Dominika Noworolska @dominikanow.bsky.social Researcher, facilitator & cultural strategist passionate about social causes and meaningful change. I work across systemic boundaries whenever possible to build bridges, nurture relationships, and aim for better outcomes for people. Glasgow based
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com 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
Compassion in Dying @compassionindying.bsky.social We want people to be in control of their end-of-life decisions because there is no-one better to make them.
Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social She/her from Sheffield. Talks about tech and trans rights. Former NPM, Monzo, Canonical. Train, car & bike geek for ending car dependence. Greens for HS2 and LGBTIQA+ Greens. Co-organiser Front End North. Can't answer DMs.
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4
Luke Murphy @lurkmoophy.bsky.social 🕷️ Design advocate @zeroheight.com
🫠 Noise maker in @brutalligators.bsky.social
🦄 they/them
lurkmoophy.com
Marian Avery @madebymarian.bsky.social Content design and #accessibility specialist. Based in Ireland. Disabled. Ex GDS, Scottish Gov, DfE and Defra. Posts about my cat, #A11y and #DigitalInclusion. She/her
Dafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk 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.
Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social UX Researcher & Inclusive Designer, Empathy Peddler, Button Mover. Complaining = being alive.
She/Her 🌈
https://stephaniewalter.design/ http://neurospicy.agency/
Jason Kitcat @jasonkitcat.bsky.social Director of Digital, Data & Technology at UK’s Dept for Business & Trade 🏛 / ❤️ public service / All views my own! 📢 / https://jasonkitcat.com
John Sheridan @johnlsheridan.bsky.social I’m a Civil Servant, with a keen interest in many things including computers, data, law, digital preservation and archives. You’ll find me at The National Archives, helping to look after the digital archive, web archive, legislation.gov.uk etc.
Jamie And Lion (aka, SpacedOutSmiles) @jamieandlion.bsky.social Monotropic semi speaking adult writing about neurodivergent play & adventures. MTB, digital a11y, AAC user, podcast host & lion tamer (he/him)
Gillian @gilliandy.bsky.social Product Manager in central government. Not a dog.
NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk We are the National Cyber Security Centre – part of the UK’s intelligence & cyber agency GCHQ. We help to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
@contenthelen.bsky.social @contenthelen.bsky.social
Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social @thebiologistisn on various other systems. PhD Genetics, UMN.
I do bioinformatics/genomics with a university lab.
I work unofficially to make new interesting varieties of food plants. I've made distinctly blue colored dry beans.
I make/sell art, too.
James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
Osian Rhys Jones @osian.cymru Bardd. Poet | Dylunio cynnwys. Content Design @cdps_cymru
Chris Bush @chrisbush.bsky.social Head of Design Group @ Nexer
Bit of a geek.
Loves all things inclusion.
Very anti-racist.
https://gather.human.cx (Resources)
https://www.human.cx (Personal site)
https://www.nexergroup.com
Andy Polaine @andypolaine.bsky.social Design Leadership Coach, Service Design & Innovation Educator, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Podcaster.
Co-author: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/service-design-second-edition/
www.polaine.com
www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
youtube.com/@apolaine
Anna Goss @annagoss.co Deputy director of Test, Learn & Grow. Otherwise mostly hanging out with my dog.
Steph Gray @lesteph.com Digital, woodworking and eco dad living (repair cafe, EV, solar, heat pump) in south London. Work-wise now: still celebrating Railway200, mapping the world in 1776 and troubleshooting tech/supplier/team issues. https://stephgray.com/now
Katie Driver @thinkingalliance.bsky.social Putting Thinking First. Helping public and third sector leaders prioritise the thinking that builds trust, shapes better decisions and strengthens progress on the work that matters.
Also: parent, runner, reader, volunteer, cat person, nature-lover...
@paulpistorius.bsky.social @paulpistorius.bsky.social Designing public services during the week. Cycling at weekends.
Tero Väänänen @teropsv.bsky.social Head of Design at NHS England, photographer, artist, school governor, martial artist, writer of speculative fiction. He/him
Chris Adams @mrchrisadams.net Science & justice. Also: coffee, cities, UX & code. Aghast at all the typos in my tweets. A member of climateAction.tech, and I work at the Green Web Foundation. He/Him.
@mrchrisadams on most of the social networks
Hellina Hailu Nigatu @hellinanigatu.bsky.social CS PhD candidate @UCBerkeley. Interested in multilingual and low-resourced language NLP + HCI. @SIGHPC CDS Fellow. Interned @MBZUAI. Current intern at DAIR
Website: https://hhnigatu.github.io
Andy Parker @theavangelist.bsky.social Service and organisation designer. Writing about complex systems, good services and changing things without waiting for permission.
clurr @clurr.bsky.social Product & innovation for IoT & clean energy tech. Works at @energysyscat.bluesky.social (views my own). Lead author of Designing Connected Products (O'Reilly). She/her
Lorna Wall @lornawall.bsky.social User Researcher in Government, jazz musician, photographer
ADHD Pathfinding @handle.invalid Working towards a society where ADHD is understood, supported, and never a barrier to thriving
medium.com/adhd-pathfinding
Florian Beijers @zersiax.bsky.social Fully blind coder, gamer, hacker, streamer. Accessibility consultant looking for his people.
