Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social ✨ Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies) ✨ kieranhegarty.com
Rod McMillan 🍉 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 📚 @morewretchthansage.bsky.social Freelance Journalist: https://muckrack.com/rod-w-mcmillan Blog:
https://morewretchthansage.substack.com/
New Internationalist: newint.org
Katsumi Yoshida @yozibak.bsky.social programmer/game dev
メルボルンでゲーム開発してる人
working on Canvas Street with @smitleu.bsky.social
canvasstreet.net
yozibak.com
Jane Howard @janeannehoward.bsky.social Arts and culture editor, The Conversation Au+NZ
acommonblackbird @acommonblackbird.bsky.social defiantly neuroqueer human [auDHD, cPTSD, queer, gender nonconforming] striving to survive the polycrisis and cocreate a future worth surviving for. trees and birds help the ongoing messyAF work-in-progressness of it all.
Angela Stengel @angelastengel.bsky.social Future of media, innovation, arts & culture, tech, AI. Ex-ABC, current President of fbi.radio. Also into podcasts, music, food, travel & bikes.
Elliott Bledsoe @elliottbledsoe.bsky.social I am the grumpy cat of arts marketing! 😼
ATM doing stuff w/ BlakDance + others.
President of @wmau.bsky.social and Co-lead of @creativecommonsau.bsky.social.
@elliottbledsoe on most things.
#ArtsMarketing #Copyright #Tech
On Turrbal/Jagera land.
He/him.
Lucie Paterson @luciepaterson.bsky.social 
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
Owen Smith @owensmithguitar.bsky.social Eclectic. Musician. Songwriter. Founder. AI/Data Practitioner. SciFi. Comedy. Theology. Decolonisation. Antitrust. Also, cats.
🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet
👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au Probably on my phone // They/Them
👀 I’m gay ahahaahahaha
✨Games Content, Game Dev & Tiktok
✨SMM+Comms Manager @theindiexp.bsky.social
✨NextPlay // Features + News @nextplayau.bsky.social
📌ANZ GAME DEV/Media List BELOW!
DMs open or heyalexbestie@gmail.com
Ian Malcolm @ianmalcolm.bsky.social Melbourne-based writer, editor and proofreader for books, publications and web.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
leura 🐭 @smitleu.bsky.social hi it’s leura 🦭 im making an architecture game called…. canvas street!!!! please wait in eager anticipation!!
I don’t wanna verify my age so you can email me if you want :)
leura@apartment809.com
Ausretrogamer @ausretrogamer.bsky.social Spreading the nostalgic vibe of retro gaming culture across the known universe.
Official account - http://ausretrogamer.com
🕹️RetroGaming ⚪️Pinball 👾Arcade
Laura Ager @lauraager.bsky.social Here for old cinemas, all kinds of films and assorted festivals. Melbourne based. Organiser for @melbcinematheque and @radfilmnet
MirageVertex @miragevertex.bsky.social 🎵 Mirage Vertex | Google-Verified Band
🎸 Rock • Pop • Electro • Indie
🎧 Genre-bending sound. Stream now on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube
🌐 https://g.co/kgs/62AGWBV
Melanie Swalwell @melswal.bsky.social Prof of Digital Media Heritage, Swinburne University. #AusEAASI Project Lead. 🖤💛❤️ ally, living and working on Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung lands.
@combatradio.bsky.social @combatradio.bsky.social Survived Warner Bros Studios/Now Exec Director of Combat Radio/Brigade-Radio-One based at NBC/Universal Studios. MMA practitioner. Terrorist attack survivor. Monk. https://linktr.ee/ethandettenmaier
@zelt.bsky.social @zelt.bsky.social 
Yarn Spinner @yarnspinner.dev The friendly tool for game dialogue! Now in Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine + more! Made by best mates from way down under, who've worked on games from Night in the Woods to Demonschool 💚🖖🌱
https://yarnspinner.dev • http://discord.gg/yarnspinner • Human-Made
Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social Amnesty Media Award 2014. Cryptoparty. Anti-Robodebt campaigner. Digital rights. Mutant network node herder. Completing a Master of Social Work. Devouring entropy https://www.patreon.com/asherwolf
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
NDF NZ @ndfnz.bsky.social We're a network of people working to enhance digital interaction with culture & heritage #NDFNZ. More at www.ndf.org.nz.
Follow #NDF25 for conference updates, or visit https://www.live.ndf.org.nz/
HADES @wearehades.bsky.social HADES at University of Melbourne (Humanities and Diverse eResearch Scholars) unite around inclusive, diverse and ethical approaches to digital research in HASS fields, and the crucial link between teaching & research https://go.unimelb.edu.au/x4ip
Matthew Burgess @matthewpburgess.bsky.social Lead Digital Archivist at the State Library of NSW.
