iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Gosh I feel this deep in my bones. www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...

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Tech continues to be political

And the politics aren't looking great

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25/02/2025

Here's a pitch for what the National Data Library should actually be - a guest post by @iosad.fyi ! (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/tbi-ndl

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Here's a pitch for what the National Data Library should actually be

Do you want to be a National Data Librarian?

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Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I’m tired of hearing about bats. Do you want to hear a story about jumping spiders and the town that disappeared? I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/01/2025

Mike Monteiro on how to survive being online. “The first four years of Donald Trump was a continuous panic attack. I’m not going through that again. You don’t have to either. They’re on stage, but you don’t have to be their audience.” [buttondown.com]

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How to survive being online

Wee little union sign I painted in 2022, maybe? This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do we survive being online? Erika and I bought a radio. For…

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Emma Parnell @emmaparnell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

For the last 2 years I've been outspoken about how I think our industry needs to do more for entry-level folk and career changers. As a freelancer who runs a business of one there is only so much I can do so here's what I've landed on: 1/3

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

bill nye’s full name is william new years eve

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

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Jeremy Gillies @jeremygillies.com · 16/12/2024

Excellent summary of why it’s hard to build digital services for government takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/why-fixing...

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Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible)

Government is an antipattern

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Jeremy Gillies @jeremygillies.com · 15/12/2024

Touch to Lock & Touch to Open. To Open No Touch

A sign on the wall next to a door saying “Touch to Lock &
Touch to Open” and the auto locking mechanism that says “To Open No Touch”

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Who needs UX, just add a label so users will know what to do

A door with 6 different pieces of paper up telling people to push to lock and not to turn

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

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