Youtube: @viewpointunseen
Twitch (gaming): zersiax.
Twitch (hacking/coding blind): IC_Null.
Mastodon: @zersiax@cupoftea.social
Hera Hussain @herahussain.bsky.social Founder of Chayn - fight gender-based violence with tech. Feminist technologist. Living trauma-informed design. Forbes & MIT U35. EYL40. Ashoka Fellow.🇵🇰🇬🇧
Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social Dad, public servant, sports nut. Making better use of data to deliver better outcomes, keen to see how this app works out
Matt Eason @matteason.me Designer & developer working in digital government
ambiph.one / govukvue.org / matteason.co.uk/scotbeats / stationlifts.org.uk
He/him
Debbie Blanchard @debblanch44.bsky.social Dreamer of dreams, lover of theatre, drinker of gin...
Government Product Person and community builder
Volunteer @guidedogs.
Tailender.
School governor, Enterprise Advisor
She/her
@sophiacollins.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social Swearing, feminism, lefty, eco, argumentativeness, home education, science, public engagement with science. Occasional pedantry.
And maybe some menopause jokes.
I failed to copy over my contacts from the other place. I’ve not ditched you on purpose.
peterkwells @peterkwells.com BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone.
https://peterkwells.com
Simon Worthington @simonwo.net Building data tech that works for real people. MD of data specialists team @register-dynamics.co.uk. Don't DM me, email. He/him. All content CC-BY-SA4
Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
David Dawes @dawescoding.eurosky.social NHS Data Architect - Clinical Classifications, Terminologies, and Interoperability - Posting and Replying in an unofficial capacity
The Literati @theliterati.bsky.social Proud Armchair Activist, Speaker, Teacher, Content Strategist and Designer, Journalist, Mom.
📚🐶💃🏾🪴🧘🏽♀️
Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer Assistant Professor of Data Science @ Cal Poly SLO
Phd in accessibility, tool-making, vis 📊 @hcii.cmu.edu. Prev: Adobe, Highsoft, Apple, Visa.
Move slo and repair things.
Disabled & making a ttrpg.
www.frank.computer
Jeana @jeana-with-a-j.bsky.social Curious human, knitter, web accessibility specialist & UX designer in civic tech, and drinker of cold brew.
Steve Krug @stevekrug.bsky.social Author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web (and Mobile) Usability, and Rocket Surgery Made Easy.
Mike Gallagher @mikegallagher.bsky.social I dunno. Also: Lead designer for the NHS App.
Abisola @abisola.bsky.social Aspiring human
Mhairi Black @mhairiblack.bsky.social Writer, Comedian, Former MP….wild, I know. Loving trying new things and having a laugh 💃 🏳️🌈🏴🏳️⚧️
Gerry Nicolaas @gerrynicolaas.bsky.social Director of Methods at the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen.ac.uk). Posting about research methodology and related topics, in a personal capacity.
thilak @thilak.de digital govt policy, @agoradigital.bsky.social
திலக் thilak.de // ex: @IBM & head of @opendatabundde.bsky.social // @warwickuni alumni
Geri Reid @gerireid.com Everyone’s fave goth Mom.
Lead Accessibility Specialist at Just Eat. Design systems and associated nerdery. Be kind ❤️
gerireid.com
Northern Ballet @northernballet.bsky.social Creating stories that connect.
An Arts Council England NPO. #LetsCreate
Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own
Dr. Kassandra Ford @kassthefish.bsky.social Assistant Professor @UMNFWCB & Fish Curator @BellMuseum • The Convergence Lab • Electric fishes • MN fishes • Black Birder • Cat Herder • Wisconsinite • BLM • she/her • 🏳️🌈 ♠️ • www.kassandraford.com • Thoughts are my own
Tim Paul (photos) @timpaulphotos.bsky.social Photo account for @timpaul.co.uk. Follow this account in the Flashes app for an OG Instagram-like experience
Ralph @ralphhawkins.bsky.social Lifestyle brand
ralphhawkins.co.uk
@tessneedham.bsky.social @tessneedham.bsky.social
Lori @lori-t.bsky.social Works in digital accessibility.
Scottish.
Being nice is cool.
Views my own.
