Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026hey i made a book out of some old internet you can buy it for a few squids gilest.org/books/old-hat/ 052
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I found some old bits of internet down the back of the sofa, so I turned them into a little book gilest.org/books/old-hat/ 011
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026seb made a useful eclipse-view-tester sebbacon.github.io/eclipse-find...sebbacon.github.ioWill I see the eclipse? — UK explorer 056
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 30/07/2026if you were one of the people who grabbed one of these -- thank you! i'd love to hear any thoughts or feedback or you know, you could write me a letter (seriously: dm me for address) 030
Reposted by Giles TurnbullUndermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Only 6 left fitzrovialightindustries.com/products/how...fitzrovialightindustries.comHow to write a letterA limited edition of 50. A single sheet of A4, written, typed and hand photocopied by Giles Turnbull I wrote a blog post about it: "Giles and I were swapping postcards a while ago. Middle-aged affecta... 011
Reposted by Giles TurnbullDave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 28/04/2026Sourcefeed creates standalone RSS feeds: No website, no newsletter. Just your words, delivered to your readers’ rss reader. It’s an appealing, if eccentric idea, explained more in a blog post. ift.tt/3CRsqEm 142
Reposted by Giles TurnbullEmily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It’s been 10 years since I published Building Successful Communities of practice…. To celebrate I’ve published a second edition. Currently at a special price to pre-order (UK only) hellotacit.com/building-suc...hellotacit.comBuilding Successful Communities of Practice Second Edition (pre-order)Pre-order the second edition of Building Successful Communities of Practice. 02315
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 23/02/2026And a new website to boot - www.opensafely.orgopensafely.orgOpenSAFELY - A platform for analysing large, sensitive datasetsOpenSAFELY is a platform for analysing large, sensitive datasets – safely and securely. OpenSAFELY is built by a team at the Bennett Institute. 092
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 04/12/2025This is a *lovely* thing, you should give it a listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukDavid Attenborough: My Life in Sound - BBC SoundsAn exclusive Radio 4 interview with David Attenborough about his life in wildlife sound. 050
Reposted by Giles TurnbullJonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Did not expect a capybara explaining brexit to be so affecting 1156
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 01/12/2025someone gave me an amaryllis so consider this the first of a new potato update style series 020
Reposted by Giles TurnbullBen Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...ox.ac.ukOpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and FurtherOxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights. 919151
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 13/11/2025can confirm, this was a terrific show (cc @gidcoe.bsky.social in case you're inspired to mention it) 020
Reposted by Giles Turnbullzuz @zuz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside). I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice. Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good. Thx :) 0620
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Stop what you're doing and go buy a copy of The Cords debut album, chock full of jingly-jangly riffs, soft harmonies, la la las, and enough 80s indie nostalgia to storm to the top of the Festive Fifty. thecordsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...thecordsband.bandcamp.comThe Cords, by The Cords13 track album 110
Reposted by Giles TurnbullBen Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 25/09/2025COME TO OUR CONFERENCE! Lots of people work on medicines data: researchers; but also "medicines optimisation" teams, using data to directly improve NHS care; and teams who build data tools. These clans rarely meet... Until now! Join us, Dec 10th, in Oxford. www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...bennett.ox.ac.uk2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data ScienceThe two-day 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium will take place at Jesus College in Oxford on 10–11 December 2025. 21512
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Cutting my lunchtime sandwich into triangles. I deserve it. 090
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This might be useful: Signboard, a simple desktop kanban app that stores its data in Markdown files cdevroe.com/2025/09/16/s...cdevroe.comSignboard - A kanban app that writes Markdown filesI've wanted this for a long time - a kanban style productivity desktop app that writes Markdown files to disk. And that is what Signboard is. It looks like this. Signboard 0.2.1 And here is 162
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 16/09/2025New theory: eventually, all first names will be used as AI product names giles.appgiles.appGiles® - Home 370
Reposted by Giles TurnbullSharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 15/09/2025I thought this schematic was very good in A&E reception 192
Reposted by Giles TurnbullSara Joy ☠️ @sjoy.lol · 12/09/2025To anyone that was sad that they missed out on the hard copy of the Internet Phone Book (internetphonebook.net) - be ready, you can have another chance! At: 10am ET (US) 4pm/16:00 CET (Europe) ..this page is to stop frowning, and allow you to place an order: livingweb.metalabel.com/internetphon...internetphonebook.netInternet Phone BookAn annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Pu... 121
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/09/2025had some stuff to get off my chest about strategies ~ gilest.org/notes/strate...gilest.orggilest.org: The strategy is enquiry 64017
Reposted by Giles TurnbullGina Trapani @ginatrapani.org · 09/09/2025Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio notetoself.studionotetoself.studioNote to Self by Gina TrapaniA blog & newsletter about creativity over productivity, by Gina Trapani. 1513421
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 03/09/2025An oldie from the archives: some tweets that Pretend Office might have sent... gilest.org/shoebox/pret...gilest.orggilest.org 040
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I'm giving away the last few copies of my book, from the early print runs in 2021/22. Email me if you'd like one! Details here: gilest.org/notes/free-b...gilest.orggilest.org: Free copies of my book for charities 036
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 26/08/2025the terrifying thrill of eating beetroot salad while wearing a bright white t-shirt 390
Reposted by Giles TurnbullLuke Hinds @lukehinds.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Manager: "What's this milestone about ..'Living on a prayer'?" Lead: "That's the documentation deliverable" Manager: "What's the status of that?" Lead: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Lead: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Lead: "Tommy used to work on the docs" 16922
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 15/08/2025One of the best decisions I made in the last year was unsubscribing from all the politics podcasts 040
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Glimpse a few perseids before bed? Don’t mind if I do 000
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 11/08/2025every team should have a little bit of internet to call their own, where they can publish texts, images, ideas, experiments, etc it doesn't sound like a lot to ask. but in most organisations, it's very hard to make happen. 2227
Reposted by Giles TurnbullJonty @fairless.xyz · 30/07/2025Uncharacteristically professional post: I'm looking for experienced, freelancing designers & researchers for a swath of FTC roles my team is trying to fill. You'd be joining our Trusted Talent contracting network, with immediate roles in UX, Content, or Service design, and design research. 🧵 1/3nilehq.comAssociates - NileWe work on some of the most significant design and research challenges around. We're proud to be able to call on specialist expertise when we need it. 115
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Leaflet looks very cool: leaflet.pub Seriously, click around: there's more to it than you might expect at first glance.leaflet.pubUntitled Leaflet 110
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Is it just where I live, or are the ladybirds having a great time this year? 220
Reposted by Giles TurnbullBen Holliday @benholliday.com · 24/07/2025This is a good post by @niacampbell.bsky.social about how content design needs to think about AI - “the way people search, explore, trust and act on information is changing right in front of us.” medium.com/@niacampbell... #contentdesignmedium.comConsiderations on user behaviour for content designers in a GenAI worldPerhaps the biggest shift we’ll see in content design will be from designing for humans who read, to the systems that act for them. 2143
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I’m often asked for examples of good ‘working in the open’ - so I’ve made a list of some of my favourites, and I’ll do my best to keep it updated as I hear about new ones. It’s called “Doing open” gilest.org/doingopen/ 0218
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Going on holiday gave me some time to think on the plane, so here's the first thoughtsplurge for a while: how to be open while you test and learn gilest.org/notes/open-t...gilest.orggilest.org: How to be open while you test and learn 033
