Doing local gov digital stuff. Likes books.
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@librarieshacked in the FT! Plus a story about libraries going #finefree ft.com/content/93cf6d42-52fd…
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10 Aug 2022
#RIP the great Raymond Briggs. Please accept my words on this @BacklistedPod as my tribute, salute and farewell to him. backlisted.fm/episodes/159-r…
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28 Jun 2022
We’re giving away six original Virago Modern Classics. Follow and RT by midnight on Friday 1st July: the winner or winners will be informed next week. And you can listen to our episode on Rosamond Lehmann with guest @elizabday here. backlisted.fm/episodes/38-th…
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1 Jun 2022
We are giving away a copy of Submarine by Eric Ravilious, courtesy of the wonderful @MainstonePress. RT by midnight on Friday 3rd June: the winner will be informed next week. You can read more about this beautiful book at Mainstone’s website here. themainstonepress.com/mainst…
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3 Apr 2022
"With the cost of living crisis impacting on so many people’s finances, we recognise another cost, although small, is the last thing that anyone needs.". South Lanarkshire Libraries goes fines-free dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-ar…
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10 Feb 2022
Check out Paul's work in his first blog post.
He's bringing a digital approach to enable customer focused library services across Cumbria.
cumbria.localgov.blog/2022/0…
#LocalGovDigital #DigitalLibraries
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23 Dec 2021
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” — Joan Didion (1934-2021)
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1 Dec 2021
Your regular reminder that accessibility improves UX and helps build a better web for everyone
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22 Nov 2021
This took me literal months to get round to finishing, but you can now enjoy 18,000 words of increasingly deranged stream of consciousness as I attempt to rank the logo design of all 399 UK local councils. robin-cg.medium.com/a-totall…
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12 Nov 2021
I absolutely loved writing about #ABBA - and the chequered history of writing about #ABBA - for @theQuietus. #ABBAVoyage thequietus.com/articles/3081…
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12 Nov 2021
Here's what happens when you post a photo with no alt text on Twitter, because I think some of you don't understand what I have to do in response. First, it depends on what device I'm looking at it. 1/
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29 Oct 2021
Finished just in time for the @BacklistedPod Halloween episode. So looking forward to this one.
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14 Oct 2021
A new web tool allows you to visualise your writing style by stripping away all but the punctuation,._,,,.__! via @lithub
lithub.com/this-new-web-tool…
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12 Oct 2021
This is Oslo’s new PUBLIC LIBRARY. It’s unbelievable. Completely free, open to everyone until 10pm every day. There is a wine bar. Views to die for. All the books.
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12 Oct 2021
Save the date! 18 November is the next #DATAPlay. Watch this space for more info on tickets, challenges and itinerary.
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11 Oct 2021
Today was a good day. We’ve removed almost 1,000 inaccessible PDFs from our health information pages and converted the most used to webpages. Now the work begins to audit, consolidate, rewrite and recreate the 1,000 as beautiful, simple pages. Here we goooo… #a11y #ContentDesign
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6 Oct 2021
With the elimination of late fines, Lt. Joe Bookman, long-time colleague and library advocate profiled on @SeinfeldTV, is out of work. Happy retirement, joy-boy. #GoodbyeFines on.nypl.org/3Aho32v
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