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jamesgreen.bsky.social
Content Designer in local government. Interested in digital accessibility. Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans. he / him
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Hi, I'm Erin. And I'm tired of trying to defend why human-written content will always be better than AI. The end.

In today’s episode of #FixTheForms, @adamsilverhq.bsky.social explains the uselessness of the asterisk required field indicator

We've got a few services set up on @localgovdrupal.bsky.social sites, who manage their own content. We put some questions to these folks to try and learn how to best support services who are about to go through this process. essexdigitalservice.blog.essex.gov.uk/2025/03/03/e...

Waterstones has a 25% off on pre orders of books ending today if you're thinking about expanding your library and / or making your communications more accessible www.waterstones.com/book/accessi... Code: PREORDER25

Super excited to see Green Lung tonight! 🤘🐐

Weeknotes, including: * children and families discovery * comparing form products * prep for a consent form sprint next week jgreenux.medium.com/weeknotes-fr...

I think some of my more mosh-pit friendly followers might appreciate this rockin' grant opportunity.

I’ve worked in intranets, digital workplaces, and comms long enough to see the same cycles repeat, the same mistakes made, and the same bright ideas crash and burn. So here are the hard truths. Are you ready? Let’s go. 🧵

ME: hey mr. tambourine man, play a song for me MAN: *tambourine noise* ME: great

A playlist of #Hygyrchedd / #Accessibility videos from the Centre for Digital Public Services / Canolfan Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Digidol (@cdps.bsky.social). www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Great podcast about why BMI is bullshit 🤌

Mutual recognition.

We've launched our intermediate accessibility training module in the DfE Accessibility and inclusive design manual this morning. Working in the open means anyone can complete it regardless of who you are or where you work or what you do. accessibility.education.gov.uk/training #accessibility

Monday morning song 🎵

New @carefultrouble.bsky.social blog post from me on why you don't need to nod through another AI sales pitch while someone explains how buying their gen AI product will solve your greatest strategic problems www.careful.industries/blog/2025-2-...

Weeknotes, including: * children and families discovery kick off * form fiascos * lovely, supportive colleagues * D and G (donkeys and goats) jgreenux.medium.com/cae8d56938db

The reason "AI" is snake oil, is that snake oil started out as an effective liniment made from water snakes, chock full of omega-3s, and then a bunch of American grifters got ahold of the idea and started pitching something that was more of a rattlesnake infusion and totally ineffective.

Least believable thing about Greek mythology is how every character is important and has an intricate story. No regular guys at all. Zeus should have a brother named Steve who just works at the agora and that's his whole thing

I recorded this podcast with @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social a little while ago. It covers some of the same ground as that talk of mine I'm always banging on about – the one about designing services for people on low incomes.

Poverty and financial inclusion with @raynewman.bsky.social. We cover how poor people pay more for essential services and goods (poverty premium), deceptive patterns, financial vulnerability, and access to digital services. Timestamps, bio and transcript: accessiblenumbers.com/poverty-and-...

Monday morning tune 🎵 tidal.com/track/409386...

Next talk: Practicing content design with inclusivity in mind. Tuesday 11 February 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm UTC www.content-folks.com

Weeknotes, including: * a fab pre-sprint workshop about inclusivity * getting to grips with LocalGov Drupal microsites * scrambling to get things done ahead of holidays next week jgreenux.medium.com/c58e232ae1db

youtube’s unregulated algorithm is frankly dangerous. three hours on there will have you convinced you could get into camping

Help: latest with user needs for accounts? When does someone need an account When do they not? When is “magic link” good enough - for user to track application, and for the organisation to be able to connect a person to their records? Are accounts an inevitable in the age of integrated data?

"woke nonsense, the world's gone mad!" - Victorian guy seeing a skull and crossbones warning on a bottle of poison

I have availability for new work. I'm looking for something for around 2 days a week. Always happy to chat about opportunities from writing and editing, auditing, reviewing content ops, ux writing, prototyping services – if you have a content challenge, maybe I can help. Open to all durations.

Pals in digital - I am job hunting again! Looking for gigs for the new year, remote/hybrid, contract, 4 days a week. I specialise in building equitable, empowered and engaged teams.

Trauma-informed design with @janemcfadyen.bsky.social and @rachelanne.bsky.social. We discuss how stress, anxiety and trauma impact the use of services, and practical strategies for creating clear, simple and empathetic content. Timestamps and transcript: accessiblenumbers.com/trauma-infor...

Monday morning song 🎵

Weeknotes, including: * interviewing people for a blog * flapping like a wild salmon * trying to improve content while being pragmatic jgreenux.medium.com/weeknotes-fr...

Stone Cold Jane Austen

Really enjoyed @ukgovcamp.bsky.social last week. A few quick notes on what my day was like: jgreenux.medium.com/experience-o...

Love @embergreen.bsky.social’s videos, finally caught up on this one 🪄 youtu.be/oYgFHBXyVE4?...

🆘 A school we were going to film in has pulled out for 1st March in Cardiff/surrounding area. I need a (cost effective) school venue to film 2 interviews in ad walk around (think main hall, corridors, a classroom) I'm going through official school rent routes but it's £££, anyone able to help?

Niamh Callaghan, 29, from Doncaster, seems terrified of opening her mouth for nefarious reasons – when she’s actually trying to stop herself from blurting out an extended monologue on reptilian taxidermy. thedailytism.com/im-a-faithfu...

I’m going to make it my mission to find someone, ANYONE, who *doesn’t* think they ‘got where they are by working hard’. Submissions welcome.

Love this album from jasmine.4.t Essentially an autobiography about the experience of being a trans woman in the UK. tidal.com/album/370495...

Weeknotes, including: * working with comms to keep content up to date * thinking about how to make a sprint more inclusive * attending a product and content workshop * chats about future local gov content meet ups jgreenux.medium.com/weeknotes-fr...

For everyone who knew @vickytnz.bsky.social If you haven’t already heard, I’m so sorry to have to tell you that she has died If you have previously added your own tribute to the posts by me or @priyanca.bsky.social, I already copied them into a document for the family and you will find them …