Nathan Williams
@nathwself.bsky.social
Works @Promocymru Development, Digital, Design. Writes a fair bit. Moving through dog walking, climbing, BJJ.
Built a small boring transcription tool with AI.
Because useful before product is often ignored.
Some thinking behind building boring useful tools
promo.cymru/project/prom...
Because useful before product is often ignored.
Some thinking behind building boring useful tools
promo.cymru/project/prom...
ProMoScribe - AI Audio Transcription Tool - ProMo Cymru
A simple, free tool for third sector organisations to transcribe audio files into text. Use it, copy it, adapt it!
promo.cymru
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Built a small boring transcription tool with AI.
Because useful before product is often ignored.
Some thinking behind building boring useful tools
promo.cymru/project/prom...
Because useful before product is often ignored.
Some thinking behind building boring useful tools
promo.cymru/project/prom...
I like Ghost but it is is relatively expensive for low volume publishers.
January 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I like Ghost but it is is relatively expensive for low volume publishers.
‘Game changer’ for Merthyr.
Surprisingly the second time a ski slope has been built in the town.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surprisingly the second time a ski slope has been built in the town.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's longest ski slope gets go ahead in Merthyr Tydfil
Councillors voted unanimously for the scheme in Merthyr Tydfil, which also includes a tropical waterpark.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
‘Game changer’ for Merthyr.
Surprisingly the second time a ski slope has been built in the town.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surprisingly the second time a ski slope has been built in the town.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Between cheese, wine and bedtime.
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Between cheese, wine and bedtime.
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This feels like an appropriately round number for the announcement that my blog has now officially moved from WordPress to Ghost
blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome
blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This feels like an appropriately round number for the announcement that my blog has now officially moved from WordPress to Ghost
blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome
blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
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ROCKSTAR UPDATE:
Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers.
Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.
Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers.
Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ROCKSTAR UPDATE:
Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers.
Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.
Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers.
Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.
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“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
Bit rubbish. Lidl middle finest.
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bit rubbish. Lidl middle finest.
The usual dog walk is now sub aquatic.
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The usual dog walk is now sub aquatic.
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Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
What grappling taught me about b2b sales.
Nothing.
But good to keep moving, competing and be supported in individual competition by a team.
I'm not too old for this...
Nothing.
But good to keep moving, competing and be supported in individual competition by a team.
I'm not too old for this...
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What grappling taught me about b2b sales.
Nothing.
But good to keep moving, competing and be supported in individual competition by a team.
I'm not too old for this...
Nothing.
But good to keep moving, competing and be supported in individual competition by a team.
I'm not too old for this...
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I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Kid working on a machine learning project.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Kid working on a machine learning project.
The greatest breakthroughs often come from outsiders who can take a fresh perspective.
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-scienc...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-scienc...
The genius of the amateur
The greatest breakthroughs often come from outsiders who can take a fresh perspective
www.worksinprogress.news
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The greatest breakthroughs often come from outsiders who can take a fresh perspective.
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-scienc...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-scienc...
Seeing a 10 year old service send out a questionnaire trying to identify user needs.
I guess that is some kind of progress.
I guess that is some kind of progress.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Seeing a 10 year old service send out a questionnaire trying to identify user needs.
I guess that is some kind of progress.
I guess that is some kind of progress.
I’m on a train to North Wales and the train is not a piece of garbage.
Feels noteworthy.
Obvs no WiFi.
Feels noteworthy.
Obvs no WiFi.
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I’m on a train to North Wales and the train is not a piece of garbage.
Feels noteworthy.
Obvs no WiFi.
Feels noteworthy.
Obvs no WiFi.
Clearing the head kind of day.
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Clearing the head kind of day.
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It’s a super quick, 5-minute application - no reports, no nonsense. We trust you to spend it on something boring that your organisation actually needs www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It’s a super quick, 5-minute application - no reports, no nonsense. We trust you to spend it on something boring that your organisation actually needs www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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There’s not a day goes past that I don’t miss Tony Bourdain, great man, great friend, great writer. Nothing can make up for the loss of him, of course, but it’s wonderful to hear his voice live from the page in the compellingly brilliant Anthony Bourdain Reader edited by Kim Witherspoon.
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There’s not a day goes past that I don’t miss Tony Bourdain, great man, great friend, great writer. Nothing can make up for the loss of him, of course, but it’s wonderful to hear his voice live from the page in the compellingly brilliant Anthony Bourdain Reader edited by Kim Witherspoon.
That sounds very sensible.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
That sounds very sensible.