James M Watson
@jamesmwatson.bsky.social
Lead Service Designer at UK Home Office. Former Met Police and Nudge Unit. Yellerbelly. Eurovision stalwart.
My team is looking for a principal user researcher to lead on discoveries and it'll be awesome because you'll get to work with me
Principal User Researcher | James M. W.
📢 Who fancies a well-paid, senior research role working on policing and security? Well, read on! 📢
We're looking for a principal user researcher (£74-85K + up to £9k skills bonus) to lead user-...
www.linkedin.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My team is looking for a principal user researcher to lead on discoveries and it'll be awesome because you'll get to work with me
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"Your boo's mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."
- Patrick Stancil
- Patrick Stancil
May 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Your boo's mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."
- Patrick Stancil
- Patrick Stancil
Broken Britain? Hogwash!
April 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Broken Britain? Hogwash!
If this conference taught me one thing, it's that the 'Home Office' is a really stupid name but the minor history lesson behind it is a slam dunk conversation starter
April 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If this conference taught me one thing, it's that the 'Home Office' is a really stupid name but the minor history lesson behind it is a slam dunk conversation starter
"Keep drinking until you come up with a password that has exactly 12 characters, no repeating letters, and somehow includes the entire history of dairy farming."
April 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Keep drinking until you come up with a password that has exactly 12 characters, no repeating letters, and somehow includes the entire history of dairy farming."
I'm starting to think this is the only news account I'll ever need
25 years ago today, Britney Spears released “Oops!… I Did It Again.”
April 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I'm starting to think this is the only news account I'll ever need
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Taylor Swift as the color of SP500 stocks:
Thread 🧵
Thread 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Taylor Swift as the color of SP500 stocks:
Thread 🧵
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New from the Home Office: 'The impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide: A systematic review.' www.gov.uk/government/p...
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New from the Home Office: 'The impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide: A systematic review.' www.gov.uk/government/p...
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New research finds "permanent exclusion is associated with approximately a doubling of the risk of having a conviction or caution for both serious violence and for homicide or near-miss homicide in the 12-month period following the exclusion"
March 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New research finds "permanent exclusion is associated with approximately a doubling of the risk of having a conviction or caution for both serious violence and for homicide or near-miss homicide in the 12-month period following the exclusion"
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
March 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
I'll be heading to this next month. Pls pluck me out the crowd to say hi if you are too, though note I'm now minus frosted tips.
How can we protect our practice in these unsettling times?
In our opening talk at the #UserNeedsFirst Amsterdam conference, @karakane-kk.bsky.social and I will be talking about how not to let things get undone.
Join us and hundreds of #GovDesigners on 9 April!
userneedsfirst.yellenge.nl/program/
In our opening talk at the #UserNeedsFirst Amsterdam conference, @karakane-kk.bsky.social and I will be talking about how not to let things get undone.
Join us and hundreds of #GovDesigners on 9 April!
userneedsfirst.yellenge.nl/program/
March 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I'll be heading to this next month. Pls pluck me out the crowd to say hi if you are too, though note I'm now minus frosted tips.
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I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk
It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...
localthunk.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
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Hey everybody! You may notice Trending start to appear in your app!
Here’s some quick info:
- This is a beta
- Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop
- You can disable it with the X button on the trending section
- English only for now, while we test it
Merry Christmas!
Here’s some quick info:
- This is a beta
- Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop
- You can disable it with the X button on the trending section
- English only for now, while we test it
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Hey everybody! You may notice Trending start to appear in your app!
Here’s some quick info:
- This is a beta
- Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop
- You can disable it with the X button on the trending section
- English only for now, while we test it
Merry Christmas!
Here’s some quick info:
- This is a beta
- Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop
- You can disable it with the X button on the trending section
- English only for now, while we test it
Merry Christmas!
Finally found a way to ensure my tea is properly steeped in poor taste
December 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Finally found a way to ensure my tea is properly steeped in poor taste
Good evening Europe!!
The official Eurovision 2025 account is live on Bluesky!
@eurovision.tv 🎵🎤🤩
@eurovision.tv 🎵🎤🤩
December 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Good evening Europe!!
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Mercury Retrograde has ended.
