Nick Smith
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@GDSteam Head of Profession for Agile Delivery. (he / him / his). I'm usually here work days, 9am – 5pm UK time. More active here: @skynick.bsky.social
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Joined January 2009
I sent my first tweet on 13 March 2007. This weekend I deleted the app from my phone. I can't condone where this platform is going. I'm still here for work, but I'm making a point of finding the other places. Eg Reeder 5 is fab for keeping up with people and topics (RSS ftw)
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Just over a year since this, and I'm glad I made this choice. There's so much more out there:
I sent my first tweet on 13 March 2007. This weekend I deleted the app from my phone. I can't condone where this platform is going. I'm still here for work, but I'm making a point of finding the other places. Eg Reeder 5 is fab for keeping up with people and topics (RSS ftw)
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RT @stevenjmesser: If your government (national, local, whatever) or organisation (public, private, whatever) has ever made use of the GOV…
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@DouglasMaxw3ll @LeanAgileScot @rufflemuffin @ewebber @kjscotland Wow, thanks! Anna and I will do our best to explain what we've learned. And if you have a particular interest we can try to work that in (we're just finalising this week). I'm looking forward to seeing the other talks too, so much good stuff
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@PhilippaNewis This is good if you've not seen it: I'm also still talking about this with whoever I can: (so happy to chat if that's useful)
Supporting delivery over managing resources. I found myself repeating this statement this week. I'm concerned that optimising for the latter leaves the balance of power in the wrong place (with ancillary teams). The former offers more space for shared goals across teams
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RT @KaraKane_kk: 📢 Design careers event Thursday 4 May 📢 Are you part of an underrepresented group and interested in working at GDS in a de…
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@pixlz Oh crikey, I forgot those days. Yes that! I think I also used to fold the bags, keep them in my work box and reuse them (before I switched to bags-for-life). I might still have one in there
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@pixlz ooh this looks good too:
Agree with a huge amount of this - particularly the bit about fortitude. Drew huge amounts of strength from many people over the last few years, but also really noticed the periods where I was more alone and how quickly I headed south.
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RT @tomskerous: Rather exciting news. If you ever missed out on the GDS Academy 'Introduction to Content Design' course, it's now available…
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@tomskitomski Do you reckon the type of person matters too / is worth recording? Eg attendance from people a team would describe as leadership level. Does it matter if those people get their info through other routes? Honest question.
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@neillyneil I just did this yesterday too! We only just had fibre installed in our street. The new install is Friday. Virgin gave me no reason to stay, including making several very misleading statements in their 'courtesy call' to try and keep me
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@tomskerous @HannahDellarmi I'd like it if you stayed beyond that. The words are probably less important than the confidence that it won't be taken the wrong way. That's a very valued team member. I can see the love. So yes let's aim for a cake that suggests you go f yourself, or some version of that ;)
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@loft27design I once asked 'given the accessibility challenges you've faced, what different architectural choices do you think you'd make if you had to do it again?' ... with me knowing full well the thing was very very not accessible
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RT @ChrisBAshton: My colleague had ChatGPT "explain progressive enhancement in the style of Shakespeare". I'm gobsmacked at the result. 🤯 h…
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@tomskerous I have nudged. It seems our contracting team is trying to get everything sorted for Monday, but yes let's see what happens
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@PhilippaNewis Ah yes, and also paid for training. I think DMs should get UCD training. I think that should considered part of the standard pack of potential training
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