olizilla
@oli.zilla.org.uk
Researching interop in the NHS
https://oli.zilla.org.uk
https://oli.zilla.org.uk
absolute highlight of the week was the @inkandswitch.com meetup and talking to @wolkenmachine.bsky.social about his work on programmable ink, and catching a wild @expede.wtf and @pvh.ca too!
That team remains brilliant, radical, and decent in equal measures.
That team remains brilliant, radical, and decent in equal measures.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
absolute highlight of the week was the @inkandswitch.com meetup and talking to @wolkenmachine.bsky.social about his work on programmable ink, and catching a wild @expede.wtf and @pvh.ca too!
That team remains brilliant, radical, and decent in equal measures.
That team remains brilliant, radical, and decent in equal measures.
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Despite the vast sums spent on GP and hospital IT, we're not even able to losslessly maintain a single patient's digital clinical record for their own direct care for their lifetime without degradation.
Join us, to help address this issue.
www.tickettailor.com/events/dpc/1...
Join us, to help address this issue.
www.tickettailor.com/events/dpc/1...
RSVP – Healthcare Archives Group Meeting – Zoom
Healthcare Archives Group Meeting – Zoom, Thu 20 Nov 2025 - The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is hosting an open meeting to address some of the challenges surrounding healthcare data and health...
www.tickettailor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Despite the vast sums spent on GP and hospital IT, we're not even able to losslessly maintain a single patient's digital clinical record for their own direct care for their lifetime without degradation.
Join us, to help address this issue.
www.tickettailor.com/events/dpc/1...
Join us, to help address this issue.
www.tickettailor.com/events/dpc/1...
Lambeth got us mutually amending an EHCP via mailing .doc files between many parties and this is absolutely not a viable mechanism for tracking and merging conflicting edits.
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lambeth got us mutually amending an EHCP via mailing .doc files between many parties and this is absolutely not a viable mechanism for tracking and merging conflicting edits.
from server racks to soundsystems
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
from server racks to soundsystems
Trying to map the many contracts the NHS has with software companies.
In theory there are APIs for this but so far the onboarding has been "email this private supplier for an API key" (Find a Tender API) and also "ask permission for each resource you want to access and wait for approval" (NHS ODS)
In theory there are APIs for this but so far the onboarding has been "email this private supplier for an API key" (Find a Tender API) and also "ask permission for each resource you want to access and wait for approval" (NHS ODS)
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Trying to map the many contracts the NHS has with software companies.
In theory there are APIs for this but so far the onboarding has been "email this private supplier for an API key" (Find a Tender API) and also "ask permission for each resource you want to access and wait for approval" (NHS ODS)
In theory there are APIs for this but so far the onboarding has been "email this private supplier for an API key" (Find a Tender API) and also "ask permission for each resource you want to access and wait for approval" (NHS ODS)
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Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages.
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages.
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
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A few ideas on what "good software" (not "good code"!) is, touching ethics, interop, commercials and functionality
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for context: the second edition of "Observability Engineering" starts off swinging with an opinionated chapter called "The Fundamentals of Building Good Software".
which begs the question... what IS ✨ good software ✨?
i'll drop my answers 👇 but curious to hear others.
which begs the question... what IS ✨ good software ✨?
i'll drop my answers 👇 but curious to hear others.
@charity.wtf asked a great question on LinkedIn today. Her question was: "What is ✨ good software ✨?"
I'd love to hear your answers, but I'd also like to share mine. So if you'll allow me a moment of indulgence... 🧵
I'd love to hear your answers, but I'd also like to share mine. So if you'll allow me a moment of indulgence... 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A few ideas on what "good software" (not "good code"!) is, touching ethics, interop, commercials and functionality
🧵
🧵
"mandatory functional cookies" are only to be used to keep me in a meeting, not to show me a blog post.
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"mandatory functional cookies" are only to be used to keep me in a meeting, not to show me a blog post.
Several current and former NHS staff have told me similar, angry stories about what happens to our old health records after the contract for a new, incompatible IT system is signed.
It turns out proprietary storage formats are a problem:
oli.zilla.org.uk/2025/10/20/w...
It turns out proprietary storage formats are a problem:
oli.zilla.org.uk/2025/10/20/w...
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Several current and former NHS staff have told me similar, angry stories about what happens to our old health records after the contract for a new, incompatible IT system is signed.
It turns out proprietary storage formats are a problem:
oli.zilla.org.uk/2025/10/20/w...
It turns out proprietary storage formats are a problem:
oli.zilla.org.uk/2025/10/20/w...
> That one value is preferred to another in one decision situation does not mean that it will be preferred in another decision in which it can be had only at great sacrifice of another value...
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
> That one value is preferred to another in one decision situation does not mean that it will be preferred in another decision in which it can be had only at great sacrifice of another value...
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making Doom guy damage sounds as i receive a stern talking to
October 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
making Doom guy damage sounds as i receive a stern talking to
unbelievable! they renamed the one off room sized computer for old hans' next wobbler, giorgioiii?
they should have stuck with working title the zimmerframe.
www.synthtopia.com/content/2025...
they should have stuck with working title the zimmerframe.
www.synthtopia.com/content/2025...