December 16, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Mercury Retrograde has ended.
Honourable mentions: bullet points reshuffling all numbering; images refusing to align; tables EXPLODING across pages; track changes becoming a rainbow mess; SmartArt
December 14, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Honourable mentions: bullet points reshuffling all numbering; images refusing to align; tables EXPLODING across pages; track changes becoming a rainbow mess; SmartArt
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"I’ve noticed my students tend to use the term 'design thinking' as a synonym for UX/Digital Product Design. This is a dangerous smallification of design and a source of shoddy work."
@cwodtke.bsky.social writes about Design's unsexy yet important middle bits: cwodtke.medium.com/designs-unse...
@cwodtke.bsky.social writes about Design's unsexy yet important middle bits: cwodtke.medium.com/designs-unse...
Design’s Unsexy Middle Bits
While Design Thinking gets all the attention, it is not the same as (Digital) Product Design.
cwodtke.medium.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:54 AM
"I’ve noticed my students tend to use the term 'design thinking' as a synonym for UX/Digital Product Design. This is a dangerous smallification of design and a source of shoddy work."
@cwodtke.bsky.social writes about Design's unsexy yet important middle bits: cwodtke.medium.com/designs-unse...
@cwodtke.bsky.social writes about Design's unsexy yet important middle bits: cwodtke.medium.com/designs-unse...
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This is a significant move for UK institutions towards Bluesky.
The UK Parliament has arrived here today! 🦋
Accounts are verified.
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk
@houseoflords.parliament.uk
The UK Parliament has arrived here today! 🦋
Accounts are verified.
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk
@houseoflords.parliament.uk
December 10, 2024 at 8:40 PM
This is a significant move for UK institutions towards Bluesky.
The UK Parliament has arrived here today! 🦋
Accounts are verified.
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk
@houseoflords.parliament.uk
The UK Parliament has arrived here today! 🦋
Accounts are verified.
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk
@houseoflords.parliament.uk
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It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 10, 2024 at 9:27 AM
It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
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Hey folks!
Looking for any reading / contacts / best practice around how support services (like a helpline) can improve how they refer individuals to other support organisations.
Anything or anyone I could be directed to would be amazing—thanks! 🙏
Looking for any reading / contacts / best practice around how support services (like a helpline) can improve how they refer individuals to other support organisations.
Anything or anyone I could be directed to would be amazing—thanks! 🙏
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Hey folks!
Looking for any reading / contacts / best practice around how support services (like a helpline) can improve how they refer individuals to other support organisations.
Anything or anyone I could be directed to would be amazing—thanks! 🙏
Looking for any reading / contacts / best practice around how support services (like a helpline) can improve how they refer individuals to other support organisations.
Anything or anyone I could be directed to would be amazing—thanks! 🙏
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More (free) tickets released for today’s online seminar on the findings of our latest #OpSoteria police experience survey for survivors of rape and sexual assault. Book a place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
Police responses to rape and sexual assault: Op. Soteria survivor survey
Online webinar series to mark the 16 Days of Activism re: Violence Against Women and Girls
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
More (free) tickets released for today’s online seminar on the findings of our latest #OpSoteria police experience survey for survivors of rape and sexual assault. Book a place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
YourWestminster is serving up some srsly festive good boy
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
YourWestminster is serving up some srsly festive good boy
Not Pop Crave sneaking onto BS... guess I can finally call this place home bsky.app/profile/popc...
bsky.app
November 24, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Not Pop Crave sneaking onto BS... guess I can finally call this place home bsky.app/profile/popc...
All I want for Xmas is for people to stop magically finding and recycling 4:3 templates 🥲
Excellent guide to making accessible PowerPoint presentations here from the Welsh government, no less.
Covers arranging slides, image accessibility, colours and styles, slides for people with Dyslexia and alternative formats. 🏴 👍
Covers arranging slides, image accessibility, colours and styles, slides for people with Dyslexia and alternative formats. 🏴 👍
How to create accessible PowerPoint presentations | GOV.WALES
Instructions for improving the accessibility of PowerPoint presentations.
www.gov.wales
November 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM
All I want for Xmas is for people to stop magically finding and recycling 4:3 templates 🥲