100
Board member at @lomondtrossachs
She/they
product person | neutral good
Former knife swallower
Unlikely to be the Chris King you are looking for. Unless I am. Then I am currently unable to take your call.
Basically, I'm a lot about #localgov, public services, place, travel, art, culture, photography and London. And sometimes a little bit about Canada too. Migrant and citizen, at the same time.
Brighton, UK. Sometimes Higher Education, Research policy, tech and environmental stats
Trustee at Indigo Trust, CarnegieUK. Formerly Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
News editor at MIT Technology Review, Londoner and all-round good time gal
Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
- Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
they say I’m 5’2” with 6’2” energy ✌️🍉
✧ sr dev advocate @ gitlab 🦊
✧ chaos wrangler @ biffud.com 🤔
✧ newspeak house fellow - researching AI governance 🏛️
♡ open source
♡ public speaking
♡ intersectional feminism
♡ games
Co-editor of @civilserviceworld.bsky.social. Civil servants are my bag.
Creative technlologist, producer, researcher. Occasional artist and artistic collaborator. Tinkerer. Part-time futurist. Kindness enthusiast. Not a kiwi journalist, sorry.
We're a specialist digital transformation consultancy. We help governments, businesses and companies change their ways of working and thrive in the digital era.
https://public.digital/
Likes cats, Ruby, bicycles, drums, synths, photography, flippancy, unions.
Audi alteram partem.
Leeds, UK
Founder at @jointogether.online
Public Capacity Lab. Asst. Professor of Practice in Urban Tech, University of Michigan. Past: 18F.gov, PDX Digital Corps. Pesäpallo ambassador 🇫🇮
ronbronson.com | publiccapacity.org
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https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com
Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
My curiosity is not a healthy trait.
Edtech lady leader. Ammie to mes amis.
(She/her)
https://ammienoot.com
NHS Englander. Ex VCSE and BBC.
Mainly interested in volunteering, public participation and engagement, so stuff around people, building communities, health, power, digital, media etc.
Husband | 🚸 Dad x2 | 💔 #ACHD
🌍 Warwickshire, UK
Empowering Neurodivergent professionals to thrive at work
Coach, Facilitator & public speaker. ADHDer, rescue dog servant, carer, #vanlife, South West is best. http://21cmindset.com
Everyone’s fave goth Mom.
Lead Accessibility Specialist at Just Eat. Design systems and associated nerdery. Be kind ❤️
gerireid.com
Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. All views my own, etc.
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tom-crick
Nerding out and helping governments deliver better.
C-Level operations and tech. Emergent wild thing.
No valley too deep, no mountain too high
🌈 🏴
Composing / product / LGBTQ chat
Transitioning Canada Free Agent - Sr. Advisor in oDG
@globalaffairs.canada.ca #GCDigital #DigitalGov
🌐 https://international.gc.ca
📬 robert.butler@international.gc.ca
📩 rob@robbutler.com
Let’s connect & make Gov better together!
Views are mine.
Lead Product Manager for Platforms @ Which?
A geek about metadata, narrative, hyperlinks and technology.
Wrote 'Experiment-Driven Product Development'.
Personal, professional & nonsense posting here. Apologies in advance.
paulrissen.com
Director of Public Service Reform at Cabinet Office. Seconded from Camden Council. Was a Policy Fellow at IIPP @ UCL; Policy Associate at Future Governance Forum
Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland.
Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️
https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/
36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
Chief Exec of Ukie, championing the UK video game and interactive entertainment industry. Pronouns: he/him
Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
https://www.cattell.com
I run The Pensions Regulator's Data and Digital Industry Working Group.
We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
Work: NHS Wales App. Member: @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
Head of Creative and Design at The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), GDS. He/him. Views his own, not his employers.
Gov CDTO | Evelyn Glennie Foundation Trustee | Prev Gov CTO, CDO & NHS | Accessibility | Ménière's disease
Exeter, Devon
