kasey klimes @kasey.bsky.social no man is an island
building for collective intelligence at http://getprimitive.ai
📍brooklyn
kaseyklimes.com
Code for America @codeforamerica.org Government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age. Let’s make it work for everyone.
codeforamerica.org
Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.
Sam Rose @samwho.dev That guy who makes visual essays about software at https://samwho.dev.
Developer Educator @ ngrok.com
He/him.
Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social writer, historian, gay wrongs activist @badgayspod.bsky.social, opera queen, @noisybits.bsky.social
OUT OF FASHION: RUDI GERNREICH & THE LIBERATION OF STYLE (2027)
BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY (Verso, 2022)
www.benwritesthings.com
Paavan @paavandesign.com Product design @granola.ai
he/him
Filip Dedic @filipdedic.bsky.social
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
@ccpugh.bsky.social @ccpugh.bsky.social
Johannes Klingebiel @klingebeil.bsky.social Designer and researcher. STS & media stuff. Researching Hype. Doing mischief @media-lab.de. Forward deployed zine maker. Optimist aus Notwehr. ✨
🌐 johannesklingebiel.de
Evelyn @kandake.africa 👩🏾💻 Building open tech for orgs with @eskahlay.com
👵🏾 In tech since before the cloud
🏳️🌈🌌 Part of NorthSky Social
https://chipnick.com
🇩🇪🇸🇩🏳️🌈
Prosocial Design Network @prosocialdesign.bsky.social Bridging research and practice toward building healthy online spaces. prosocialdesign.org
Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk Head of Creative and Design at The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), GDS. He/him. Views his own, not his employers.
Cennydd Bowles @cennydd.com Philosopher · Thinking and writing about ethics, technology, design, the future, sport · See also @cennyddchess.bsky.social.
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Ré Dubhthaigh @redubhthaigh.bsky.social design / data / dad / dublin
Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social Likes cats, Ruby, bicycles, drums, synths, photography, flippancy, unions.
Audi alteram partem.
Leeds, UK
Founder at @jointogether.online
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Nat Bullard @nathanielbullard.com Energy systems and information platforms.
I do that presentation.
https://www.nathanielbullard.com/
📍Singapore
Modal Foundation @modalfoundation.eurosky.social Open social tech in the public interest
https://www.modalfoundation.org/
Gordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca VP & Partner, OXD: Vancouver-based digital services firm. I work with government to afford better citizen outcomes. 🇨🇦 Spem Successus Alit | success nourishes hope.
Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet!
Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
http://www.mariafarrell.com
Rep: https://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/antony-topping/
No DMs
Eleanor Saitta @dymaxion.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Thinking about security, failure, change, art, and living. Recruiting barbarians; complicate your narratives. Fractional CISO to startups via Systems […]
[bridged from https://infosec.exchange/@dymaxion on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Blaine @blaine.bsky.social Sociotechnologist, activist. First employee @ Twitter, built that and pioneered social decentralization, created OAuth. Shy cloud-observer, mostly. Building Roundabout for local communities at @newpublic.org.
Stowe Boyd @stoweboyd.bsky.social Work anthropologist, researcher, analyst, writer.
www.workfutures.io.
@index@stoweboyd.io
The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business.
Work touches everything.
Techmeme @techmeme.com Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
Sian Murray Huynh @sianmurrayhuynh.bsky.social Product coach, founder of Radically Good Products ✊🏻🌍✨ Eastender, Mama, Franco-Vietphile. Living with chronic illness. Turns out I was neurodivergent all along.
#FreePalestine🕊️🇵🇸 #AuDHD #CFSME #DS9rules🖖🏻
Ralph @ralphhawkins.bsky.social Lifestyle brand
ralphhawkins.co.uk
Liam Hawkes @liamhawkes.bsky.social Principal Service Designer in CoLab - the Policy and Innovation Lab at the Home Office. Previously #localgov.
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social \o/
https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com
Gavin Elliott @gavinelliott.bsky.social Dad to 2 warrior princesses, partner who has 1 dopey Labrador. Builder, designer, autistic.
Laurence Berry @laurenceberry.bsky.social Working with teams globally to deliver services, platforms and infrastructure.
Working on service patterns with govstack.global, tools for participatory democracy at assemblis.org and advising governments through komo.international
Jamie Arnold @jamiearnold.com Humanist, agilist, ale-ist. DOGS. Sometimes, I write things down at jamiearnold.com.
