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Experimented with ChatGPT's 'Pet' feature. Got it to create me a custom one. Question Hound felt the most fitting.

Various states of the question hound image sprite. Smiling, moving his head.

The 'pet' screenshotted sat above the text entry field.

Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hey @craigabbott.co.uk - The link on your site to your LinkedIn page is going to different person. Your ears were possibly burning today, I was talking about people to follow re accessibility.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Seems obvious but people often misunderstand what constitutes change/transformation.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Was literally just listening to Ogive No.1.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today's PSD inspired PostIt/Sticky note sketch.

Sketch of a man walking beyound a no entry sign

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Dear fruit fly (and friends) please do fruit fly things outside and not in my house. You annoying little #!@!!!!!s

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Is uBlockDNS Trust worthy? (or other dns based Adblockers) - I spotted that uBlockDNS is not officially affiliated with uBlock.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nothing says 'man of the people' quite like a politician calling a by-election at public expense on the issue of whether or not he should have the right to secretly take donations from Thai-based crypto billionaires and a convicted fraudster

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎉 - Off you f*ck. ... Wait what?

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm still holding out hope for a resignation.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Jaw dropping. If they knew this was what he was going to say, would they have given it this play? They thought he was going to resign.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

At the “a day off is more stress and worry than its worth” stage of not managing my life very well.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I've just realised who the current Alexa voice I have enabled reminds me of! 🫢 Kemi Badenoch.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Curious, who are you working with at the moment?

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

With great difficulty. I use MacOS, ChromeOS and Windows everyday. Without question Microsoft products cause the most frustration and lost time. Nearly always a clunky, slow, ill-thought-out steaming mess of stuff smashed together.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This slide didn't make the cut but it was fun to make. Working in the NHS you get to suggest that the problem you and your teams are working on, is indeed, one of the hardest. :)

Wicked problem final boss. Image of the final boss from Streets of Rage holding a gun.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you for all you've done and the learning you've shared. I wish I'd got to work with you and/or the teams you helped put together. Look forward to seeing the outputs from the shed.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

40 something very experienced user centred interaction designer. Thinking about changing country. New Zealand, Australia or Canada all seem appealing without much real insight. Sounds difficult. Is it?

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Some of you might remember, a while back I wrote a blog post pulling apart a job advert for a UX Accessibility Specialist at JD Sports. It turns out I wasn't shouting into a void. They reached out! We worked together on it, and we got to a good outcome! www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2025/mi...

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Mission impossible – a follow up!

A follow-up on my JD Sports accessibility job role post, and what happened next.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

If AI image generation lent it self to anything, surely it is "Selleck, Waterfall , Sandwich"?

A tribute image of Tom Selleck, next to a waterfall with a Sandwich

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

True. There is persuasion and then there is outright bullshit to manipulate and coerce.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Democracy only works in a world of well intentioned politicians who are true to their word. So currently its utterly malfunctioning.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I bought this book the week I started at the NHS. Only just getting to reading it. A Paul Downey recommendation.

How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert on the tablet next to my cup of cappuccino

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

In a hotel tonight in London. 24 minutes from order to delivery. Fresh Amatriciana with pecorino and a glass bottle of Coke.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

So it was his fault the ships weren’t getting through but just incase there was any doubt….. He probably wants to claim it’s part of the plan now.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I don’t know as much as I’d like but every snippet I’ve seen shows me this is a real leader. How they think, they talk/communicate and behave.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just me with a constant feeling of being overwhelmed? I want to eliminate any unnecessary ‘noise’. Might crowd source a list. 1. Any ‘news’ said at me by a person in a suit on TV/YouTube/Etc.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Really enjoying the OHNO guide to Type Design.

Photo of the OHNO BOOK serious guide to irreverent type design.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I thought it might be something like that. It's jolly nice bud.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I think @joelanman.bsky.social is working on it? 👋🏻 intrigued. Having worked on planning.data.gov.uk

planning.data.gov.uk

Planning Data

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I always forget about Sunday trading laws and end up stood outside a shop in the cold.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Vibe coding is: being three hours into debugging something that took twenty minutes to build.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

oh nice. I will give them a try, they never used to deliver but they do now! Thanks!

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Sounds nice actually. Pre-ground that one?

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yes; love monmouth. Are they still primarily v60 style coffee?

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Can anybody recommend a place to buy good wholebean coffee? Ideally next day delivery. Medium-Dark and Dark roasted are my faves.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I used Hey until the unpleasant goings-on and rumours about some of their conduct put me off. I do like the thought that has gone into some of their products though.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Basecamp do have some incredibly good interaction designers. www.fizzy.do is really jolly nice and well thought out. Remember Trello? That but better and modern. No AI (phew!). Free and self hosting is possible too.

fizzy.do

Kanban as it should be. Not as it has been.

A refreshing take on cards, columns, and kanban.

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Love this post! I’m venturing back to social media. I missed posts like this and reading all the clever folks I learned so much from in the twitter glory days. Hope you’re well Tim!

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Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Monzo’s loan/credit repayment design patterns are so sneakily evil and deceptive. I’m almost impressed. I get they’re seeking profit, I don’t begrudge them that, they’ve made a nice service/product but the very carefully crafted friction to a user reducing the interest payable is quite something.

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