All this to say that, through making it allows us to think about policy, what tools we find useful, and what we need our data to do for us.
If you're an org, I think it's essential to have data/tech/design on the board as a role now
No more expensive pilots, prototypes to explore art of possible
A screenshot of IA writer, of the sentence "I especially like that it strikethroughs all my bad writing before I have to" 'Especially', and 'my bad' are crossed out
Case in point
I've written blog posts in IA writer for so long I don't think I could do it any other way. I especially like that it strikethroughs all my bad writing before I have to
The AI help chat thing was no help.
I'm now in a weird space where I have no google account to log in to, but google are trying to bill me for it, even the 'contact us' link is behind the log in for an account that no longer exists
I'd like to thank the 1995-2005 era of punk rock for getting me through some pretty tough Figma and admin wrangling this morning. Special mentions to Rival Schools and Hot Water Music
our printer at home hasn't worked for years, that's just good parenting
I love the look of that new MacBook but I’d be doing a bad job of preparing my kids for the real world if I didn’t buy them Dell laptops that run windows, and beige wired mice with the ball inside
*Means of production dramatically improves*
Me: Sweet. I make same stuff in less time now.
Them: No, no, no! You must make more stuff in same time. Never same stuff in less time, silly peasant.
I don't have to pay taxes, I am incurious to why I don’t have to pay taxes, and spa
My best advice for any new freelancer is to write the case study as you go.
You won’t be able to write up your last project while onboarding on the next thing.
Your memory is a single point of failure and projects move fast.
It's 2026 and I'm STILL losing work to Illustrator crashes
+1 they are great, I've heard if your business is more complex there are better accountants, but they've been brilliant for me as a simplest tech freelancer
It’s not like all the scary molt stuff, it’s quite safe on your main laptop (non gov) and pro is what I have and works great
The latest Search Engine was an interesting listen, a slightly soft but interesting look inside Anthropic
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Thinking about all the times I've been in meetings where someone comes up with a totally reasonable and workable idea that doesn't survive first contact with civil service sense-checking. Making this actually happen would have required a level of determination and tenacity I can't fathom.
One of the things is a new roof, the irony is not lost on me
The universe has decided that 2026 is the year I have to spend all of my money on now four really expensive really unexpected things.
It’s called a rainy day fund. Singular. Not rainy days fund. I didn’t expect multiple rainy days
Manics are the best for absolutely chaotic deployment of syllables across the metre. Some of my favourite songs ever written and I can't even begin to decipher them
Love getting an upfront unskippable ad for a future season of a show you're watching. Especially if the ad is full of spoilers. Great work everyone
Vibe coding is lots of fun.
So too is asking how does “one person cosplaying as a product team” translate into AI-assisted delivery for public services?
I've written a very long thing about all of that. But here's a shorter thing to whet your appetite.
It's not the role of design to make complex things simple, it's to make complexity clear.
Had a conversation with someone wearing those Ray Ban spy glasses. Hate hate hated it. Ban them
🎉 Looking for new work.
15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist.
I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems.
I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation.
Short to long term.
Let's chat - stu@alwaystwisted.com
reposts appreciated <3
This is genius
I respect this energy
My 14 year old's approach is 'everything is AI till it's proven otherwise' which is depressing but reasonable
wrightmartin.github.io/tone-ladder/
I wrote about it here too www.mynameismartin.co.uk/blog/buildin...
having just spent time trying to build a tool that generates colours procedurally, I had a few unhinged moments where I considered this approach as it seemed easier
I have been switched off Game of Thrones since season 8, but last night decided to watch Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and ended up binging the whole lot. It was great to be back in that world, it’s an absolutely brilliant show
the common sense? Traffic accounts for 91% usage of this section of road and pavement, while cyclists only make up 2%. So why do cyclists get 50% of the space?
It must be so hard to engage with the public on issues when the public have unlimited access to a confirmation bias machine
