Andrew Travers

Andrew Travers

@andrewtravers.com

Designer and researcher working with the UK's public sector. I wrote ‘Interviewing for research’ once upon a time. Occasionally blogging here: andrewtravers.com

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🚨NEW POST BY ME🚨 Greater Manchester’s growth success is real, but didn't happened by accident. The country should be studying it closely Plus: - Why a city's reputation matters so much - How much credit can Burnham take? (not much) - What does this tell us about a future PM Burnham? (not much)

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Same pattern, every team. Designer annotates everything. Design system specifies focus states, heading structure, the lot. Engineering ships something broken anyway. Not an awareness problem. A skills gap the industry built deliberately. Rant here - gbbns.co/journal/acce... #Accessibility

gbbns.coThe Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering. | gbbns.coAccessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...

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I grew up under Section 28. A state-sponsored silence that dictated what knowledge about my identity could be withheld from me. “It was the 1980s, right?” Section 28 wasn’t repealed until 2003. Less than 20 years later, we’re going backwards Meta started banning queer content from platforms...

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**Jobs** Dear Bluesky folks, we are looking for more folks to join us at IF. Product manager with AI expertise ML engineer Design engineer If you’re interested in working at the intersection of genAI and trust, please get in touch with me & help me share! A mix of perm and freelance

Hard pushed to think of a more interesting place or better people to be working with right now

A rare opportunity to join us at IF, we're hiring for 2 perm roles: Product Lead and Lead Product Designer 🔥 Job adverts are here: brass-gladiolus-d73.notion.site/working-at-if Please help us find excellent new colleagues by sharing far and wide. Thank you!

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Exciting news! I'm launching my brand new online self-paced course very soon. With videos, reading, and hands-on activities, learn how to identify, form, grow, and supercharge communities of practice in and across organisations. Sign up now to receive a discount at launch tacit.pub/onlinecourse

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