Lizzie Bruce
@cakedesignstudio.bsky.social
Working in user-centred design. Run #UCDD a freelancers and contractors directory. Led and wrote up global content usability research project Readability Guidelines. Nature, art, film. World of Books, Bandcamp. Image: NYC Autumn by me. cakeconsultancy.com
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Hmmm. From this it's not looking hugely rosy for my speciality I have to say, nor for my niece who's recently embarked on her 4 years of UAL graphic design studies.
She is exceptionally good at it, and that's her tutors' views not just mine, but will that be enough?
She is exceptionally good at it, and that's her tutors' views not just mine, but will that be enough?
I analyzed 1000 GTM Engineering jobs - here is what I learned
Last Updated: November 2, 2025GTM Engineering didn’t exist as a formal role 3 years ago. Today, it’s one…
bloomberry.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hmmm. From this it's not looking hugely rosy for my speciality I have to say, nor for my niece who's recently embarked on her 4 years of UAL graphic design studies.
She is exceptionally good at it, and that's her tutors' views not just mine, but will that be enough?
She is exceptionally good at it, and that's her tutors' views not just mine, but will that be enough?
Status – posting up #content JIRA tickets like they're popcorn! 🍿
Although JIRA still doesn't have some highly desirably functionality, like adding more than 1 member to a ticket, I have to say it's got so much more intuitive than the last time I used it.
#FeelTheFearAndDoItAnyway #BacklogTrackers
Although JIRA still doesn't have some highly desirably functionality, like adding more than 1 member to a ticket, I have to say it's got so much more intuitive than the last time I used it.
#FeelTheFearAndDoItAnyway #BacklogTrackers
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Status – posting up #content JIRA tickets like they're popcorn! 🍿
Although JIRA still doesn't have some highly desirably functionality, like adding more than 1 member to a ticket, I have to say it's got so much more intuitive than the last time I used it.
#FeelTheFearAndDoItAnyway #BacklogTrackers
Although JIRA still doesn't have some highly desirably functionality, like adding more than 1 member to a ticket, I have to say it's got so much more intuitive than the last time I used it.
#FeelTheFearAndDoItAnyway #BacklogTrackers
This week’s bake is a mini double chocolate Magnum 😄😉
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This week’s bake is a mini double chocolate Magnum 😄😉
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Up to 30% of the multimillion-euro budgets of some social services are absorbed by administrative efforts to check eligibility, etc.
This number seems disproportionate to me.
It screams for some streamlining #ServiceDesign.
This number seems disproportionate to me.
It screams for some streamlining #ServiceDesign.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Up to 30% of the multimillion-euro budgets of some social services are absorbed by administrative efforts to check eligibility, etc.
This number seems disproportionate to me.
It screams for some streamlining #ServiceDesign.
This number seems disproportionate to me.
It screams for some streamlining #ServiceDesign.
Just me barging in, talking about consistency, categorisation, content usability in context, insisting on capturing the IA, wanting to holistically map the zoomed out birds eye view. 😅 #ContentDesign
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just me barging in, talking about consistency, categorisation, content usability in context, insisting on capturing the IA, wanting to holistically map the zoomed out birds eye view. 😅 #ContentDesign
Hazel’s view on sardines in spring water: good, but not lick the bowl clean level. 🐱
#FelineFoodReviews
#FelineFoodReviews
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hazel’s view on sardines in spring water: good, but not lick the bowl clean level. 🐱
#FelineFoodReviews
#FelineFoodReviews
"Please make sure you read and save these links for future reference as they will only be available for 3 years after opening your account."
I thought it was going to say 3 days!
Sweetie, I don't even expect to still have this new account in 3 years. 🤣
I thought it was going to say 3 days!
Sweetie, I don't even expect to still have this new account in 3 years. 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Please make sure you read and save these links for future reference as they will only be available for 3 years after opening your account."
I thought it was going to say 3 days!
Sweetie, I don't even expect to still have this new account in 3 years. 🤣
I thought it was going to say 3 days!
Sweetie, I don't even expect to still have this new account in 3 years. 🤣
My niece has gone back for reading week but accidentally had a package delivered here.
Her update says it’s been delivered to the front porch… to the, er, front porch? 😂
Readers, it was behind the wheelie bin.
Her update says it’s been delivered to the front porch… to the, er, front porch? 😂
Readers, it was behind the wheelie bin.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My niece has gone back for reading week but accidentally had a package delivered here.
Her update says it’s been delivered to the front porch… to the, er, front porch? 😂
Readers, it was behind the wheelie bin.
Her update says it’s been delivered to the front porch… to the, er, front porch? 😂
Readers, it was behind the wheelie bin.
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
every single day
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
every single day
My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us?
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Cake Design Studio | UCD freelancers directory
Find skilled, experienced user-centred design professionals for contract and project work or by other arrangement, including workshops and training.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us?
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience:
• Apply by 31 Dec 2025.
• Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits.
• Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal.
#UCDD #GetListed #Digital
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's useful how free Slack naturally selects the channels people want to keep alive... In #UCDFreelancersDirectory we're down to General, AI chat and Jobs! Sign of the times.
Dormant channels inc Human intelligence, Contracting advice, Talks etc.
(If you fancy waking those up, apply to be listed!)
Dormant channels inc Human intelligence, Contracting advice, Talks etc.
