iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 02/07/2026

ah yes, tim berners-lee’s famous quote about the world-wide web, THIS IS FOR EVERYONE (WHO CAN SUCCESSFULLY TICK AN “ARE YOU HUMAN?” CHECKBOX)

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 23/06/2026

cutesy little musical introductions to corporate how-to videos can do one. I’m not a child needing entertainment, I just need to change someone’s line manager on the HR system

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 01/06/2026

just stuck Thursday’s date on a slide deck and thought, I know that date, that’s the date I saw the Pixies at Brixton Academy. a cool 22 years ago. humbled by time once again

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 02/03/2026

my dad negotiated with the headteacher at my primary school for me to be allowed to wear trousers, which had previously been against the uniform policy - that was London in 1992

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Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 23/02/2026

Everything I've seen over the last ~20 agrees - the most high performing teams broadly following XP practices (if not in name, at least in practice)

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 10/02/2026

straight in the portfolio

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 10/02/2026

"We appointed FF Studio as our partners...This can’t-be-topped team wore their expertise lightly. They operated thoroughly inside the tent as we’d hoped...They delivered at pace, with high standards and most importantly, any problems were shared problems that we figured out together."

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sonia @soniaturcotte.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Lizzie wrote a very pleasing account of my favourite project of last year with the V&A

medium.com

How to create an intranet

Or ‘How to help staff get stuff done’

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 29/01/2026

you've stated your opinion strongly enough to make me want to buy one and test it and prove you wrong

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 29/01/2026

saw this image from Blue Lug in Tokyo and it just made my heart sing, aren't bikes and all the beautiful things people make for them such a thing of beauty

a Nitto front rack on a light green Brompton with a Kryptonite lock attached to it with a cream coloured voile strap

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 19/01/2026

I had the same issue a few years ago and landed on www.richersounds.com/dali-spektor... but obviously depends on whether you're looking at active/passive, smart or not, etc (these are passive and very much not smart)

richersounds.com

DALI SPEKTOR 1 (Black)

Shop for Dali SPEKTOR 1 Black Bookshelf Speaker Pair with Richer Sounds for a 6 Year Guarantee, expert advice and Lowest Prices Guaranteed

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 11/12/2025

another great piece from @amymcnichol.bsky.social's annual series. the cognitive load involved in becoming a queer parent is immense. www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/becomin...

ithoughtaboutthatalot.com

In 2025, I thought a lot about becoming a queer parent – I thought a lot about that

A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 02/12/2025

Yeah, it's rough. Happy to share what we learned, if useful - though I imagine you know most of it already Ann.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 25/11/2025

really tiny amount of quite outdated insider knowledge, I should say

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 25/11/2025

I hope they get great people too but as someone with a really tiny amount of insider knowledge, paying below market rates has hindered them bringing in experienced computer-types in the past (and seems like a pattern for non-computer-types too www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...)

researchprofessionalnews.com

‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay - Research Professional News

Two-week walkout planned on second anniversary of major cyberattack

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 25/11/2025

And also utterly infuriating to see a £60k salary against head of cyber security there given the past few years.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 25/11/2025

I don't miss Sharepoint but I do miss being able to say "We're working with the V&A at the moment", thanks @soniaturcotte.bsky.social for writing up the work soniaturcotte.com/digital-gard...

soniaturcotte.com

Service design as a Sharepoint site - sonia turcotte

Freelance designer and researcher

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 18/11/2025

That speakers list is 🔥 you know

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 12/11/2025

Oh Huw this is music to my ears ❤️

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 12/11/2025

accidentally bounced civilservicepensions.co.uk offline the other week. back now. haven't updated it since 2018 but hopefully someone somewhere still finds it useful. (not financial advice etc etc)

civilservicepensions.co.uk

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 04/11/2025

Nice one for getting through your first year and writing it up. Here’s to year 2!

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 30/10/2025

I've almost done this a few times and then get sucked back into the land of GDocs. And as for how Google Calendar invitations (from others) don't seem to play nicely with others...proper monopoly stuff. What's your new stack?

