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Dean Vipond

@deanvipond.bsky.social
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Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
what a trove! and the classic cinefex pointing at the screen shot!
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Dak @dak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ordering dinner via QR code feels less like going out for hospitality and more like submitting an IT helpdesk ticket for a bowl of pasta.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Other work by the Ladybird artists Llangollen Valley Artist: SR Badmin
A view over a green, lightly- wooded valley at Sunset or dawn 
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Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another post from the NHS Wales App team on what we learnt from our 'Authorised access' pilot, and the pain points we're aiming to address for both patients and practice staff before wider rollout. dhcw.nhs.wales/news/behind-...
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Why we're expanding our 'Authorised access' pilot before wider rollout
Why we're expanding our 'Authorised access' pilot before wider rollout By the NHS Wales App team Giving trusted family members or carers access to someone else's NHS Wales App account is one of the ...
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Ashley Kirk @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Guardian’s Visual & Data Journalism team is expanding! We have three exciting new roles, and we're looking for people who can help us push the boundaries of how we find, report and tell stories. 🧵⬇️
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steve @visitmy.website · 30/09/2026
Our next one is in Leeds, you beauties. Come along. luma.com/7s9dnegb
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Product for the People 10 · Luma
This is the 10th (!!) of our Product for the People events and we're coming to Leeds. An event for people interested in public service and product management…
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Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finally, there are a few spaces left for Agile Service Design taking place on 8th, 15th and 22nd of October. Build the skills you need to design and deliver user centred services in complex agile environments good.services/agile-servic...
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Agile Service Design — Good Services
Agile Service Design is a live 3 day course split over three weeks that focuses on the reality of designing services in changing organisational environments
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Shaun Gomm @shaungomm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excited to announce that #CampDigital 2027 will be on Thursday 13th May at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Expect the usual mix of inspirational speakers and good vibes, with a special line up in prospect for our 15th edition. More to follow…
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Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What a time to be alive www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Stevie Wonder releases four unheard songs from Songs in the Key of Life sessions
Previously unreleased material comes as Wonder marks 50th anniversary of album with arena tour
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, yes; I blogged about how this company failed my sniff test back in *2019* after they showed up at a startup pitching event run by, & their product was duly effusively praised by ... the civilian who at the time was known as Prince Andrew. Do I know how to spot them or what.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the BBC has had to publish advice for neurotic helicopter parents who can't stop cyberstalking their grown adult children www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'It's a brutal adjustment': How to cope when your child goes to university
This new stage of parenthood is emotional - but learning how to let go can help.
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fun archaic knowledge I’ve just had to pass on to my eldest (now at uni) – where to buy postage stamps.
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Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊 @benaldo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New job role at GDS: Deputy Director for Digital Standards and Inclusive Design. Deadline end of 8th October. Public sector only... Come be my boss! If you're nice, and good. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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Quick Check Needed
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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So I look after the websites of quite a lot of migrant support organisations, it's my job but it's also something I care deeply about. Today I have three requests to remove addresses, identifying photos or names of people who fear for their lives. I'm sad, people, good people are terrified.
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Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A great example of why content or information design matters. Labeling government spending clearly for the public could help reduce FOI requests. Nice to see this raised and discussed sensibly in the Senedd. 🌟 nation.cymru/news/welsh-g...
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Welsh Government to review spending data after minister handed 'impenetrable' spreadsheet
Emily Price  The Welsh Government has committed to reviewing how it presents publicly accessible spending data after a minister was handed an “impenetrable” spreadsheet of codes during a committee mee...
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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you @georgeaye.bsky.social for a brilliantly inspiring keynote #SDinGov Immediately added two books to my reading list and “who writes the social contract” to my thinking list
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In junior school one time, Mr Harwood explained the entire plot of the film Electric Dreams (the one about the computer that falls in love with a woman - the one with the Oakey/Moroder theme tune). I’ve still never seen it.
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our social fabric is frayed, so who’s fixing it? Big launch @kinship.works today! We are publishing a major new report, Meet the Menders, in which we map the disciplines of civic renewal. I’ve shared all the info here: lnkd.in/p/erATC_n9
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🔔 Launch day! 🔔 This is a big one and we hope people find it useful... Our social fabric is frayed, so who's fixing it? Today we're launching a major new report from Kinship Works, Meet th...
🔔 Launch day! 🔔 This is a big one and we hope people find it useful... Our social fabric is frayed, so who's fixing it? Today we're launching a major new report from Kinship Works, Meet the Mender...