@davidmmarques.bsky.social @davidmmarques.bsky.social
Lisa Riemers @lisariemers.bsky.social User-centred accessible content design, communications, community, intranet and digital workplace shenanigans. Bringing people together in pubs in SE London #ItsPubOClock. Artist who frequents the London Colour Walk.
Hilary Hall @hilaryhall.bsky.social Creativity and operations ✨working at DCMS on creative industries policy 🪇 Ex / always digital 💿
Cam @camspilman.bsky.social A person who does research and design work ✏️
Infrequent and inconsistent letterbox reviews https://boxd.it/979nJ
Can complain.
Harry Bailey @harrybailey.com I increase organisations’ capacity to think clearly, make better decisions and create more value.
Ex-agency founder. Dad. Mancunian 🐝
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harrybailey
Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social Bag for life. Words: Evening Standard, Guardian, Dazed, AnOther, Rolling Stone, Crack, L&Q. Commission me: glsamways@gmail.com | She/her
Andy Piper @andypiper.me most active on Mastodon, for bridged AT acct see @andypiper.org
DevRel at The Matrix.org Foundation
Maker at forgeandcraft.co.uk
Podcaster at gamesatwork.biz
Pen plotter artist, public speaker, Fediverse builder.
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social Technology in the service of people. Director with Public Digital.
Simon Morgan-Wilson @officeofwilson.com Actual life: Wanderings! Art, design! Buildings! Bridges! Running! Music! GTFC! etc etc!
Work: Product and service person.
📍From Grimsby
🏠 Saltaire, W Yorkshire, UK
Previously just Simon Wilson, then married @texmac.bsky.social
www.officeofwilson.com
Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
Andy Spence @andyspence.bsky.social 🌆 Trying to build a better #FutureOfWork
🇵🇹 Live in Lisbon
✍️ Activist Advisor Speaker etc 📢🎙
📨 Publishes Work 3 Newsletter on Substack
https://wrk3.substack.com/
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
@jo-scho.bsky.social @jo-scho.bsky.social Content design and strategy.
Nathan Williams @nathwself.bsky.social Works @Promocymru Development, Digital, Design. Writes a fair bit. Moving through dog walking, climbing, BJJ.
Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social I’m Head of Audience at @lrb.co.uk and I wrote a book, ‘Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles’ (2023). I post about media and environment in approximately equal parts.
🔗 https://JayOwens.me- C @chrisstorey.bsky.social @chrisstorey.bsky.social
Abisola @abisola.bsky.social Aspiring human
Alex @alex-conatus.bsky.social I work at @commonknowledge
Ellie Ashman @ellayanor.bsky.social Exeter | Director - Public Sector Practice @ Torchbox
Often to be found looking for a snack and/or saying pspsps to the nearest available cat. Always have too many tabs open.
Tom Armitage @infovore.bsky.social standing at the intersection of the liberal arts and technology, spinning a GOLF SALE sign
Gemma Copeland @gemcopeland.bsky.social Designer, researcher, organiser and educator. Co-founding member of @commonknowledge.coop, a worker co-op that supports social movements through design, development, training and facilitation.
https://gemmacope.land/
https://commonknowledge.coop/
Jonny Toomey @home-video.bsky.social https://home-video.bandcamp.com/
https://2hours2midnight.rocks
https://vimeo.com/jontoomey
Harrison Pim @harrisonpim.com head of data science at climatepolicyradar.org | harrisonpim.com
Kuba Bartwicki @kubabartwicki.bsky.social designing on gov.uk · writing on kubabartwicki.com
Clare @claremccarthy.bsky.social York-based content designer (public sector / gov). Gamer, reader, horror film nerd, text-based RPG mapper, pastry baker, piano player, mama of one. Not really on social media. She/they.
Clearleft @clearleft.com We are Clearleft – strategic design partners.
https://clearleft.com/
Proud to be #EmployeeOwned 🫶 Also, proudly responsible for
https://uxlondon.com and https://leadingdesign.com/
@elissejones.bsky.social @elissejones.bsky.social
Jez Burrows @jezburrows.com Iconography and illustration at Instagram/Threads by day, design and writing by night. London.