(If you fancy waking those up, apply to be listed!)
Cake Design Studio | UCD freelancers directory
Find skilled, experienced user-centred design professionals who work on a contract, project or ad-hoc freelance basis.
cakeconsultancy.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's useful how free Slack naturally selects the channels people want to keep alive... In #UCDFreelancersDirectory we're down to General, AI chat and Jobs! Sign of the times.
Dormant channels inc Human intelligence, Contracting advice, Talks etc.
(If you fancy waking those up, apply to be listed!)
Dormant channels inc Human intelligence, Contracting advice, Talks etc.
(If you fancy waking those up, apply to be listed!)
Things I genuinely got excited about on my new contract today:
• text select, long been a favourite tool, made copying useful glossary info from a PDF possible
• advocating for the chaptered guide format, such a useful detailed content presentation style – see example on url
#Design #Content #UCD
• text select, long been a favourite tool, made copying useful glossary info from a PDF possible
• advocating for the chaptered guide format, such a useful detailed content presentation style – see example on url
#Design #Content #UCD
What if my work is used without my permission? | Know your rights - DACS
Understand copyright infringement as an artist, creative or beneficiary, and protect your work or work you own the copyright to.
www.dacs.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My cat now rules the flat w an iron paw, having set a 3 wet-food meals a day schedule (w bikkies available all day, nice), plus timetable of diff favoured sleeping spots, culminating in designated earrub time at what I'd call pre-sleep reading time.
In return, she's agreed to use the cat flap. 😺
In return, she's agreed to use the cat flap. 😺
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My cat now rules the flat w an iron paw, having set a 3 wet-food meals a day schedule (w bikkies available all day, nice), plus timetable of diff favoured sleeping spots, culminating in designated earrub time at what I'd call pre-sleep reading time.
In return, she's agreed to use the cat flap. 😺
In return, she's agreed to use the cat flap. 😺
A pity this article uses the metaphor of tsunami in its title, this made me hestitant to share it as it could be confusing.
It’s not causing an actual weather tsunami right now, though the environmental knock effect on could perhaps!
It’s not causing an actual weather tsunami right now, though the environmental knock effect on could perhaps!
Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia
A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle haz...
www.independent.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A pity this article uses the metaphor of tsunami in its title, this made me hestitant to share it as it could be confusing.
It’s not causing an actual weather tsunami right now, though the environmental knock effect on could perhaps!
It’s not causing an actual weather tsunami right now, though the environmental knock effect on could perhaps!
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
The climate debate is all about selfishness. The moment you acknowledge humans are to blame you have to start doing something about it. That will cost money and comfort. Much easier to deny our involvement, even if you know that is a lie. Apres nous le deluge.
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The climate debate is all about selfishness. The moment you acknowledge humans are to blame you have to start doing something about it. That will cost money and comfort. Much easier to deny our involvement, even if you know that is a lie. Apres nous le deluge.
Mmmm, mint chocolate chip ice cream 😄 🍃 🤎
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Mmmm, mint chocolate chip ice cream 😄 🍃 🤎
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
#ContentDesign is more than words. This is still so misunderstood.
As well as making text relevant, clear, readable and accessible, it's about:
• the presentation of information: layout, format
• content usability, inc interaction, pattern and component design
• backend data
• IA
• a holistic view
As well as making text relevant, clear, readable and accessible, it's about:
• the presentation of information: layout, format
• content usability, inc interaction, pattern and component design
• backend data
• IA
• a holistic view
Extreme - More Than Words (Official Music Video)
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October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#ContentDesign is more than words. This is still so misunderstood.
As well as making text relevant, clear, readable and accessible, it's about:
• the presentation of information: layout, format
• content usability, inc interaction, pattern and component design
• backend data
• IA
• a holistic view
As well as making text relevant, clear, readable and accessible, it's about:
• the presentation of information: layout, format
• content usability, inc interaction, pattern and component design
• backend data
• IA
• a holistic view
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
What do my autistic comrades wish other people to know about their support needs?
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What do my autistic comrades wish other people to know about their support needs?
V happy to share I started a new content contract w TPXimpact this week! The UCD team has been so welcoming, and we're designing a service in an area of emerging green energy policy.
So naturally, this ticks a lot of boxes for me! ♻️ ✏️
#TechForGood #UCD #Multidisciplinary #Digital #Data #Climate
So naturally, this ticks a lot of boxes for me! ♻️ ✏️
#TechForGood #UCD #Multidisciplinary #Digital #Data #Climate
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
V happy to share I started a new content contract w TPXimpact this week! The UCD team has been so welcoming, and we're designing a service in an area of emerging green energy policy.
So naturally, this ticks a lot of boxes for me! ♻️ ✏️
#TechForGood #UCD #Multidisciplinary #Digital #Data #Climate
So naturally, this ticks a lot of boxes for me! ♻️ ✏️
#TechForGood #UCD #Multidisciplinary #Digital #Data #Climate
Reposted by Lizzie Bruce
So much gov work involves transforming paper-based processes like this. It didn't need cutting-edge tech – the most impactful part was good form design, challenging assumptions about how information is captured and used, and then how the team understood and designed for situational access needs
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
So much gov work involves transforming paper-based processes like this. It didn't need cutting-edge tech – the most impactful part was good form design, challenging assumptions about how information is captured and used, and then how the team understood and designed for situational access needs