iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 1h

Been reflecting that right now, the thing I am working on feels like being a mole, I am so immersed in little bits of detail that are needed that I go underground hoping I am going in the right direction and then pop up, somewhat surprised by where I learn I am and try again. Oh to be a bird.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Making something new from scratch is feeling like running a marathon but the route and total length keep changing and there are surprise puzzles and monsters along the course

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s the rollercoaster. I can’t control what I am going to be told, but I have to control the sense of uncertainty. Sending hugs back.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Theres this unfortunate quirk of waiting for biopsy results and being terrified of what they will be, getting good news then the anxiety simply not lifting. I am relieved yet why can't my mind and body stand down from high alert?

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Its that lovely time of year when the spiders that are out and about could wear saddles and be ridden by mice

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It unlocked a strange cocktail of emotions. I feel quite shaken by it. Money is such an odd thing.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I found £50 in old paper bank notes yesterday. It was some emergency cash I’d had - a birthday or Christmas present from my mum & dad. I must have had this for nearly 15 years, sitting with a little note written by my mum. From when my dad was still alive. Perhaps he held the notes?

Photo of a hand holding two old £20 notes and a £10 note on a desk with a computer keyboard in view

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Conversations with a six year old are such a wild ride. Confusing “lesbian” and “thespian” has made my morning 😅 “it’s gay if it’s boys and thespians if it’s girls?”

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Husband is doing the @cruk-mi.bsky.social 10 pull ups a day challenge in August and making it extra spicy by adding 100 press-ups a day. Hoping to raise £1k - www.justgiving.com/page/alex-cu...

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Alex's fundraiser for Cancer Research UK

Help Alex Cummings raise money to support Cancer Research UK

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Would anyone in Bristol like one free ticket to see David Sedaris at the Bristol Beacon on Saturday? I can't make it (I had forgotten I had bought a ticket 🫠)

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Was lucky to see Super Furry Animals at Bristol Sounds last week during that heatwave. Such a joy. What a special band. Diolch @gruffrhys.bsky.social !

Photo of Gruff Rhys playing guitar with the Super Furry Animals, with Cian in the background and a pink and orange psychedelic light display behind.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Getting left nice comments in a collaborative document is such a great little power up boost. "Love this!" is such a little thing to write down, but has immense battery boosting effects.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I feel like the egg gave itself to a higher cause than the biscuits we were making, it allowed me the chance to suppress an initial anger and funnel it into a character building exercise. This experience should be done on corporate away days.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

All in all it was a great opportunity to cope with something unexpected and rather unpleasant to deal with.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Daughter accidentally cracked an egg into the full cutlery drawer, it leaked through a tiny gap in the front of the drawer, then slid horizontally along the top of the cupboard below, before dripping on to everything in there too, then making its way out the front of the cupboard onto the floor.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If you live in Bristol, especially East Bristol, Friends of Whitehall Primary school have a fantastic fundraising raffle going on at the moment with heaps of prizes to win donated by local businesses. Tickets are only £1 + all £ goes to support the school children pta.events/whitehall-su...

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Friends of Whitehall Whitehall Summer Raffle 2026

Friends of Whitehall Primary Summer Raffle 2026! We have an amazing selection of prizes kindly donated by local companies and parents (please scroll down the page to see the prizes!). This will raise ...

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Keen to learn how AI can solve the head lice problem.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A small win: I remembered to bring a cup of tea for the train instead of buying one I don’t even enjoy

Photo of a train tray table with a notepad, pens and children’s flask on it. The flask has ducks and vegetables on it

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The pace of creating something entirely new is so different to the pace of plate juggling something that already exists.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I miss having a cat at home so much

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Building work: How much is it going to cost? OK thats a bit more than I had hoped but lets go ahead. Oh. And there are these costs? OK. We need it doing. Plus these costs.These ones need VAT adding to them? And this extra work needs to be done by someone else, on a specific day we don't yet know...

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The question everyone needs to replace "can I?" with is "should I?".