Shaun @sconner.net
Tekin Süleyman ☕️ @tekin.co.uk He/Him | Ruby & Rails consultant | Git wrangler
Founder of @jointogether.online co-operative
Organiser of @nwrug.org
tekin.co.uk
Manchester, UK
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh 🏴
User-centred services for public good
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Chad @kitation.co.uk They/he. Queer (nonbinary/pan), autistic, disabled. User researcher, accessibility advocate. Talks about disability, gender, gaming.
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Jodi Bennett @babythunderball.bsky.social Interaction Designer
Veronika Jermolina @veroj.bsky.social
Natalie Shaw @natalieshaw.bsky.social ‘Exuberant and anarchic’
Dirty Martini available from @brokensleepbooks
https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/dirty-martini-by-natalie-shaw
Helen Gaskell @helengaskell.bsky.social Witch made out of twigs. I collect stories. Currently writing the GOV.UK Service Manual 9 to 5 for cash-money.
Literary rep: The Soho Agency
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Debra Ruh (she/her/hers) @debraruh.bsky.social Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global IMPACT, Founder of Billion Strong - #WeAreBillionStrong, Co-Host of #AXSChat, 3x Author, US State Speaker, Market Influencer, Human Inclusion, Accessibility, SmartCities, Tech4All, AI4Good, BlockChain, & SDGs. [Don't check DMs]
Laura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social Senior content designer in UK government. Creator of accessiblenumbers.com. Dyscalculia Network adult advisor. Writes and talks about living with #dyscalculia and maths anxiety.
Work with me. lauraparker.design
Gail Mellows @gmellows.bsky.social Lead user experience designer at Co-op.
Tinkering with ceramics and screen printing too. I cook and bake a lot as eating is very important.
Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊 @benaldo.bsky.social People+planet-centred Service Designer / Product Manager
Service Manual & Service Standard, GDS, DSIT
Woke
he/him
Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
rhiannonldavies @rhiannonldavies.bsky.social Digital enabler for HigherEd & Charity
Trustee for GardenOrganicUK
IT & Digital Director for Association of Charitable Foundations
Digital Advisor & Mentor for Exeter Uni
Digital Leadership Coach
AltMBA | ADHD | Bristol | Feminist | She/Her
Ivanka Majic @ivankamajic.bsky.social User researcher, Restaurants Brighton, olive farmer, occasional milker of goats (goats not my own).
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Adrián Ortega 🗺️🧭 @adrianortega.bsky.social Existential holistic detective 🇪🇸
User-centred Design @ Digital Public Services Wales (DPSW) 🏴
Views my own, and all that.
www.adrianortega.co.uk
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning: The rise of AI and the radicalization of a tech idealist.
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
Dave House @iknowdavehouse.bsky.social Design Systems | Aircooled VWs | Made a few records you don’t have
https://www.das.house
Adrian Howard @adrianhoward.com Drinks less coffee than people expect. Enjoys helping people solve problems in the messy cross-disciplinary spaces where strategy, research, & delivery overlap. Does coaching with senior practitioners & leaders.
adrianhoward.com | quietstars.com/coaching
@gerrygaffney.bsky.social @gerrygaffney.bsky.social
Amy McNichol @amymcnichol.bsky.social Knows her own know best. Agile comms and content design. Curator of @allconsuming.bsky.social
Be consumed: ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
Subscribe: buttondown.email/ithoughtalot
I thought about that a lot @allconsuming.bsky.social An advent calendar of 24 essays by 24 authors.
Curated by @amymcnichol.bsky.social, designed by @madebysheppard.bsky.social, @ralphhawkins.bsky.social
Be consumed: ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
Subscribe: https://buttondown.email/ithoughtalot
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
@emmahorrell.bsky.social @emmahorrell.bsky.social
Mark Hurrell @markhurrell.bsky.social One day this will all be head canon
Adam Silver @adamsilverhq.bsky.social Designer with engineering background. I talk about designing products that are intuitive, accessible and delightful to use.
Design newsletter:
https://adamsilver.io/newsletter
Good Design Crash Course (free):
https://adamsilver.io/gdcc
Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth |
BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
Cricket Nosh @cricketnosh.bsky.social 🏏🌭📸 Send in your Cricket Nosh to our DM! Cricket Nosh from around the cricket world, see you around the County Grounds.
Ahmadou Dicko @ahmadoudicko.com Statistician | data for social good | humanitarian | #rstats and #julialang enthusiast ⚡
ahmadoudicko.com
Content Teatime @contentteatime.bsky.social We're a bunch of content designers and strategists based in northern England. We run in-person, hybrid and online meet-ups for anyone interested in content, design and user experience. Come and join us.
Content Design London @contentdesign.london We work with organisations, big and small, to transform their content and help them succeed. Not more content, smarter content.
Consultancy, training, books, and all things content design.
www.contentdesign.london
Ella Fitzsimmons @fitzsimple.bsky.social Making tech stories real ✨ ex-GDS, now in LA