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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Very nice morning for an early sail out of Fisherrow #BoatSky #ForthWatch #EastLothian

Sunrise to the east from Fisherrow harbour mouth

Goosewinged sailing on a boat towards the sun off the East Lothian coast

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A lovely tranquil start to the day with a 530am sail on the Forth #BoatSky #ForthWatch #EastLothian

Sun rising over the sea looking East towards Cockenzie

Boat sailing on calm waters off Fisherrow at dawn

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

A nice wee afternoon stroll on Porty beach

Late afternoon sky yellow and blue looking north east from Portobello beach

Wooden sculptures atop groyne no4 on Portobello beach

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A year ago today finding some obscure trails (and loads of thorns 🥴) to the west of Edinburgh with my pal Alasdair

Alasdair gravel biking through a hedgerow

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Lovely wee midwinter sail on the Firth of Forth today #BoatSky #Sailing #Forthwatch

Sun setting behind a boat’s sails while sailing in light winds back to Fisherrow

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A nice frosty walk in Peebles this afternoon

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I was recently speaking to a small local charity who said 'a large company has selected us as their charity of the year! The prize: some interns from the company will build us a CRM!' This made me tap the sign 👇 Why the warning? 🧵

Flashing Sign Bunny that holds a placard reading
'beware geeks bearing grifts'

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A smidge of a moon and a couple of rooks - not bad for 8:14 in the evening! #edinburgh #sunset

Two silhouetted rooks take off from a rooftop against a sunset skyline with a tiny sliver of moon

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#weeknotes: Pondering tech and democracy (and celebrating my 52nd weeknote) www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekno... Thanks to @mctd.bsky.social for a great event at the start of the week. And great to see @scottishaialliance.bsky.social, @thirdsectorlab.co.uk and @charitylearning.bsky.social on Weds.

A grid of weeknote header images covering the past 18 weeks, many featuring photos from Portobello beach

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The calm before the storm… Contemplating the grid of goodness at a fab unconference on public participation, data and AI. So many great conversations! Wonderfully hosted by @connectedbydata.org

Participant chooses from many parallel sessions at a data and AI unconference

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Heading to London for the @connectedbydata.org AI Unconference tomorrow. It’s a lovely day for a train ride south!

Bridges over the River Tweed betwixt
Scotland and England

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Actually a morning cycle rather than a #MorningWalk but very beautiful in #Porty

Sunrise on Portobello beach with a calm sea

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#weeknotes episode 50: energised by some time outside and some good AI in practice sessions www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Bike and sunrise on Porty prom before joining the Edinburgh Dawn Patrol ride around Edinburgh

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Edinburgh’s seaside (Portobello) was pretty lovely this morning too

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A beachy start to the day. Just a short walk but always worthwhile

Bright sun and shadows looking east on Portobello beach near Figgate burn

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I made my son a cardboard computer and the first thing he did was set up a zoom meeting 😂 ‘Peppa, you’re on mute!’

Kids toys in a cardboard computer having an online meeting

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Ever wanted to LOL-evate your laptop? Rather amusing concept laptop from MWC. I'm thinking this on a train would be pretty odd! www.theverge.com/news/623755/...

Lenovo concept laptop from mobile world congress with a double-height folding screen

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#FiveYearsOn There was a lot of this 1. Folk quickly realising that events were a bad idea 2. Last few folk working from a very empty office 3. Small flats with rambunctious toddlers 4. Tiny desk made from sawn up bookshelves

Slack thread discussing the cancellation of an event as Covid hit

John Fitzgerald
10:24
Is the event definitely going ahead?
Most other large events we're involved in are getting cancelled
irene 10:25
The email come from them just yesterday confirming arrangements so presume it is going ahead
irene 10:35
John, they have just emailed to say the event is still going ahead
John Fitzgerald
10:50
Thanks, I'll get preparing
irene 14:43
John - just received email cancelling this event
John Fitzgerald
15:07
OK thanks - I'm not massively surprised!

Selfie on almost last day in office in early March

Toddler playing with a collander during lockdown

Tiny folding desk made from some spare bookshelves

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A lovely (but grey) day for a tramp round the Pentlands #HillSky #Outside #Edinburgh

Hill walker looking down Loganlea and Glencorse from the slopes of Scald Law

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A nice sunny stroll before starting work this morning - blue skies on the beach but enjoyed the shadows too

Black and white photo of silhouetted trees. A beam of sunlight shines through a gap in a fence and highlights the surface of a cobbled street

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I'm doing a wee talk on 'why bother with digital' next week and have attempted to follow in the footsteps of @tomski.com @jukes.ie and many others by attempting a definition of digital. It's super hard to write a short one! What do you think?

Slide showing
Digital is... meeting people's needs with (connected) technology

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We're really looking forward to hearing from @njchowdrey.bsky.social and Valeriia Voschevska in our free DigiShift Q&A call next week! Details and booking here: scvo.scot/events-train... Hosted by @scvo.scot and @thirdsectorlab.co.uk

Promotional graphic for DigiShift 88 'Building successful digital campaigns in changing times' from SCVO and Third Sector Lab, featuring speaker headshots of Nick Chowdry and Valeriia Voschevska

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If you see this and you’re in the mood, quote post with a beach picture in your gallery

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Gordon Brown with a powerful call to arms on how we can and should tackle rising child poverty and some fab anecdotes about hope and generosity

Gordon Brown in conversation at The Gathering

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Best seat on the early bus to The Gathering - looking forward to a great couple of days connecting with folk and sharing ideas from across the Scottish voluntary sector scvo.scot/the-gathering

Blurred green traffic lights through a bus window travelling along Princes St

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Great piece. By weird coincidence I was using the phrase ‘messy middle’ in a state of the digital third sector talk back in the summer(!)

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Get it on the roadmap. Feels like we're currently at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokerma...

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John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

If you're going to make your customer portal useless, you might as well be really thorough ✅ Enforce weak passwords ✅ Disable password reset flow ✅ Break your Contact Us page