Mark Ford
@fordie.bsky.social
Former Front End Developer, Former head of Delivery on the National Booking Service for the Covid-19 & Flu vaccines at NHS England. Currently at looking for my next role.
Optimistic technologist | Trekkie 🥓
Optimistic technologist | Trekkie 🥓
I absolutely love this idea btw public.monster
A throwback to a simpler happier time. Thanks for sharing @sachajudd.com
#ffconf
A throwback to a simpler happier time. Thanks for sharing @sachajudd.com
#ffconf
public.monster
Remember when the web was fun? Upload your HTML and go live instantly.
public.monster
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I absolutely love this idea btw public.monster
A throwback to a simpler happier time. Thanks for sharing @sachajudd.com
#ffconf
A throwback to a simpler happier time. Thanks for sharing @sachajudd.com
#ffconf
Reposted by Mark Ford
Inspiring talk from @gearsco.de at #ffconf, although… way to make me feel like an underachiever on a Friday afternoon 🤪
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Inspiring talk from @gearsco.de at #ffconf, although… way to make me feel like an underachiever on a Friday afternoon 🤪
Being a dinosaur, and a dinosaur that hasn’t written code for years… at the start of this talk I was just thinking “why not just use Plain Old Semantic HTML?”
But, I think I get it… this is good stuff. And I do love a design system.
🦖
#ffconf #webcomponents
But, I think I get it… this is good stuff. And I do love a design system.
🦖
#ffconf #webcomponents
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Being a dinosaur, and a dinosaur that hasn’t written code for years… at the start of this talk I was just thinking “why not just use Plain Old Semantic HTML?”
But, I think I get it… this is good stuff. And I do love a design system.
🦖
#ffconf #webcomponents
But, I think I get it… this is good stuff. And I do love a design system.
🦖
#ffconf #webcomponents
Zarro Boogs Found!
Funny what pops into your head when you're busy doing nothing. This lunchtime it was the old zarro boogs message from Bugzilla. Who remembers using that for bug tracking before Jira?
Simpler, arguably happier times
Funny what pops into your head when you're busy doing nothing. This lunchtime it was the old zarro boogs message from Bugzilla. Who remembers using that for bug tracking before Jira?
Simpler, arguably happier times
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Zarro Boogs Found!
Funny what pops into your head when you're busy doing nothing. This lunchtime it was the old zarro boogs message from Bugzilla. Who remembers using that for bug tracking before Jira?
Simpler, arguably happier times
Funny what pops into your head when you're busy doing nothing. This lunchtime it was the old zarro boogs message from Bugzilla. Who remembers using that for bug tracking before Jira?
Simpler, arguably happier times
Reposted by Mark Ford
The ADHD Taskforce report is finally out.
We called what it needed to contain a month ago: national standards, fair shared care, real ownership.
First look: some movement, still too many gaps.
Reports don’t fix systems. Continuity does.
Read the report here www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
We called what it needed to contain a month ago: national standards, fair shared care, real ownership.
First look: some movement, still too many gaps.
Reports don’t fix systems. Continuity does.
Read the report here www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce
www.england.nhs.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The ADHD Taskforce report is finally out.
We called what it needed to contain a month ago: national standards, fair shared care, real ownership.
First look: some movement, still too many gaps.
Reports don’t fix systems. Continuity does.
Read the report here www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
We called what it needed to contain a month ago: national standards, fair shared care, real ownership.
First look: some movement, still too many gaps.
Reports don’t fix systems. Continuity does.
Read the report here www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
Reposted by Mark Ford
The final barrier from our ADHD Awareness Month campaign: lack of national ownership, accountability, and strategy.
Without this, barriers stay stuck locally.
Our blog post explains why national ownership is the only way to change the system.
Read it here.
Without this, barriers stay stuck locally.
Our blog post explains why national ownership is the only way to change the system.
Read it here.
31 Days, 31 Barriers to ADHD Care
What ADHD Awareness Month taught us
medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The final barrier from our ADHD Awareness Month campaign: lack of national ownership, accountability, and strategy.
Without this, barriers stay stuck locally.
Our blog post explains why national ownership is the only way to change the system.
Read it here.
Without this, barriers stay stuck locally.
Our blog post explains why national ownership is the only way to change the system.
Read it here.
Does anyone ever cull their contacts on their phone? I’m just going through mine, I’ve got people in there from a job I left 18 years ago, a couple of dead people and some that I have no idea who they are.
I’m not going to delete them though, I’m not a psychopath
I’m not going to delete them though, I’m not a psychopath
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Does anyone ever cull their contacts on their phone? I’m just going through mine, I’ve got people in there from a job I left 18 years ago, a couple of dead people and some that I have no idea who they are.
