Tim Paul

put something on GOV.UK didn’t we www.gov.uk/guidance/test-and-learn-playbook

Well done @timpaul.co.uk It’s not too late to find a fiver to throw into the donation pot - only a few of them needed to help Tim to get to his target

@loudowne.bsky.social wrote down some short thoughts on how short-term thinking does not fix long-term problems good.services/writing/short-term-thinking-does-not-fix-long-term-problems

Tim’s £350 off his target. If you’ve some spare cash - and I know money is *tight* - please give a little the way of Tim’s cause. Every bit helps. 🙇‍♂️

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is for teams to get caught up in following a methodology. I did some work recently to try to communicate the core messages behind the agile-user centred methodology. And now I have written something about it. ignaciaorellana.com/posts/beyond...

You know when people argue that we shouldn't give generative AI such a hard time, because other industries are worse for the environment? Here's a short post I wrote about that www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/tu-quo...

Whoever those lucky civil servants are who get the secondments into mayoral authorities, I hope they have the subtle balance of enough self-confidence to drive the roles forward, tempered with enough humility to recognise the skills and expertise that already exist locally. No superheroes, please.

If we don’t act, the climate crisis could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s. After another summer of record-breaking heat, now is the time to adapt homes, neighbourhoods and infrastructure to be ready for a hotter future.

Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...

Land Acknowledgments, but make them Data Acknowledgments that AI providers are required to display and recite before any session may begin.

Blogged about why the PM's plans to scrap Digital ID is the wrong right decision medium.com/writing-by-i...

Deckchair shuffling is for the unserious. loosemore.com/2026/07/18/d...

The GOVUK design system team have today added the interruption page pattern and component: design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/int... - based on previous work by teams across government. 🎉 This is a great example of where it is sometimes helpful to add some friction into a digital journey.

Took a break to build BinFax for the people of Clacton binfax.netlify.app

There's some genuinely excellent use of LLMs in all this. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemi...

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*Means of production dramatically improves* Me: Sweet. I make same stuff in less time now. Them: No, no, no! You must make more stuff in same time. Never same stuff in less time, silly peasant.

Report from the field, trying to figure out if I'm about to be automated out of a job. www.mynameismartin.co.uk/blog/how-im-...

A certain campaign website launched last week was a bit security-broken, in a way that has wider lessons for AI-coded stuff. Writing 👇 blog.harrym.com/p/hold-the-s...

Happy new year! Here's a thing about some less serious AI experiments I did over the Xmas break: www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/xmas-2...

Xmas break silliness - I thought I'd combine multiple NY resolutions and learn Spanish whilst running and listening to home made verb-conjugation-techno (built with 11 Labs and Strudel) soundcloud.com/timpaul-1/se...

My 2025 #yearnote as—sorry!—a listicle. mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/2025/

wrote down some stuff about closing FF Studio, what I was proud of and what I'd do differently if I did it again notes.annagoss.co/closing-ff/

Clichés take hold in political language, a vicious cycle that runs through campaign speeches, through citizens’ expectations, and down into the software we build or procure by cliché, whose accordingly poor performance invites further calls for simplification. mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/design-...

Had a very enjoyable top deck, front seat bus ride to work, chatting on Signal to @duncanjbrown.com about this absolute banger of a talk he gave

I worked with Amy and she is the best - HIRE HER!

🦊 I wrote about the administration’s “national design studio,” and how its shoddy construction isn’t a mistake. It’s a clear signal of priorities, and ones we need to actively, urgently rebuke. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-noti...

Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour.

The flipping legend @herahussain.bsky.social kicks off #campDigital with her 3 month old in a pram by her side 🌟💪🏽

This is very cool - an AI-powered prototyping tool that’s simple enough to run locally!

PS, if you are an amazing, experienced app designer or know someone who is – drop me a message please – we might need a bit of help soon 👋