Jeremy Gillies

Here's a pitch for what the National Data Library should actually be Do you want to be a National Data Librarian?

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

Tech continues to be political And the politics aren't looking great

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

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.

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…

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]

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:

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bill nye’s full name is william new years eve

🧵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.
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Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible) Government is an antipattern

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

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”

Touch to
Lock
&
Touch to
Open.

To Open

No Touch

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

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

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.

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.