I’m not going to delete them though, I’m not a psychopath
I’m not going to delete them though, I’m not a psychopath
Spotted this on a dog walk a couple of days ago. The Royal Mail site didn’t immediately offer any clues. Apparently it’s this www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Spotted this on a dog walk a couple of days ago. The Royal Mail site didn’t immediately offer any clues. Apparently it’s this www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Glad I can stop obsessively checking for the iOS 26 public beta now, just waiting for it to download. Hoping it won’t brick my phone. I mean, I’m sure it won’t, but still…
July 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Glad I can stop obsessively checking for the iOS 26 public beta now, just waiting for it to download. Hoping it won’t brick my phone. I mean, I’m sure it won’t, but still…
My feed has gone way too sportsy for my liking this evening, which prompted me to check whether Bluesky offered keyword blocking like the bird site does. Turns out it does…
Go to Settings → Moderation → Muted words & tags
Go to Settings → Moderation → Muted words & tags
July 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My feed has gone way too sportsy for my liking this evening, which prompted me to check whether Bluesky offered keyword blocking like the bird site does. Turns out it does…
Go to Settings → Moderation → Muted words & tags
Go to Settings → Moderation → Muted words & tags
A thread on Threads this morning was talking about being old enough to remember FTPing directly to live, which got me reminiscing. Now the mental scars of battling Visual SourceSafe have resurfaced.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A thread on Threads this morning was talking about being old enough to remember FTPing directly to live, which got me reminiscing. Now the mental scars of battling Visual SourceSafe have resurfaced.
Just accidentally watched season 1 episode 1 of Star Trek: Strange New worlds instead of season 3 episode 1.
I thought it seemed familiar, but I mostly spent 50 minutes confused why none of the crew seemed to know each other 🤦🏻♂️
I thought it seemed familiar, but I mostly spent 50 minutes confused why none of the crew seemed to know each other 🤦🏻♂️
July 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just accidentally watched season 1 episode 1 of Star Trek: Strange New worlds instead of season 3 episode 1.
I thought it seemed familiar, but I mostly spent 50 minutes confused why none of the crew seemed to know each other 🤦🏻♂️
I thought it seemed familiar, but I mostly spent 50 minutes confused why none of the crew seemed to know each other 🤦🏻♂️
Apple TV+ has some pretty decent shows at the moment. I just finished Your Friends & Neighbours with the Mrs, Murderbot is good fun, I’m behind with Slow Horses but just blitzed season 3 on a flight. What I really want now is For All Mankind season 5
July 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Apple TV+ has some pretty decent shows at the moment. I just finished Your Friends & Neighbours with the Mrs, Murderbot is good fun, I’m behind with Slow Horses but just blitzed season 3 on a flight. What I really want now is For All Mankind season 5
If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers.
July 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers.
I’ve been a Douglas Adams fan for longer than I can remember. The radio plays and books were instrumental in how I came to view the world.
I’ve just finished listening to this audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F8KLK7Y3 which I backed on Kickstarter. It reminded how much I miss him. Have a listen
I’ve just finished listening to this audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F8KLK7Y3 which I backed on Kickstarter. It reminded how much I miss him. Have a listen
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July 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I’ve been a Douglas Adams fan for longer than I can remember. The radio plays and books were instrumental in how I came to view the world.
I’ve just finished listening to this audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F8KLK7Y3 which I backed on Kickstarter. It reminded how much I miss him. Have a listen
I’ve just finished listening to this audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F8KLK7Y3 which I backed on Kickstarter. It reminded how much I miss him. Have a listen
Just woke up from a pretty stressful dream about everyone’s phones & routers getting knocked out by EMPs from nukes.
Don’t watch the news before bed kids
Don’t watch the news before bed kids
June 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Just woke up from a pretty stressful dream about everyone’s phones & routers getting knocked out by EMPs from nukes.
Don’t watch the news before bed kids
Don’t watch the news before bed kids
Does anyone else have a default earworm, something that rattles around your brain when there's nothing else going on?
May 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Does anyone else have a default earworm, something that rattles around your brain when there's nothing else going on?
I just listend to "Source Code" by Bill Gates on Audible. It's an interesting listen, narrated by Will Wheaton. I lost count of the number of times he said "8080" or "basic". Old nerds and computer historians will enjoy it
April 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I just listend to "Source Code" by Bill Gates on Audible. It's an interesting listen, narrated by Will Wheaton. I lost count of the number of times he said "8080" or "basic". Old nerds and computer historians will enjoy it
This! I’d like to join.
Just heard about you on last week’s Intelligent Machines on the TWiT network
Just heard about you on last week’s Intelligent Machines on the TWiT network
When will it be available on the UK iOS App Store?
April 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This! I’d like to join.
Just heard about you on last week’s Intelligent Machines on the TWiT network
Just heard about you on last week’s Intelligent Machines on the TWiT network
I have some spherical footage shot on a Kodak pixpro sp30. They're MP4 files which I would like to edit on my Mac. There does not seem to be an easy way to do it. Any suggestions?
April 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have some spherical footage shot on a Kodak pixpro sp30. They're MP4 files which I would like to edit on my Mac. There does not seem to be an easy way to do it. Any suggestions?
Aren't they Indian and German?
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Aren't they Indian and German?
So far this morning I've had notifications from Costa and Toby Carvery telling me it's my birthday in a week's time.
I don't need reminding, thanks.
I don't need reminding, thanks.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So far this morning I've had notifications from Costa and Toby Carvery telling me it's my birthday in a week's time.
I don't need reminding, thanks.
I don't need reminding, thanks.
Well, this is good I suppose. But also weird
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Well, this is good I suppose. But also weird