Natalie Shaw @natalieshaw.bsky.social ‘Exuberant and anarchic’
Dirty Martini available from @brokensleepbooks
https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/dirty-martini-by-natalie-shaw
Gwen Henderson @gwenderson.bsky.social Freelance content designer/consultant, writer, actor/voice actor and musician. Dysgu Cymraeg. Based in Bristol.
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Etter Studio 🇺🇦 @etterstudio.com Design company from Zurich. Building physical and virtual things with algorithms. Posting mainly code experiments.
Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social historian of modern science and technology
Chris @songschris.bsky.social Service designer, consultant, songwriter, fairly nerdy.
Simon Brunning, He/him @brunn.ing Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati. Father. Nerd. Pythonista. Agileista. Thoughtworker. Ex GDS. Secularist. Rationalist and empiricist. South Londoner. Comedy groupie. Good hugger. Music lover. CD buyer & ripper. Radio 4 listener. http://brunn.ing
Ed Jefferson @edjefferson.com writes/codes/talks about things no-one else would bother to. e dot jefferson at gmail. he/him. was @edjeff.
internet weblog: https://edjefferson.com/blog
Farrah Nazir @farrah-nazir.bsky.social 📊 EDI Insights & Learning Lead at @wellcometrust.bsky.social
🔥 Cofounder New Fables Collective https://newfablescollective.com
✨ “What we cannot imagine cannot come into being” bell hooks
✍🏽 https://farrah-nazir.medium.com/
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.
Michal Nachmany @michalnachmany.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Climate Policy Radar - organising, analysing, and democratising climate and nature textual data using responsible AI
Anne Sietsma @franticpedantic.bsky.social climate justice & data science | policy officer @ Climate Policy Radar | he/him/dr
Tom Walker @walkertom.bsky.social A northern boy. I’ve worked at a few places here. Prefer my camera to my camera.
Carl Whistlecraft @gr8governance.bsky.social Trust is our greatest currency.
Peace, love, truth, music
I am #Notwestminster
Up The Blades
Tommy Palmer @tommyp.org 👨💻 I'm a computery guy
🇮🇪 Belfast/London Irish Internet Hallion
🕸️ Coding #Javascript + #Elixir https://github.com/tommyp
🎛️ DJ as Syntax Terror https://soundcloud.com/syntax-terror-exe
✏️ Writing stuff at https://www.tommyp.org
Mark Hurrell @markhurrell.bsky.social One day this will all be head canon
Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social CEO @projectsbyif.bsky.social founder, designer, advisor, Mum, “rebel with the right cause”, expecting more from computers…
https://projectsbyif.com
https://sarah.gold
Chris @antimega.bsky.social art and courgettes 🌈
https://www.anti-mega.com
Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Vicky Teinaki @vickytnz.bsky.social Design (particularly of the digi-gov variety), books and brunch (usually from NE England). Brits think I sound Kiwi, Kiwis think I sound English. Links-a-plenty, views my own. https://vickyteinaki.com
Si Manby @cthimon.bsky.social Product person at Justice Digital UK
Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social 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/
cantlin @cantlin.bsky.social Product Manager at ∞ Meta.
🗽 NYC via 🇬🇧 LDN.
Likes: trees, poems, waiting for things to dry.
Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk I’m a product manager and sometime coach
Product and software development, music, cricket, London - was @phowax on Twitter
Involved with @hopeful.technology
https://sixthings.dhanendran.com/about
Katy Arnold @katyarnie.bsky.social Previously building and leading #UCD at Home Office Digital, now helping organisations with user research and digital transformation. Musician, feminist, wild swimmer, camper van owner. She/her.
Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social As disappointed as you are
steve @visitmy.website workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com 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
Raheela Rehman @raheela-rehman.bsky.social Energy IRC https://bsky.app/profile/energycambridge.bsky.social
#energy
Global Equity @CambridgeGloba1
#SDGs Equity in materials & local gov
STEMM advocate, previous Chair @CamAWiSE #stem #EDI
www.energy.cam.ac.uk
www.gci.cam.ac.uk
Amy Czuba @amyczuba.bsky.social New biz @ Nexer Digital | Umbraco MVP.
Caffeinated, solar-powered, and paying attention to the little things in life. Sharing thoughts on sustainability, accessibility, digital and music — through an optimistic Yorkshire lens.
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
@inezvilar.bsky.social @inezvilar.bsky.social