Also posting on matthewpburgess@digipres.club
All views, posts and opinions shared are my own. He/Him.
https://blog.matthewburgess.net
Michael @stainedface.bsky.social 
Tathra Street @tathra.bsky.social Leadership Futurist, hope monger, change maker, community builder.
🏳️🌈ND🧠💡🔋🔮 🌱🪷
Australian born, raised in Canada. Now in Naarm aka Melbourne. TathraStreet.com
@foxestogether.bsky.social @foxestogether.bsky.social 
Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social Museums|music|media|monsters|mayhem - https://linktr.ee/sebchan
Lizzy Tait @lizzytait.bsky.social A/Prof of Digital Preservation, School of Computing Technologies RMIT. 🏴🇦🇺🏳️🌈
OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) aims to foster technological knowledge and encourage research that is accessible, collaborative and respects user freedom.
David Riley @scidipity.bsky.social STEM Learning & Programs Officer | Circular Economy Advocate | Makerspace Builder | Library Enthusiast
Passionate about sharing the wonders of science and inspiring the next generation through innovative STEM education in Libraries
Tori Lawson @lawsonvictoria.bsky.social ‘Standing on the Edge of “Empire” Falling Off’. PhD, Artist and Curator (sometimes). She/Her
Chris Arneil @chrisarneil.bsky.social professional(?) video game archivist @ the national film and sound archive of australia
Robert Hart @hardhack.bsky.social Maker hacker and tinker with a position for science
J L @jessikatze.bsky.social Human. Friend. Animal lover. Beach dweller.
❤️☺️🦇🦆🦎🐝🐈
Austin Lancaster 🎮✍ @crawfordscat.bsky.social Cinephilic "gamer". Based in Naarm (Melbourne).
Latest writing: https://umbycord.substack.com/
Severance is Cinema @sevhead1.bsky.social Dedicated Severance account by a dilettante cinephile. 
Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org For an equitable #postgrowth world 🌿Post Growth Fellowship, Post Growth Alliance, Offers & Need Markets, Free Money Day & more🌍 @postgrowth@mastodon.social
ACMI Labs @handle.invalid Experiments, research and insights in media, technology and user experience from inside ACMI, Melbourne
@acmimuseum.bsky.social
Beau! @b3.au Thirty-something, bit of a nerd & shift worker. Excited by gadgets, transport, photography & travel. May contain traces of nuts.
(aka @BeauGiles on what was the bird site)
📍Sydney, NSW via Streaky Bay, SA
Opinions here ≠ my employers
Mapbox @mapbox.com Mapbox powers navigation for people, packages, and vehicles everywhere.
www.mapbox.com
Register for BUILD with Mapbox: https://www.mapbox.com/build
luna @imlunahey.com 29 years old - she/her/they/them - 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bluesky's #1 professional yapper
checkout my bluesky client: akari.blue
alt: @imlunahey.bsky.social
company: @lucidsoft.works
prev: Axiom.co Canva.com Unraid.net
message me on signal @ImLunaHey.69
Alex Eckermann @alexeckermann.bsky.social 
kscottz @kscottz.bsky.social Engineer: mainly robots and computer vision stuff. Developer advocate for ROS at Open Robotics. Open Source Hardware Association board member. Lover of rats and plants. 
Oli Young @oliyoung.bsky.social 2006 Time Person of the Year
Shenanigans. Kindness. Joy. Love. Chaos Monkey. Music. Lakers basketball. Cubs baseball. WWE. TTRPG. MtG. ADHD.
Occasionally, software and product engineering.
Jenn @jennjgh.bsky.social Interests include and are not limited to:
hedonism. nihilism. anarchism. eroticism. bohemianism. socialism. symbolism. absurdism. cynicism. turn tableism.
Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social We're an academic team of Research Data Specialists enabling data-intensive and data-informed research across disciplines
@unimelb www.unimelb.edu.au/mdap
Marian Turner @marianlturner.bsky.social Senior Editor, Nature Ecology & Evolution. Melbourne/Naarm.
Mitch @mitchwd.bsky.social 
Michael Parry @mjparry.bsky.social Museums / Culture / Design / Infrastructure / He/Him / Naarm 🌈 #Midsumma
Laurent Denoue @ldenoue.bsky.social Making apps. Scribe Instant YouTube Transcripts using AI in your browser https://www.appblit.com/scribe
Chamonix, France
jim fishvvick @fimjishwick.bsky.social they/them
i came to make theatre and weak puns and i'm all out of theatre
linktr.ee/fimjishwick
MΛTT @mattro.design Photographer
Guitarist
Software designer & maker
I made a weather app for Australians.
It is called Sunshine. 👉 @sunshineapp.bsky.social 🌻
👨🏻🚀 https://mattro.design
📸 https://glass.photo/mattro
📷 https://instagram.com/mattro.photo
Craig Middleton (he/him) @museumguy.bsky.social Queer curator.
Living on Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
Canberra, Australia.
