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Antony Poveda

@tonytoners.bsky.social

Reality-driven designer/Head of Morale, mainly content, Sheffield. Working for users of government. Stealing all your best ideas since 2014 (reading stuff, not much posting).

117 Followers  |  253 Following  |  12 Posts  |  Joined: 11.12.2023  |  1.887

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Is this bait? πŸ˜…

09.02.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And such lovely thoughtful take downs in the comments. 2016, what a time.

07.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer

I don't often post articles myself but when I do they are great longer reads about how neuroscience is built on and hindered by on the technology metaphors of the day: aeon.co/essays/your-...

07.02.2026 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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DESIGN THINKING! Comic | Patreon Comics for working designers, creatives and beyond...

DT! is a one-man operation so I need all the help I can get. If you like my comics please share them, and if you'd like to support what I do I have a Patreon where you can sign up to get 3 comics in your inbox every week and 1 bonus early bird comic too! Thank you!
www.patreon.com/cw/designthi...

06.02.2026 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"ok so just checking, following that argument through, is it legal for you to deny people access to public services based on their current education level then?" /S

04.02.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m running a survey to ask researchers what they want the UK Government Web Archive to offer in the future to enable wider use of the collection. If you’re a web archive user, or you would like to be, please take ten minutes to complete this survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKGWA-Rese...

30.01.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

One week left to join this hack day!

Be there or be square.

🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting...

#hack #DesignSystem #government

03.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I love improving the Service Manual + Standard.

But I'm even more interested in fixing the management of the mountain of GDS+govt content about making great public digital services.

Strategic, joined-up, no duplication or contradictions. Users not having to stitch it together themselves.

29.01.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do the hard work to make it short.

27.01.2026 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Testing a new GOV.UK publishing application: Content Block Manager We’ve built an application that allows GOV.UK publishers to create and reuse modular content. Find out how it works, what we’ve learned from testing and what’s next.

This is excellent work

insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/20/t...

20.01.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Thanks Kate! It's already been ace to see the variety of people who've come along for the first few. Please do join us one day if you'd like to πŸ™‚

19.01.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Microsoft Forms

For anyone at #ukgc26 today usually based in Sheffield: the next 'X-Gov Sheffield meetup' is on 27 Jan!

We're doing breakfast and lunch meetups in the cafe of Union St Co-working spaceΒ /Β If you'd like to come along for either, or both, find out more and sign up πŸ‘‡
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

17.01.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm also trying to remember anything I was up to in 2008, and have absolutely no idea

16.01.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow well there's always next year, see you there!

16.01.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was hugely excited for my first UK Gov Camp this Saturday, but had to drop out :( will be living it through #ukgc26 instead and hope everyone has an amazing time. And maybe saves me a sticker or 2? 🀞

16.01.2026 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A woman with long dark hair and light skin standing behind a lectern and in front of a large canvas with a projected slide above her, saying: β€œwhat’s next? Collecting feedback and ideas, governance model, onboarding more departments, new content: professions, engineering portal” next to a picture of a laptop showing a digital library with the headline β€œfind and reuse digital service elements”

A woman with long dark hair and light skin standing behind a lectern and in front of a large canvas with a projected slide above her, saying: β€œwhat’s next? Collecting feedback and ideas, governance model, onboarding more departments, new content: professions, engineering portal” next to a picture of a laptop showing a digital library with the headline β€œfind and reuse digital service elements”

β€œEverything shareable across government in one place – to support the delivery of digital services”

@nikolagoger.bsky.social sharing their cross-gov Reuse Library work at #SDinGov:

reuselibrary-dev.apps.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk

18.09.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
gilest.org: The strategy is enquiry

had some stuff to get off my chest about strategies ~ gilest.org/notes/strate...

12.09.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 15
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It's time to get serious about design Design in government has lost its way. We’ve invested in discovery, compliance, and delivery, but not in creativity.

Let’s start re-designing how Governments works!

It's time to get serious about design cathydutton.co.uk/posts/its-ti...

08.08.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly much to ponder today at #FrontEndNorth πŸ˜…

10.07.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ‰ We've just published big new Service Manual guidance, defining what a government service is.

This helps people know when their work is part of a service, and what standards and guidance apply. πŸ’ͺ

www.gov.uk/service-manu...
#govdesign #gds

10.03.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
25 days of digital accessibility tips – Accessibility Advent Calendar 2024

This week I've been practicing my coding and made a little accessibility resource. It's far from perfect but wanted to share (sorry it's a day late) accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk

02.12.2024 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Also a favourite of mine too, big impact and great team πŸ™ Looking forward to more 'iterative design' 😁

03.12.2024 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@shanemcc.bsky.social

The pie count is decent so far this year, thanks. At least 20. Looks like I need to get to Lidl tho.

And thanks for this shiny new thing
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11.12.2023 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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