Dan Donald
hereinthehive.bsky.social
Dan Donald
@hereinthehive.bsky.social
Design System Consultant. Design, Dev & Product. Prev zeroheight, Auto Trader, BBC

All about design systems, design tokens, product design and occasionally making music at @thesedeadmachines.bsky.social
I’d often wonder what I say to my younger, teenage self about the future…

I have 7 different apps for car parks.
February 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tempted to get some of these made up as stickers. If I do, anyone want in!

#designsystems
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Go on, have some of that from Oslofjords earlier today

🌅
January 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
😍
January 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just walking out of the city towards the harbour, it was a pretty incredible sight!
January 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Blimey Oslo…
January 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That’s quite a picture disc 👌
December 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Going through childhood stuff working out what to get rid of and sell…
December 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The first single from the forthcoming album is ‘Phantoms’, out today!

A tale of loss and the complicated feelings we can have…while ultimately being pretty upbeat as a song

Available across streaming platforms: social.tunecore.com/linkShare?li...

#newmusic
November 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Seeing a bunch of different covers stacking up over on BandCamp makes me smile. In previous bands, we’d done demos or put out singles…doing it on my own, I’m finishing things!

thesedeadmachines.bandcamp.com/music
November 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Over on my music side… had my friend @skinnydrawnboy.bsky.social work on some new tee designs and they look AWESOME! 🔥🔥🔥

Get on board: thesedeadmachines.myshopify.com

New single coming on Monday 😁
November 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Design systems…
October 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Juggling work and a little ‘un can be a challenge…but I likely wouldn’t get out for walks so much without it 👌
October 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
New single ‘Phantoms’ is due out in a few weeks with the album ‘Any Minute Now’ due early December

Maybe give us a follow on BandCamp? thesedeadmachines.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Just dropped a new single today…kind of an alt-Christmas thing. Melancholic but catchy…see what you think!

social.tunecore.com/linkShare?li...
November 24, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Damn! 🔥

Thanks for listening folks. So much more to come!

spotify.link/pUaqDkwMJDb
October 8, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Really happy to start getting new music out there!

Give my BandCamp a follow, check out the tracks and all shares appreciated 🎉

thesedeadmachines.bandcamp.com/album/smile-...
September 16, 2023 at 1:16 PM
I hate being in front of the camera…but had a photo shoot for my music persona on the weekend in an abandoned church. Turned out well!

Music coming soon…follow: thesedeadmachines.bandcamp.com/album/smile-...
September 11, 2023 at 6:58 PM
While waiting for a mate’s plane to arrive in the west of Ireland 👌
August 14, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Needed that. West coast of Ireland to blow some cobwebs away…

(Images show rugged scenery, grey clouds and a peddled beach)
August 12, 2023 at 5:24 PM
July 30, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Finally!

After years of guitar, vocals, bass, I finally got to place after practicing on electric drums to get my own drum kit. Feels pretty exciting 💥
July 21, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Apparently it’s a thing for Kpop gigs, having over priced light sticks. Once the thought appeared it looked like a sex toy, I couldn’t see it any other way…
July 4, 2023 at 7:19 PM
Same.
July 4, 2023 at 7:44 AM
Black Pink in Hyde Park, London last night.

I drop my daughter there and back and bonded over her love of Kpop. Definitely a different kind of gig to those I normally go to!
July 3, 2023 at 5:35 PM