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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In today’s episode of #FixTheForms, help people with dyscalculia (like me), people who are stressed or ill, and people in a hurry by making time displays use “midday” (or “noon”) and “midnight”
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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is weirdly (or maybe not so weirdly) reminiscent of the Democratic Party - the apparent belief that all you are there to do is run election campaigns and have no power outside of that - but it’s somehow even more annoying given Labour is in power _with a massive majority._
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wonderful to learn that Liza Tarbuck is back. One of my favourite humans. I was bereft when her Radio 2 show ended. /cc @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘I love a bit of mischief!’ Liza Tarbuck on why she’s swapping her Radio 2 mic for a potter’s wheel
Her riotous weekly show had an army of devoted fans. Now Tarbuck has joined the ranks of star presenters leaving the BBC – and she’s getting her hands dirty
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I roll my eyes at people like this as much as anyone, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to immediately shoot down people’s conspiracy theories in a week where we learned that LG TVs are recording and uploading your conversations even when turned off.
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is for teams to get caught up in following a methodology. I did some work recently to try to communicate the core messages behind the agile-user centred methodology. And now I have written something about it. ignaciaorellana.com/posts/beyond...
Imagine with 10 principles for the ways we work. More details in the link in this post.
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Alerting @kevmarmol.bsky.social and @zoonie.bsky.social to the fact that Stevie Wonder has announced UK dates, *starting next month*. Sadly too short notice for me, not least because I’m at a death metal festival on his Manchester date. 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, though!!!
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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hurrah for the blackshirts, 2026 edition
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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Presumably any system that does something other than showing you just the people you have chosen to follow in chronological order. Anything that does something different should be classed as publishing and the publisher should be fully legally liable for all content.
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Jukesie @jukes.ie · 06/09/2026
Here is a little clip from my chat with @undermanager.bsky.social - behold the power of the unleashed Brizzle 😅
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Your heart is the big box of paints. 📷
A small white car with one red door parked in front of an otherwise drab apartment block with panels of bright green, bright red and bright yellow paint. I think it's advertising something.
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit.
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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 02/09/2026
"The people behind Nexus claim the license images are coming from an active breach at “a major identity verification company” whose customers include multiple Fortune 500 companies." ahem, people who think age verification will keep you and your children safe
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Cake’ (Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)
A photo realistic painting of a close-up of a slice of home-made Victoria sponge with strawberry jam, thick cream and a light dusting of icing sugar on top 
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ordered! Need something for when the nights start drawing in.
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Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So this is exciting. I'll be keynoting at Service Design Disrupted on Bad Services in Barcelona. There's some amazing speakers on the line up I'm looking forward to hearing from and some old friends to catch up with. I've got a 15% discount code for tickets, just use LOU-X-SDD sddisrupted.com
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Jo Roach @joroach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Martha is an expert in the planet - product - technology venn. If you work in this area, and want to be/do even better than you are, you should talk to her.
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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I had a great time teaching designers about accessibility in a small webinar yesterday. In case you missed it, and you are a designer wondering "where should I start", I've together many resources on my blog:
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Accessibility for designer: where do I start? by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
A big list of resources, articles, blog posts, and checklists to help you, designers, get started on your “building more accessible products” journey.
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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
well it feels like Monday but it's not I'm curious here if others have thought much about the pain points and trickiness of migration and decommissioning projects (and opportunities to make them less painful) for teams and users. If so, do get in touch thank you!
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“If you’re in the market for some fence-sitting, I’m your man”
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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I once watched a presentation by a CTO to his engineering division, where he said “Product makes things look pretty, but we do the heavy lifting”. Dude looked about as hench as PeeWee Herman.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 25/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... AI slop attacks are the new DDOS.
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AI flooding public bodies with complaints and requests
AI flooding public bodies with complaints and requests
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In other news. For my birthday weekend, the media gave me the gift of flagging the extremely disappointing response from the Government to our petition for a public inquiry into Section 28. We were in the mirror, attitude, Queer AF, Scene Magazine and Pink News. All agreeing a pitiful response.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“The tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings lifted” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 19/08/2026
I've been trying to be nice but the person at LinkedIn who thinks of new kinds of notifications should be killed
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We are so grateful to the 26,236 people who signed the petition, and although it has now closed the campaign is far from over. Today, the Government has provided their initial response, which you can read on their platform. Our full response: section28justice.co.uk/coalition/ne...
The Government responded to our petition for a public inquiry into Section 28
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ban. Them. Now.
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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In today's episode of #FixTheForms, I came across this project by @publicpolicylab.bsky.social where they fixed a whole raft of notices related to childcare and food assistance for the US State of Arizona. Lovely co-design and lots of testing. www.publicpolicylab.org/projects/a-t...
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A to Z: Modernizing Arizona's Public Notices | Public Policy Lab
Project Background The state of Arizona is working on a multipronged effort to enhance the client experience and operational efficiency of the state’s public benefits programs, including the launch of...
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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
the guardian describes decades of peer reviewed medical science, study, and research as an ‘orthodoxy’. they did the exact same thing with gender affirming care. this is the same playbook. get a right wing quack to cast doubt and then have a bunch of columnists present it as reasonable.
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