Hans Zimmer Debuts The Largest Modular Synthesizer In The World
Hans Zimmer has commissioned the largest modular synth in the world and is featuring it in his 2025/26 world tour.
www.synthtopia.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
unbelievable! they renamed the one off room sized computer for old hans' next wobbler, giorgioiii?
they should have stuck with working title the zimmerframe.
www.synthtopia.com/content/2025...
they should have stuck with working title the zimmerframe.
www.synthtopia.com/content/2025...
Barcelona municipal industrial complex
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Barcelona municipal industrial complex
On my way to @openehr.bsky.social's EHRcon. An adventure to find the open standards people doing the work.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On my way to @openehr.bsky.social's EHRcon. An adventure to find the open standards people doing the work.
plz can someone study mechanisms for safe back pressure in NHS primary care? disabling web based contact forms outside of GP hours seems unhelpful. disabling them after exceeding a maximum number of requests, on the grounds of "safety" sounds like a veil over rationing.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
plz can someone study mechanisms for safe back pressure in NHS primary care? disabling web based contact forms outside of GP hours seems unhelpful. disabling them after exceeding a maximum number of requests, on the grounds of "safety" sounds like a veil over rationing.
3 themes from #HETT conf from software vendors who sell to the NHS about adopting open standards
😿 "why? what's in it for us?"
🫂 "the centre needs to bless a standard so i don't have to convince my boss"
🌞 "we already do openEHR. the clinical domain modelling is done for us, we focus on the UX."
😿 "why? what's in it for us?"
🫂 "the centre needs to bless a standard so i don't have to convince my boss"
🌞 "we already do openEHR. the clinical domain modelling is done for us, we focus on the UX."
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3 themes from #HETT conf from software vendors who sell to the NHS about adopting open standards
😿 "why? what's in it for us?"
🫂 "the centre needs to bless a standard so i don't have to convince my boss"
🌞 "we already do openEHR. the clinical domain modelling is done for us, we focus on the UX."
😿 "why? what's in it for us?"
🫂 "the centre needs to bless a standard so i don't have to convince my boss"
🌞 "we already do openEHR. the clinical domain modelling is done for us, we focus on the UX."
a wonderfully humane take on the real consequences of our choices around ai and teamwork and diversity and pretty sure i would have been ugly crying by the end.
Why I don't believe in "small giants": mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/team-dy...
Team dynamics after AI
Small giants and real giants
mechanicalsurvival.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
a wonderfully humane take on the real consequences of our choices around ai and teamwork and diversity and pretty sure i would have been ugly crying by the end.
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we've been working on a weather/tourism web app, check out weatherspread.com!
May 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
we've been working on a weather/tourism web app, check out weatherspread.com!
them: increasing national debt is bad!
also them: only-up stonks pulling value of presumed productivity from the future is new and good yes.
also them: only-up stonks pulling value of presumed productivity from the future is new and good yes.
October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
them: increasing national debt is bad!
also them: only-up stonks pulling value of presumed productivity from the future is new and good yes.
also them: only-up stonks pulling value of presumed productivity from the future is new and good yes.
work as a team!
we assess your individual performance!
later: wtf these outcomes!? they are perverse!
we assess your individual performance!
later: wtf these outcomes!? they are perverse!
October 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
work as a team!
we assess your individual performance!
later: wtf these outcomes!? they are perverse!
we assess your individual performance!
later: wtf these outcomes!? they are perverse!
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"common needs need commons"
and:
"We believe in proliferation, not scale"
Both statements got me right in the cockles. 🫀
Check out the folktechnology.org Principles and come to Vancouver on Oct 18 for their event at Z-Space.
#folktech #technology #event
and:
"We believe in proliferation, not scale"
Both statements got me right in the cockles. 🫀
Check out the folktechnology.org Principles and come to Vancouver on Oct 18 for their event at Z-Space.
#folktech #technology #event
October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"common needs need commons"
and:
"We believe in proliferation, not scale"
Both statements got me right in the cockles. 🫀
Check out the folktechnology.org Principles and come to Vancouver on Oct 18 for their event at Z-Space.
#folktech #technology #event
and:
"We believe in proliferation, not scale"
Both statements got me right in the cockles. 🫀
Check out the folktechnology.org Principles and come to Vancouver on Oct 18 for their event at Z-Space.
#folktech #technology #event
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i don't enjoy the romanticizing
of some golden past of the web
that web never died
you made all the decisions
about where to publish
and where to spend your time
of some golden past of the web
that web never died
you made all the decisions
about where to publish
and where to spend your time
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
i don't enjoy the romanticizing
of some golden past of the web
that web never died
you made all the decisions
about where to publish
and where to spend your time
of some golden past of the web
that web never died
you made all the decisions
about where to publish
and where to spend your time
"Efficiency, when pushed, strangles the emergent phenomena that in the long term create all new things of value."
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/...
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/...
Paul Cantrell (@inthehands@hachyderm.io)
Here’s the lightning sketch of Paul’s Treatise Against Efficiency that I’ve never written:
1. Efficiency is asymptotically inefficient: as costs approach zero, the cost of further reducing them appro...
hachyderm.io
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Efficiency, when pushed, strangles the emergent phenomena that in the long term create all new things of value."
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/...
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/...
They said the same of crabs and look how that turned out.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
They said the same of crabs and look how that turned out.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...