Benjy Stanton

Escaped busyness and a bout of serious internet-related funk to assemble a Clear Language Club newsletter.

A busy week of prototyping (plus going to some live hip-hop and podcasting shows) #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/designi...

Going to see Chali 2na tonight 🙌

Announcing jackdaw on the anniversary of aberfan? Smooth.

A UR trip to London and visiting the NHS accessibility lab #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/london-...

Secured my first nhs sticker today. Spotted these in the accessibility lab so had to pinch one.

Is there a way to add visual line breaks to a string of text in a way that doesn't cause screen readers to stop and treat each break as a different line? #accessibility

Spent today walking around London, doing research with pharmacies. Made it to 8 different sites whilst doing 15k steps. 🥵

Prototyping and sea swims. Not a bad week. Plus, managed to round up some good design links! #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/clinics...

Got my @govcampcymru.bsky.social ticket! www.govcamp.cymru/tickets

Focusing on RAVS (record a vaccination) core team for a few months #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/moving-...

www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/materni... #weeknotes A busy week focused on a big new design iteration with the team

I’ve lost whamagedon and it’s only September

A trip to London to meet the team. Then finishing off the week with a sea dip. #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/canary-...

Did a stand up. In an actual office. And actually stood up!

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live - The Flaming Lips - Aldous Harding - This Is The Kit - Thundercat - Geese - Melyn Melin - Vampire Weekend - Ezra Collective - Caribou - Shy FX

Bank holiday #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/balanci...

What a week, huh?

Been having fun this week getting stuck in to some prototype work #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/prototy...

Sometimes, spending time writing a ticket is the best way to get things done #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/github-...

Locking in (as the kids say) to finish this pull request (as the kids probably don't say)

What I've been up to across both teams and starting to think about how we can more joined up #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/working...

Going to see the spider movie

Our current DM’s standup format is to go through every ticket on the board and then separately ask everyone in turn if they have any updates. Takes some discipline, but it’s the best standup format I’ve experienced.

What a week! www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/rapid-i... #weeknotes

What a week! www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/rapid-i... #weeknotes

3 gigs this week 😱 Neutrals, the flaming lips and the streets.

Some personal notes from my recent holiday in France 🇫🇷 www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/paris-h...

Early #weeknotes because I’m going on hols www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/new-pri...

Early #weeknotes because I’m going on hols www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/new-pri...

Got access to most tools this week, and I'm starting to understand the roadmap. Going to be an exciting few months I think www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/week-2/

A new challenge. www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/leaving...

I’m hiking around the coast on Saturday to raise money for MacMillan cancer support. Please donate if you can. donate.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

I’m hiking a half marathon in June to raise money for Macmillan cancer support. Please donate if you can!

2 cinema trips on the weekend. Project Hail Mary and Akira 🙌🏻

Discovery progress and camping at Shell Island #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/discove...

Me and Michelle have signed up to do a half marathon hike around Gower in June to raise money for Macmillan. Please donate if you can mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/teams/team-s...

Kicking off a discovery in work, and seeing Geese in Bristol #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/geese/

Going to see some Geese in Bristol 🪿

Watched some Axe-con talks, went away in the van and I'm off to see the rugby in Cardiff today #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/watchin...

Any recommendations for North wales with the family? Big kiddo wants to do zipworld, but would love some other suggestions. I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never been to Wales other than through it for ferrys to Ireland.

“If Europe wants change, it cannot simply recreate the same model under a different logo. It must move beyond the document-and-format architecture altogether.” ia.net/topics/trapp...

🎉 Looking for new work. 15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist. I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems. I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation. Short to long term. Let's chat - stu@alwaystwisted.com reposts appreciated <3