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 29/10/2025

best bit of the new Lily Allen record is her dropped Ts, 100% London energy

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 24/10/2025

Not sure what Martin Keown has to do with all this

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 22/10/2025

wrote down some stuff about closing FF Studio, what I was proud of and what I'd do differently if I did it again notes.annagoss.co/closing-ff/

notes.annagoss.co

Designing a design studio

Anna Goss, service designer

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 22/10/2025

Thanks Liz! Hope you and the fam are well, catch up soon

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 22/10/2025

Thank you, that's very kind of you

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 22/10/2025

wrote down some stuff about closing FF Studio, what I was proud of and what I'd do differently if I did it again notes.annagoss.co/closing-ff/

notes.annagoss.co

Designing a design studio

Anna Goss, service designer

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 17/10/2025

Oh I didn’t read it as pile on, just interpreted your read as genuinely considering it an ethical prioritisation process! soz if caused consternation

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 17/10/2025

I reckon you're reading way too far into it. Small-ish cohort and departments who want to co-operate = decision made (I don't know for sure, but that's my rough guess). Anything ethical is posthoc rationalisation.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 07/10/2025

Roger. Yeah, I meant what’s your general review. I too have recently entered the Exchange universe and am trying to work out how to maintain soooome elements of my usual workflow.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 07/10/2025

How is it otherwise?

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 29/09/2025

they brought crayons and blew up a balloon out of a blue glove for my son at Air Street in August...

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 05/09/2025

Perfect! Yes definitely in the same orbit innit - shame there's not a version of this on the GOV.UK blog. Obviously I no longer have any recollection as to why I was trying to find it anyway...

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 05/09/2025

in my fairly average bit of Brighton outskirts, there's about three front dormers going up on our street alone at the mo. I keep wondering what's shifted in the universe that means suddenly everyone has access to tens of thousands of pounds to do this kind of thing, what happened to the cozzie livs?

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 05/09/2025

I reckon Checksies would be shipping 12 emails a year if we had this, honest guv it’s the tooling

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 29/08/2025

Deep in NHS policy docs…the varicella section is the chickenpox bit, this suggests up to 11 www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ch...

england.nhs.uk

NHS England » Changes to the GP Contract in 2025/26

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 24/08/2025

I assumed it (& the Wolseley) would go downhill after the ousting of Jeremy King www.ft.com/content/dbcd...

ft.com

Corbin & King co-founder loses control of The Wolseley

Thai group Minor wins auction to take control of restaurants

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 19/08/2025

That’ll be it. Thank you. Hadn’t remembered it was nestled inside a longer post.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 19/08/2025

there was, I am sure, a blog post recently about modular content on GOV.UK. it isn't this post by Markland in 2020. but I cannot find it. does anyone remember where this post was? gds.blog.gov.uk/2020/11/05/n...

gds.blog.gov.uk

New approaches to GOV.UK content

We’re looking at new content models and strategies to support the ways in which GOV.UK is developing to meet changing user needs. Here’s an overview of our thinking and the work we’ve done so far.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 13/08/2025

We also became a Pipex family!

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 13/08/2025

my dad's visiting and just got a phone call during which he gave whoever it was his email address. "at compuserve.com" tell me you're an internet early adopter without telling me you're an internet early adopter, go on!

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 09/08/2025

Thanks for the background Martin! I noticed Craig Mod uses FF Meta this week and looked it up. Nice to learn some more.

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 06/08/2025

lovely work by @nickasbury.bsky.social - nearly a decade old but I only just came across it www.asburyandasbury.com/cambridge-un...

asburyandasbury.com

Cambridge University — Asbury & Asbury

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 05/08/2025

I got Claude Code to audit my Mac's folder / file structure (because it is a hot mess developed over 20 years). Turns out I hoard copies of Transport all over the place. You never know when you might need it!!

Screenshot of a Mac Terminal with feedback from Claude Code on the folder structure. It says:
Duplicate Content:
- Fonts: Same font files in Downloads AND Library/Fonts (complete duplication)
- Archives: Multiple archive folders with overlapping content
- GDS Transport fonts: Found in 3+ different locations

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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 31/07/2025

I just really, really love my dog

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