Elwyn Murray @elwynonline.bsky.social Designing Visuals. Naarm // Melbourne
Regan Forrest @interactivate.bsky.social Once upon a time I was an expert in museum visitor experiences. Then I took a 10-year detour into management. Now I'm a semi-retired consultant.
Probably neurodivergent. Definitely curious about lots of things.
Dr Lynda Kelly @lyndakelly61.bsky.social Research Expert. Audience Advocate. Digital Specialist. Social media tragic.
Blog about #GLAM #museums #digital #musetech #museumed #museumeval
👉 https://musdigi.wordpress.com/
🧄 Garlic grower
🚜 Farmer
🍀 Irish and Gundungurra land
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org Journo/author. I've got a brand new book coming out - CHARITY SHOP WORLD. 03.09.2026. Pre-orders here: https://theindigopress.com/product/charity-shop-world/
TWENTY ONE FINGERS @jozujo.bsky.social 
Pip Shea @pipshea.bsky.social Designer @ CSIRO, Australia's National Science Agency. She/Her/🏳️🌈/🥁
@bjh.bsky.social @bjh.bsky.social f/k/@zbendr.
Mainly: Video product × platform × design × arch.
But also: Cybersecurity and cyberworthiness manager. Military officer.
📺🎛
Probably¹ addicted to coffee and chilli
http://SeeDisclaimer.com
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Alice McCool @mccoolingtons.bsky.social Journalist + feminist. Investigative reporter at The Nerve. Formerly Good Law Project. Other bylines inc The Guardian, CNN, Dazed, TIME Magazine. They/them.
www.alicemccool.com
Connor Tomas O'Brien @mrconnorobrien.bsky.social Run a design studio for non-profits (http://studiosometimes.com) + write stuff for lazy environmentalists (Change is Hard). Born: 351.41 ppm CO2
Ian Irving @ianirving.bsky.social Freelance People Driven Software Developer Ruby/Rails; JS (Vue/Ember); Toronto; Always learning; www.falsepositives.com https://github.com/iirving
Lafinboy @lafinboy.bsky.social A front end dev, and damned good at it. http://about.me/Lafinboy
@tsbates.bsky.social @tsbates.bsky.social 
'Aainaa @aainaa-ab.bsky.social Rants about things. Superlatives. Design, food, stuff. She/Her.
https://www.corner.inc/aainaa
Mark VK5QI @vk5qi.bsky.social He/Him; 'Strayan; Amateur Radio Operator (VK5QI); RF Engineer; High-Altitude Ballooning - http://sondehub.org; http://libre.space Contributor;
Piratenpartei Saarland @piratensaarland.bsky.social Für eine liberalere, sozialere, humanistischere, modernere, gerechtere und smartere Gesellschaft.
Impressum: https://piraten.saarland/Impressum/
Byron J Scullin @byronscullin.bsky.social Sound Artist & Designer. One half of Fuligin Sound. Co-Founder of MESS Ltd.
https://linktr.ee/byronjscullin
Nat 🍉🏳️🌈 @natbott.omg.lol Librarian and Game dev 🎮 ☆ Creative Tech and Makerspaces @cityofmelbourne 🏙 ☆ Tech support @lil-pink-clouds.bsky.social 💌 ☆ they/them ☆
Jini Maxwell @astroblob.bsky.social Curator of videogames for work and queer films for fun | they/them 
CardiOnCryptography @bsky.gay they 🏳️⚧️ putting the crypt in cryptography 🪦
Shlee fucked around and @shl.ee Teacher, Mother, Lover, Enabler
📧 hey@shl.ee / ashley@generozity.charity
Mastodon: @shlee@aus.social
He/They
Casey Dalbo @heyimcasey.bsky.social 3d artist / creative dev @ emd studio/swin 🥤
volunteering w/ #Claire4Casey #auspol campaign
problem solver/creator 😶🤠
Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social ARC DECRA Fellow: literary studies | digital humanities | surveillance | President, Australasian Association for Digital Humanities: https://aa-dh.org/ | current project: surveilit.com | everything else: tynedaile.com
alterante:// @agf.bsky.social Advancing data privacy for businesses, institutions, and individuals. #privacybydesign www.alterante.com www.hivebot.co github.com/sync-different
Dr. Joseph J. Thiebes @thiebes.bsky.social ☀️ Thiebes rhymes with Phoebus
⚗️ physical chemist / chemical physicist
🔬 time-resolved spectro/microscopy
📊 data science & analytics
🌟 lifelong learner
🎯 banner: laser interference- S @subaltern.bsky.social @subaltern.bsky.social
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. I make films with and against AI to see what isn’t there. Gates Scholar, Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
Jennie R.F. @jmrf.me Co-executive director of Baby Ghosts, general partner @weirdghosts.ca.
Jessica Citizen @dotarray.bsky.social I believe Spence Olham, but if I'm here I'm likely procrastinating on something I really should be doing.
pix @xiq.bsky.social