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Jack Garfinkel

@curiousscutter

Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them

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If there is an away day I will bring snacks. Because I did not drag my sorry arse through a pandemic to have a snackless away day.

It's not much of a code, but in light of [gestures broadly], it'll do.

10.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone have a good example of "progressive disclosure" in content design?

Something that could help show "the right info, at the right time" to someone new to UCD?

Cc: @curiousscutter.bsky.social, @cjforms.bsky.social, @dandoescontent.bsky.social @amandawowk.bsky.social

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

the best part of toilet training is teaching them to say "i'd give that a minute if I were you mate"

10.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

they didn't make sense to many people for very long but boy howdy I loved out of it between 2007 and 2010

09.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Running network diagnostics, learning HTML and CSS on the go, consuming legitimately acquired media at a weight previously reserved for machines that cost 10 times as much

09.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that thing had a celeron underclocked to 600mhz and 1gb ram but to me, a shitty junior systems engineer it was freedom

09.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

wish I was as excited by any new tech as I was by my first netbook in 2007

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

follow me for more of whatever this is πŸ‘

09.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

weather in Brighton means I can get chippy lunch tomorrow but not on Wednesday

09.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

noice πŸ™Œ

09.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe if more of us had sounded more like primary school teachers we wouldn't be in [gestures, broadly]

Also, fuck that shit πŸ‘

09.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This micro blogging retirement home is not the place for forgiveness 🌈🌟

09.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And yeah, fuck that shit πŸ‘

09.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big up nice research leader πŸ™ŒπŸŒˆπŸŒŸ

09.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I don't make the rules (lies)

09.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most unhelpful work advice you remember being given please πŸ‘‡

09.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Checking an LLM's work is a systemic, not an individual, problem. Only a culture of design critique can prevent sloppy AI-generated problem definitions.

People tell me that AI code is fine, because you can run automatic tests. But tests can only tell you if code is doing the thing you want it to do.

To know what it SHOULD do, we used to have requirements. But now requirements are themselves vibe-coded slopotypes.

The result: waste and risk.

09.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Thank you for giving anything I write literally any consideration all πŸ˜…

09.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A child of about 8 wearing a blue pinafore dress with bow fastenings and a Lucy and yak logo. The kitchen in the background is chaotic, with a play mat and haphazard table and chairs.

A child of about 8 wearing a blue pinafore dress with bow fastenings and a Lucy and yak logo. The kitchen in the background is chaotic, with a play mat and haphazard table and chairs.

I turned my old dungarees into a dress for child 1! 🌈🌟

07.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I used to listen to islands in the stream while our kitchen island was better built

07.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the guy in the green mile who says 'i am so tired' but as a service

07.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started sayin β€œHe’s wearing a wire!” when I see these glasses.

One man overheard and pulled them off. 😭😭😭

06.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 1309 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 5

Sugar Babes overloaded - the singles collection

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Found a sugar babes CD on the pavement so things are looking up ladz

06.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A change in location is not enough to make tech that respects our rights πŸ‘‡

06.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know what this means but I think I get the vibe and thanks I hate it πŸ‘

05.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

strong πŸ‘

05.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am leading with:
- more that 1 thing can be true
- people knowing about the service is good
- meeting people where they are - including search - is good
...and I am going to dig up some search data for scenarios which do not mention service by name but which are directly relevant.

05.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Never had to persuade someone that SEO is good before πŸ˜… GEO not even on the horizon.

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Promoting the service so that users are 'aware' is carrying a lot of weight where I am. Finding the service through google is seen as neutral at best - maybe undesirable.

05.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0