Nick Smith

@skynick.bsky.social

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I'm not new here anymore. I do agile-ish things for government.

TV image close up of Artemis 2 rocket engine with flames and huge exhaust plume.
Graph showing the months January to December and forecasted solar generation versus historical household electricity consumption, both in kilowatt hours. Consumption meanders across the middle, generation follows a bell curve. Between April and September solar generation is greater than consumption and we’re net zero over the year.
The word Tron in blue neon projected onto a wall with Philips Hue lights beneath in matching colour.
Regularly used image showing the importance of graphic design. The sentence 'You will read this first' is big and bold in the middle. Visual users will indeed read this first. Then there are other sentences: 'and then you will read this'; 'Then this one'; 'And you will read this last'. To make the point, the last sentence you read is the first a non-visual user would have read out on the page, it's at the top.
Photo of a 30 day calendar pinned to a fridge. Each day is crossed out. It’s a record that I took a supplement each day. The calendar is printed and has QR codes with info from the supplement manufacturer, Zoe.
Graph showing the months January to December and expected solar generation versus historical household electricity consumption, both in kilowatt hours. Consumption meanders across the middle, generation follows a bell curve. Between April and September solar generation is greater than consumption and we’re net zero over the year.
AI generated image of someone driving an oversized Flintstones style grey stone car on a road with trees and fields in the background. The car has the word ‘CHANGE’ on the side.
AI generated image of a hand on a car steering wheel that’s connected to a large rough grey block of stone with the word ‘CHANGE’ written on the side. The hand looks ready to turn the wheel.
AI generated image of a red Tesla driving on a sleek motorway. The wheels are fashioned into a complicated triangular rail system. The road has grooves that the rails sit within.
AI generated image of the front of a red American-style pickup truck. It’s on a cracked tarmac road straining to push a large grey stone block with the word ‘Change’ on the side. There’s a random hand protruding from the bonnet of the truck.
AI generated image of an off road vehicle with a car exhaust snorkel. It’s driving and there’s a rainbow carpet of flowers being produced behind it. The landscape around is desert and scrubland.
AI generated image of some people wearing office-type clothes. The phrase 'driving change' appears. One person is pointing up, Some are holding graphs on paper, some are pushing the side of a grey rock, I think it's meant to be a mountain.
Top down view of raised garden bed with plants growing. Tomatoes in the foreground, pumpkins and courgettes growing in the background. All growing up bamboo frames.
Horizontal photo of 3 solar panels on a flat roof. Taken from a small drone.
A bright orange sun peaking over a hill in the misty distance. The sky is clear and orange. The foreground has 1920s style terraced houses and chimneys either side. Black cables pattern the sky with connections between a central telegraph pole and dispersed houses.
Graph showing the months January to December and expected solar generation versus historical household electricity consumption, both in kilowatt hours. Consumption meanders across the middle, generation has a hump in the middle. Between April and September solar generation is greater than consumption and we’re net zero over the year.
A stack of large solar panels resting on a front garden wall. They are very large and black.
Graph showing the months January to December and expected solar generation versus household electricity consumption. Consumption meanders across the middle, generation has a hump in the middle. Between April and September solar generation is greater than consumption.
Two men on their wedding day, one in a kilt, smiling at the back of a boat with Tower Bridge, the Thames and London skyline in the background. It’s a bright sunny day.
Distracted boyfriend meme. The boyfriend is titled ‘well meaning civil servant’. He’s looking at a woman titled ‘Listing all of the acronyms’ while his girlfriend looking at him in disgust is titled ‘a culture that doesn’t tolerate abbreviations’.