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Unexpected parental thought: "I hope that head louse I just caught was an incel"

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Where as I'm designing frog reading badges 😂 ALL IMPORTANT WORK!

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I've discovered a side quest that turns out to be really special: I have been learning that its my life's secret mission to help children build a love of books and reading.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

TOP TIP: When you get blood tests done, tell the nurse how great they are at doing it.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I wish I got to pick what I hyperfocus on. I need to learn rudimentary coding skills but all I have eyes for right now is sewing with zips.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is a small approach to help encourage the children to read for pleasure, by involving them in what new books the school adds to the library, and hopefully encouraging more conversations about reading and lovely books.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One of the greatest joys I have had recently is making a large, paper maché frog. The frog has gone to live at my daughter's school, where it is going to collect the children's wishes for new books for the library.

Photograph of a paper mache frog sitting on a wall with some flowers behind it. The frog is bright green, has a red ribbon bow tied round its neck and a big, friendly mouth that is open and smiling.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Colleague told me they'd had an argument with an old white man and had thought of me. Hoping its not because I remind them of the man (who was being an arse).

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Whitehall Primary School in East Bristol are looking for help to get some extra craft bits and pieces to use as part of their Eid celebrations - could you help out? amzn.eu/01oiJHke

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Check out my list on Amazon

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I love them all! I especially love Some Tame Gazelle and Excellent Women, but also No Fond Return of Love and Jane and Prudence. Shes an incredibly special author. Discovering her novels is like finding a hidden gold mine.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Hearing a toilet brush being used in an urgent, aggressive manner is really unpleasant.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"I don't think about you at all Mummy" 😅

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I miss my 6 year old daughter when she is at school. I catch moments of thinking "Oh I wish I could show this to Ripley" or "I hope she is having a nice day and enjoying [whatever the thing for the day is]". She's brutally honest with me that she forgets I exist as soon as she goes into school 😂

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ahh well I’ve not been sleeping well so I’ve been reading instead 🫣

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Challenged myself to read 14 books this year. I’m over halfway through book 14 and it’s not yet the end of April. Last year I read 12 😅 I thought 14 was a good stretch to aim for

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Also unlocked another memory to make me feel old: I was in the crowd at Glastonbury 1999 watching SFA when someone drove a van into it and people just climbed on top like it was an everyday thing. Oh to be 15 again with no mobile phone just living in the moment!

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Been re-discovering my love of the Super Furry Animals and realising that I first listened to them 30 years ago 😅

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Listening to a webinar about AI and product stuff and the host has just said “hang on I want to double click on what you just said” to one of the guest speakers.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Whitehall Primary School in East Bristol is looking for help with some supplementary items to enhance learning. They have a wish list for items to use in their outdoor “wilderness” area where children can experience nature. Could you help them out by ordering an item? ❤️https://amzn.eu/2DL9Due

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The thing I am working on at the moment involves me translating chemotherapy reactions into an "easy to read" flow chart. Each day I feel like three racoons in a trench coat.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Creating something new from scratch is a wild ride

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

For £1 a week / £4 a month you can join the Bristol 500 and vote each month for a group, person or charity to receive £500 from nominations by other members

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Graphic showing a group of people and the text : sort code 60 23 23 account number 79720668

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Can anyone recommend any Chief Product Officer or similar, that has worked in the healthcare or education space and have experience growing a product from scratch? We’re looking for someone special to join our board that cares deeply about users - any recommendations or ideas appreciated ❤️

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Sleep well dear Meemo. You’ve been the sweetest little friend.

Photo of a grey and quite cat looking cosy in a cat basket. She is beautiful with a kind face

Photo of an older looking grey and white cat sitting in a chair. She looks tired.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I don’t know if it’s a hangover from having cancer, or just getting older, but I’m the loneliest I think I’ve ever been and have no idea how to fix it.

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Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I'm in the heady mist of going through a stack of research sessions and realising this is really my happy place, amongst the chaos of information and ideas and finding patterns amongst it all

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