Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
helenmakesmaps @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social Cartographer, data visualizer, beans on toast defender.
helenmakesmaps.com for tutorials
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
jezc @jezcollins.bsky.social Celebrating Birmingham’s rich & diverse music history, heritage & culture with community archiving & creative projects. Birmingham Music Museum coming 2027!
Saadiq Mohiuddin @saadiqmohiuddin.bsky.social Technical Project Manager at @developmentseed.org
https://saadiqm.com/
Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦
Wanmei L 🌎🛰️ @mapsbyw.com Science Data Visualizer | Seeking Next Opportunity | Former NASA Earth Observatory 🌎🛰🗺 | UCLA Alumni 🎓 | Award-Winning Cartographer 🧭 | 🎙️ President of Women in GIS
Sarah Bell @sarahbell.bsky.social Cartography • Geo-visualization • Geo-Scientist • Esri
Keynote speaker • Rock climber • behance.net/sarahbellmaps
Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuno @brunosan.bsky.social Scientist. ED of Clay, #AIforEarth. Ex MSFT Planetary Computer, Chief Scientist Mapbox, Satellogic VP, World Bank, Rocket scientist postdoc, astrophysics PhD. 📍 Copenhagen. Dad to Sela and Paz, with Emma.
Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social Pre-order TRADE WORLD! https://lnk.to/TradeWorldBook
Clint Mansell @iamclintmansell.bsky.social Love Now More Than Ever
Chief Digital Officer for London @ldncdo.bsky.social Chief Digital Officer for London, working for Mayor of London and all Londoners. Using #data to support a fairer, safer and greener city for everyone #cities #innovation #smartcities https://medium.com/@chiefdigitalofficer4london
Kevin Bullock @kevinbullock.bsky.social Earth science, Earth observation, satellite, astronomy and space nerd.
Partnerships and BD @developmentseed.org
Walnuts @mrwalnuts.bsky.social The bROM, The Phils and acting the general tit
Lew Stringer @lewstringer.bsky.social Writer/artist on UK humour comics since 1983. Clients have included Oink!, Viz, Buster, Beano, Dandy, Toxic, Doctor Who Magazine and more.
John Paddington @padders123.bsky.social Transport technology, Birmingham and some other stuff.
Occasional photos of Travel Basil to promote St Basils homeless charity that works with young people in Birmingham.
Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com All that's #Geek in #Brum since 2016
http://geekybrummie.com
dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
Senior delivery manager at @tpximpact.com
https://www.cattell.com
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Dominic Campbell @dominiccampbell.bsky.social Partner at Impossible Ideas | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat | #utb
William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social Trustee at Indigo Trust. Formerly CarnegieUK, Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
Piali Das Gupta @pialidg.bsky.social Basically, I'm a lot about #localgov, public services, place, travel, art, culture, photography and London. And sometimes a little bit about Canada too. Migrant and citizen, at the same time.
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.
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs Local government loving digital pragmatist.
https://da.vebrig.gs/
Ann Kempster @annkempster.com Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
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
Terence Eden @edent.tel Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
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
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
Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social Architect for #openstandards, the Web and barcodes of all types. Tech policy. Ex-UK gov. Active in GS1, NHS & W3C. @hadleybeeman@w3c.social
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social Founder @OpenInnovates non-profit, mission-led, innovation with data. Co-founder @TheDataCity mapping the world's economy with data.
Also #MDANT
Life is for living - let's get on with it.
2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday!
🛒 Shop: http://shop.2000ad.com
📰 Newsletter: http://2000ad.com/thrillmail
🔊 Podcast: http://2000ad.com/podcast
Whores of Yore @whoresofyore.bsky.social Sex History. "A Catalogue of Jilts, Cracks, Nightwalkers, Whores, She-Friends, Kind Women & Others of the Linen-Lifting Tribe”
Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Chris Barnes @leodensian.bsky.social Does data stuff at DVSA, lives in Leeds, likes transport. Posts usually some combination of the above.
Ianrobo @ianrobo.bsky.social want to settle here, ADHD, depression, politics, snooker, NFL, MLB , tech and the Bears !
Birmingham, my heart, my place
Want to scream
Joe Grassby @joegrassby.bsky.social Film and music dork in Birmingham, UK. Big fan of compact discs. Dreaming of building a home cinema.
Also made bsky.app/profile/btfstills.bsky.social
Stephen Perrin @steperrin.bsky.social Forged in the Black Country. Heavy metal. West Bromwich Albion. Below average bass hack. Interested in active transport and road harm prevention.
[Moseley, Birmingham]
Chris Downing @littlecd1975.bsky.social Mostly playing semi incompetent guitar or just noise, green, brum, love ghost stories and horror. Watches bad films so you don't have to. Formerly Brumcast, D.N.P, Dub Not Pop
Jayne Howarth @jaynehowarth.bsky.social Communications specialist / journalist in the West Midlands (UK). Spreading myself thinly around these social media apps so I can wean myself off THAT place. Eventually.
Paul Bradshaw @paulbradshaw.bsky.social Data journalist and course leader, MA Data Journalism at Birmingham City University
Emma Wright @editorialgirl.co.uk No longer an editor or a girl. Probably taller than you were expecting.
Daz @dazwright.com Here for video games, cats, and the popular music of the day. I live in Moseley in Birmingham. I make electronic music as Indolent Child.
https://indolentchild.bandcamp.com
Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social I make comics. Bunny Vs Monkey, Looshkin, Megalomaniacs, Flember, Fish Head Steve, Max And Chaffy, and Super Duper Bunny League coming to Nickleodeon in 2024!
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Justin Bronn @jbronn.bsky.social (Geo | Legal | CS) Hacker
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Joe Morrison @joemorrison.bsky.social “Controversial industry figure” - Grid News. VP of Commercial Experience at Umbra Space. 🛰 | satellite data for mapping 🗺, monitoring 📈, and 'mergencies 🚨
Development Seed @developmentseed.org Winning with Open Data
Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social Academic | sports journalist | author | comms
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
Jon Hickman @jonhickman.bsky.social ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Podcast: btlpodcast.com
Podcast: runnerpod.com
Words: paradisecircus.co.uk
Everything else: theplan.co.uk
Paradise Circus @paradisecircus.com “People have only interpreted Birmingham, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
Editors @bounder.info & @jonhickman.bsky.social Formerly Birmingham: It’s Not Shit.
http://paradisecircus.com/
Neil Lawrence @ox1digital.co.uk Former Product Manager / localgov survivor / LocalGovDigital alumni / All my views / Stupidly excited by default / European citizen and French resident / passionate about not using the word “passionate”
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I love and share #maps and #data that explain how the #world works.
Stu @pezholio.bsky.social Computer man doing computer things. Grade three Saxophonist. Lapsed homebrewer. Average DJ. ADHDer. He/Him