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Jack Garfinkel

@curiousscutter.bsky.social
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Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's lesson in many things can be true at once, design team docs edition: - teams have information needs - docs help to meet those needs - docs protecting you in a low-trust environment is a load-bearing myth - trying to recording everything means your docs won't be useful
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Flash modded my iPod mini and replaced the battery! Lots of fun and rewarding saving old tech from landfill, but even as an 'easier' mod, definitely only for people who like to tinker.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Elemental mistakes like that are the brown M&Ms that tip you off to how informed the journalist is" - banging point by Tim, below 👇
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Government refuses to say how many rail stations will provide level boarding after major investment @transportgovuk.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...
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Government refuses to say how many rail stations will provide level boarding after major investment
The government and one of its state-owned rail operators are refusing to say how many stations will be able to provide level boarding for disabled passengers, following a decision to lease 29 new b…
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Horror stories for designers - 10 words or less: " it's just lift and shift"
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The last of the Brighton playgrounds I raised my young children in have been refitted - I am so glad new generations of children will have shiny playgrounds. I mourn the chipboard castle. And the wooden sheep. But they live in our hearts and minds forever ❤️ 🐑🏰
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got a 32gb compact flash card ready to go in my iPod mini. Just waiting on a new battery now!
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Fiona Applebees 🍎🐝 @fionaapplebs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve got 99 problems and I cause all of them myself
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Justin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 21/09/2026
Found this in my drawings
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think blink 182 are better than oasis
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The live version of Right Said Fred's "your my mate" being better than "I'm Too Sexy" is the hill I will die on youtu.be/fuPH2A7PWOA?...
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RIGHT SAID FRED - YOU'RE MY MATE - ACOUSTIC - NIGHT OF THE LIVING FRED TOUR | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Right Said Fred
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Long time ago, I talked to someone who worked for the oil industry. I suggested the industry might be harmful. He told me if he gave me a small bowl of crude, it wouldn't do any harm. It was everything around it that did the harm. I don't know what to think really. Mostly I just feel sad.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 19/09/2026
This is great stuff. The reality of delivering change into high inertia organisations.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This timeline is bad but I do like this thing that happened
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
switching to your iPod shuffle is faster than recharging
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Going to charge this and put the legally blonde soundtrack on it. And put a flash card and new battery in it. Yay for new old tech!
Pink iPod mini - it is charging
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Writing user stories for our team docs. Then I'll add the user stories to our team docs 🌈🌟
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Design sector best prepare itself - I'm going to unleash creative energy so intense that i'll be smashing out the most powerful innovation in words technology since Avril Lavigne rhymed "boi" with "boi"
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My darling tech bro - I should trust your hot take on where AI is taking my profession and industry? Honey, I wouldn't trust you to organise a cream tea for three close associates. x
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Going to start describing everything I'm doing at work as "an award-seeking initiative"
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
emails I can't send is a really good album
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is it an unprovoked headbutt to the balls day fresh baked goods and cuddles day? Parenting is such a wild ride, yo.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In 2009 I found out that St Christopher's Hospice and St Joseph's Hospice both believe they were the first hospice.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
born too late for BBC basic in schools and too early for 'learn to code'
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The only new tech I have legit been exited for in the last 5 years is tiny laptop chargers
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We had 2 child dog poo incidents this weekend but we just found the missing bottle of ketchup under the sofa so things are looking up 👍
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I like my fairground rides like I like my peer groups
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't even know what a corn dog is, but I approve this message
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James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I agree, but let's also pass legislation that makes tech bros responsible for the actions of their models. With massive fines and jail terms. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
These are the times
A small child sitting on a playmat. They are playing with an old thinkpad laptop, running a lightweight Linux distribution sat on top of a toy chest. There's a book box next to it filled with joyful children's books. The background is filled with a large window looking out into the patio.  There is a washing basket here.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I thought that Lovejoy was very good in John Wick
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
re-learning the ancient magics of optical media ripping
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's great when you can cite the reasons for a design - social listening for language, user testing and so on - but, sometimes the answer will be vibes ✨ (experience is also a data source)
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Vale @vale.rocks · 11/09/2026
I've covered old HTML relics away from standards, so CSS seemed like the natural next up. Here are a variety of styling oddities and curiosities from years long passed. You know the gist. It is mainly the fault of Internet Explorer. vale.rocks/posts/css-re... #CSS #WebDev
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CSS Curiosities of the Past
Summary of the various CSS syntaxes, parsing bugs, hacks, bespoke features, and implementations used across browsers and the web to achieve specific goals in the days before browser vendors became more adherent to a single solid specification. Particularly focusing on the non-compliant, bespoke implementations of functionality seen in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gen AI can be part of possibile answers to some, specific, questions. They are not exciting questions. And the answers, when grounded in material reality, are even less exciting.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Used to have a friend who used Real Player Jukebox to organise his MP3 collection. He was a dickhead. Should have spotted the signs.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
just nipped out to sweep up some leaves quickly and it escalated into a whole Fox Poo Situation and why yes I would like a medal please
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was fun for my elder millennial, one-time hybrid in-house front end developer brain
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In retrospect, I think we all gave the lighthouse family a bit of a hard time
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I love crisps so mich
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Someone asked me for examples of content projects with poorly planned scope. My answer was most 'hubs' for: - covid (not built to be temporary) - cost of living crisis (not built to be permanent under current material conditions)
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Chopchop @chopchopok.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tech startup: can you wear a camera on your face at all times People: no Startup: what about here? People: no Startup: what about here People: ffffffffffff
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I see discourse(TM) about consultants in government which doesn't account for these groups having overlapping and containing a lot of the same people, particularly over, say, 5 years
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
my undergrad 'personal tutor' who I did not like, no longer works at the university which, on balance, I did quite like
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Connie Chen 陳穎慈 @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Actively looking for full-time, remote Senior UX/Product Designer roles. Bonus points for healthcare, biotech, or ed-tech. Appreciate your support & connections. Thank you.💛 Portfolio: conniechen.design Support: • paypal.me/conniechiiiwa • venmo.com/u/conniechii... • buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa
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Connie Chen
Connie Chen | UX Designer + Mentor
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I was screwing around and don’t care, but for those who have to use Anthropic for work, set up login by email. Don’t tie to Google or GitHub auth. If they burn an account that’s paired, trying to use any related credentials will burn any new accounts, too. Or do it intentionally 🙌 Wheee
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"I'm not a mid weight not yet a senior" to the tune of Britney's "I'm not a girl not yet a woman" 🎶
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