Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social 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
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
UX Scotland @uxscotland.bsky.social 9 - 10 June 2027 | UX Scotland is a friendly international conference for anyone working in UX, service design or other digital specialisms
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion.
Londoner in Merseyside.
Blog at emilywebber.co.uk
Biz at hellotacit.com
Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
Ben Terrett @benterrett.bsky.social CEO of Public Digital. Former Deputy Chair of UAL. .
/benterrett everywhere else.
www.benterrett.com
Clear Language Club @clearlanguage.club The Bluesky account of the blog and newsletter for people who love clear language. Follow to get new posts and updates here in your timeline. Published by freelance content designer, @iainbroome.com.
Join the club: clearlanguage.club
John Cutler @johncutle.fish I like the beautiful mess of product development.| newsletter: https://cutlefish.substack.com
Phil Adams @phil-adams.bsky.social Lowfalutin® brand strategy. Your irresistible truth and how to tell it®: https://philadams.co/
Exec Producer: https://www.allhandsondoc.com/
Trustee: https://www.scottishdocinstitute.com/
Thinking out loud: https://newsletter.lowfalutin.co.uk/archive/
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.
Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com The people photographer, working with the world's most interesting humans, dogs and brands. A graceful and melodious ape, fascinated by online identity and trust. Uczę się języka polskiego. paulclarke.com
Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwin.bsky.social Author: Designing for the Digital Age. Consultant. Design & product exec. Researcher. Speaker & teacher. Wildlife photographer.
📷/🧵 Kim.Goodwin
Stefan Czerniawski @pubstr.at Blogging less than the olden days. Still working to make public services better, now in healthcare regulation.
Dan @dandoescontent.bsky.social Content design, systems & structure. // Advocate of a lighter, more efficient & more accessible internet.
John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at UNSW | Modernism, novels, specialisation, media, bildungsroman &c | Chair Australasian Modernist Studies Network
Ben Unsworth @benunsworth.co.uk User centred design in government. parkrun tourist A4418. Director of Digital and Tech for Kingston and Sutton councils.
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
Andrew Travers @andrewtravers.com Designer and researcher working with the UK's public sector. I wrote ‘Interviewing for research’ once upon a time. Occasionally blogging here: andrewtravers.com
Craig Mod @craigmod.com Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years.
Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!!
shop.specialprojects.jp
craigmod.com
Smooth waters @smoothwaters.bsky.social A former Probation Officer and substance misuse counsellor in the NHS. Now retired and enjoying it.
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
Dave Rogers @daverog.bsky.social
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.
Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk 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
Lauren Tormey @ltormey.bsky.social Senior Content Designer at University of Edinburgh. Runner. Immigrant (turned dual citizen) wanting to change the system. She/her. I write about life: https://ltormey.medium.com and running: https://laurunning.blogspot.com.
Gary Saunders @adrez.bsky.social Web Content Designer (courses) at University of Dundee - https://www.dundee.ac.uk/
I ❤️ various stuff
Jane Matthews @janematthews.bsky.social Author of The Carer's Handbook, Losing a Pet, Have the Best Year of Life. Newly relocated to the Lake District - please send umbrellas.
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
Neil Allison @usabilityed.bsky.social User centred design advocate in UK Higher Education. Head of Prospective Student Web at The University of Edinburgh.
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
Sarah Winters @escmum.bsky.social 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.
Christine at Crocstar @crocstar.bsky.social I head up Crocstar: a brilliant agency if you need content design, content strategy and training. Join my content community! 🤩 Ex- Yahoo!, BBC and GDS. She/her.
@jo-scho.bsky.social @jo-scho.bsky.social Content design and strategy.
Iain Broome @iainbroome.com Freelance content designer currently working with NHS England. Author of the novel, A is for Angelica. Sender of newsletters. 💌
Freelance work: verymeta.com
Fiction: iainbroome.com
Blog and newsletter: clearlanguage.club
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
Duncan Stephen @duncanstephen.net I lead teams and organisations to make human-centred decisions.
Lead content designer and information architect at the Scottish Government.
he/him
https://duncanstephen.net/
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
Maggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com Staff Research Engineer @githubnext.com. But actually a designer.
Adores digital gardening, end-user development, and embodied cognition. Makes visual essays about design, programming, and anthropology.
📍 London
🌱 maggieappleton.com
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social Work: NHS Wales App. Member: @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social Content strategy and content design for charities and arts orgs. Also: Brighton, plants, my dog, typos.
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social \o/
https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com
David Hamill @davidhamill.bsky.social Loud-mouth, introverted UX consultant, who likes bikes - www.upux.biz
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- C @crispins.bsky.social @crispins.bsky.social