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John Skinner

@john-skinner.bsky.social

Director of Colouring-in at Candour, Founder at AlsoAsked. Sometimes allowed to design things for the web, and take the bins out at SearchNorwich. Amateur businessing leader, foster carer, likes wonky music.

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A social post with a photo of Jack Dorsey and the headline: TWITTER CO-FOUNDER JACK DORSEY UNVEILS BLUETOOTH CHAT APP THAT NEEDS NO INTERNET OR CELL SIGNAL

A social post with a photo of Jack Dorsey and the headline: TWITTER CO-FOUNDER JACK DORSEY UNVEILS BLUETOOTH CHAT APP THAT NEEDS NO INTERNET OR CELL SIGNAL

Mankind finally solves the problem of communicating to others within a few yards of you when there is no available internet.

09.07.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ever so slightly disappointed they didn't scrape your job title from the Candour website.

09.07.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œGoogle says new AI features in search create opportunities for businesses”… we assume they must mean businesses exclusively within the Alphabet group?

04.07.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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three cats are dancing together on a stage in a musical . Alt: Three performers dressed as cats are dancing together on a stage in the musical 'Cats' .

Live scenes from Mark's latest SEO test.

04.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sliced into my finger with Stanley – bit flappy and spurty. Went to A&E minor injuries, was there a total of 25 mins and was neatly glued back together by a nurse. Love our old NHS.

02.07.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I mostly have the theme to 80s Sunday night TV drama 'Howard's Way' doing loops in my head. Will my mid-life crisis be some sort of boat?

30.06.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

… and me too!

28.06.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing

26.06.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ I wouldn't know as my computer doesn't ask me to do scary things like that.

24.06.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When are you going to get a proper, finished OS?

24.06.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good old Evri – 'delivered' one package to THE STREET outside our city centre office (at 8pm)…

…and then left the next one outside a completely different building, but also on a public street (for consistency).

Never change, Evri – you're doing great.

19.06.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What happened to iOSs 19-25?

11.06.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

10.06.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Successfully returning an item I have bought online still feels like premium adulting to me.

10.06.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget all that lovely personal data

06.06.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not to be confused with a MAGA TACO.

03.06.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a still from a video Robert Jenrick, the slimy Tory weasel, he is talking to camera in 'man of the people' check shirt. The caption reads 'drugs in town centres, weird Turkish barber shops'

a still from a video Robert Jenrick, the slimy Tory weasel, he is talking to camera in 'man of the people' check shirt. The caption reads 'drugs in town centres, weird Turkish barber shops'

'…these are a few of my favourite things!' 🎡

30.05.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tennessee Sound Sites | TN Vacation TN Tourism partnered with songwriters to create lyrical image descriptions of Tennessee. Learn more about our visually impaired travel accessibility work.

Well worth just under 10 mins of your time to watch – it's a beautiful reminder of why accessibility matters because of its human impact.
www.tnvacation.com/for-all

29.05.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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French surgeon who abused children for decades sentenced to 20 years in prison Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of failures in medical oversight

A tale as old as time; horrific sexual abuse which is allowed to carry on because of institutional rules and practices which protect the perpetrators. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

28.05.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Report into Kids Company was β€˜irrational’, β€˜unfair’ and β€˜one-sided’, court rules Charity Commission admitted it made errors, although judge upheld other criticisms the watchdog made

So sad www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

20.05.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a big fan of Naturli Organic Vegan Block – but I'm not allowed by my wife to have as much as I would like!

14.05.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t seem to find a way to get rid of all that bollocks and just choose silent mode when I want it. My phone is constantly in some sort of do not disturb mode. I can’t remember the last time I heard it actually ring.

09.05.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Penpot Pricing | Free and Enterprise Plans Looking for Penpot pricing? It's free! Click here to read about our teams journey and aspirations for the future.

I hear good things about penpot.app/pricing

09.05.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Figma Sites is worse than you might have thought
YouTube video by Kevin Powell Figma Sites is worse than you might have thought

During my livestream yesterday, I talked about Figma Sites for a little bit. I've broken it off into a short, stand-alone video.

I don't normally like bashing a company, but when a company of Figma's size makes a product this bad, I think it's important to call them out on it.

youtu.be/ZsFIvULxkHI

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It creates a non-semantic HTML, random div-fest.

08.05.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
two views from a scene in the Simpsons. The first shows him proudly displaying his new 'fit' body to Marge, the second shows the view of him from behind where all of his loose bits have been clamped behind his back

two views from a scene in the Simpsons. The first shows him proudly displaying his new 'fit' body to Marge, the second shows the view of him from behind where all of his loose bits have been clamped behind his back

So, Figma Sites launched

08.05.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking the exact thing today. They have learnt well from Adobe.

08.05.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's hoping the US-UK trade deal includes a bridge.

08.05.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Dean, sorry for slow reply! The no equipment option is still specifying equipment to me :)

02.05.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A newspaper headline which reads 'No 10 refuses to guarantee Ed Miliband's survival'

A newspaper headline which reads 'No 10 refuses to guarantee Ed Miliband's survival'

Crikey – pray for Ed everyone.

30.04.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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