Mike Gallagher

a weeknote, in which i try to avoid being a cliche while taking inspiration from japanese cultural practices (i know). also: apps and design systems and noodles.
mikegallagher.org/posts/shokun...

a weeknote, post-@sdingov.bsky.social, about trauma-informed design and interfaces and what is owed to the public
mikegallagher.org/posts/interf...

do i know anyone at SDinGov? (i am at SDinGov)

i have, also "leadership is language", which i liked

Too many hands on the tiller Lost at sea with too many opinions. This isn’t about hierarchy or control. Constantly shifting priorities, a lack of coordination and a hazy vision are fundamental challenges to overcome in any organi...

the post in question being: visitmy.website/2025/08/13/t...

a weeknote, extending @visitmy.website's post from earlier in the week; also: actor-network theory and contributing to greater collective super-consciousness (i.e. blogging lol).
mikegallagher.org/posts/cognit...

ugh, ok, thanks for the heads up. (and my apologies.)

yeah, awful. especially because i agree with @ralphhawkins.bsky.social – i hate mural.

yep. maybe for an enterprise license they will negotiate down to a lower price, but for all the versions that have publicly listed prices: it is more money.

oddly, it is actually more expensive than miro, lucid, and figjam

perhaps we should talk, make things less theoretical, etc? (was i talking too much nonsense on thursday lol??)

a weeknote. like, an actual weeknote covering most of what happened this week.
mikegallagher.org/posts/a-mill...

a weeknote. this week, amid the summer holiday slowdown, most of my time was spent devising different versions for how new work should proceed, which is to say: i wrote a bunch of project briefs for the same subject.
mikegallagher.org/posts/specul...

extending the blogpost @frankieroberto.com and i published on monday about the NHS prototype kit, some more thoughts on designers working in code
mikegallagher.org/posts/design...

(hint: it is closer to reality, it is more accessible than visual tools, it is free, and it provides a better sense of the medium)

Why we are reinvesting in the NHS prototype kit - NHS England Digital Frankie and Mike explain why we revived the NHS prototype kit, the benefits of prototyping in code and how digital teams in the NHS can get started using it.

a new blog post from me and @frankieroberto.com on the NHS' design matters blog on why we're putting a lot of effort into both improving the NHS prototyping kit and making it easier for designers to use it

digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-...

a weeknote, back to work, trying to make sense of new plans
mikegallagher.org/posts/back-t...

the search continues. also: glad to hear it!

hi! i am! hope you are too!

also: i think i got the idea for the thing i wrote last week ("the work vs your work") from you, or maybe lily. i meant to ask but didn't get around to it. is that a martin-ism?

a weeknote (yes, again) about people getting excited to make big change happen, and why that is often incredibly difficult to act on.
mikegallagher.org/posts/resist...

completely. my partner is forever telling me that work reading is work, so do it during work hours. i tell people i manage this too, but it is difficult to actually follow through with all the other demands on one's attention.

i'm very interesting in what happens between step 1 and 2 of the policy model. how does that message work? if someone learns that they probably have some condition by, like, email, that could be *really* alarming!

not a weeknote (maybe i am done with the format? i dunno). instead, some notes on how i think about what one gets up to at work, distinguishing between the things you make and the things you learn.
mikegallagher.org/posts/the-wo...

a weeknote on how enjoyable it is to be more involved with design work than i am normally able to pull off (shocking, i know)
mikegallagher.org/posts/dance-...

a weeknote on interoperability, broadly considered (with apologies to john green).
mikegallagher.org/posts/everyt...

eerily similar to the NHS app being both an app and website.
explaining that it exists in a web browser too and yet is still called "the NHS app, so when you say "NHS app" you might be talking about either one is a nightmare.

a weeknote, continuing on from last week. something to do with frames of reference and navigating conflicting worldviews.
mikegallagher.org/posts/the-su...

a bit late, but another weeknote, mostly pondering why i like a particular quote so much (and service design).
mikegallagher.org/posts/limina...

lol "polite nagging"

lol i would have nothing to write about!