Kev Mears
@mearso.com
I like to draw. and organise. and help
Records Manager at the moment
Records Manager at the moment
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It's #NationalIllustrationDay2025 and I've written a blog post about what drawing means to me: myfanwytristram.com/2025/11/28/n... And tell me, what does it mean for you?
National Illustration Day 2025
On National Illustration Day, what illustration does for me
myfanwytristram.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's #NationalIllustrationDay2025 and I've written a blog post about what drawing means to me: myfanwytristram.com/2025/11/28/n... And tell me, what does it mean for you?
Listening to some music, and critics dragging on Crazy Horse for their musicianship (or lack of) makes me love them more.
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Listening to some music, and critics dragging on Crazy Horse for their musicianship (or lack of) makes me love them more.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Happy Halloween everyone.
#WorldBollardAssociation 👻
#WorldBollardAssociation 👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy Halloween everyone.
#WorldBollardAssociation 👻
#WorldBollardAssociation 👻
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Did you know that there's a Slack community for digital folks in Wales?
It's called Cymru Ddigidol and you can join us here: join.slack.com/t/cymruddigi...
Ymunwch a ni! Join us!
It's called Cymru Ddigidol and you can join us here: join.slack.com/t/cymruddigi...
Ymunwch a ni! Join us!
Join Cymru Ddigidol on Slack
Slack is a new way to communicate with your team. It’s faster, better organized, and more secure than email.
join.slack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Did you know that there's a Slack community for digital folks in Wales?
It's called Cymru Ddigidol and you can join us here: join.slack.com/t/cymruddigi...
Ymunwch a ni! Join us!
It's called Cymru Ddigidol and you can join us here: join.slack.com/t/cymruddigi...
Ymunwch a ni! Join us!
Enjoying public speaking advice from Christine Cagney.
“Tell em what you’re gonna tell them, tell them and tell em what you told em “
“Tell em what you’re gonna tell them, tell them and tell em what you told em “
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Enjoying public speaking advice from Christine Cagney.
“Tell em what you’re gonna tell them, tell them and tell em what you told em “
“Tell em what you’re gonna tell them, tell them and tell em what you told em “
Wondering if there’s a generic name for all those crappy ‘life cycle’ diagrams you see endlessly in strategies?
Usually circles with arrows. The illusion of clarity, illustrating bugger all.
Usually circles with arrows. The illusion of clarity, illustrating bugger all.
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Wondering if there’s a generic name for all those crappy ‘life cycle’ diagrams you see endlessly in strategies?
Usually circles with arrows. The illusion of clarity, illustrating bugger all.
Usually circles with arrows. The illusion of clarity, illustrating bugger all.
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Super proud that our report is now out! 🏴
Massive shout out to @annkempster.com, @daivaughan.uk and @jocarter.bsky.social 🎉
We'd love to hear what you think!
Massive shout out to @annkempster.com, @daivaughan.uk and @jocarter.bsky.social 🎉
We'd love to hear what you think!
Today, we're launching Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales. This report sets out a clear path for the next Welsh Government to move beyond short-term fixes and deliver better, human-centred services.
#DigitalWales #PublicServiceReform
#DigitalWales #PublicServiceReform
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Super proud that our report is now out! 🏴
Massive shout out to @annkempster.com, @daivaughan.uk and @jocarter.bsky.social 🎉
We'd love to hear what you think!
Massive shout out to @annkempster.com, @daivaughan.uk and @jocarter.bsky.social 🎉
We'd love to hear what you think!
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LIVE SCENES FROM WALES
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
LIVE SCENES FROM WALES
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴
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![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
1
SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
2
SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
3
SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
4
SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
5
[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
6
PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
7
SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
8
SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
9
PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
10
SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
11
[Bleak pause]
12
PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiazbuxbxnuyt5etli2cjseaychvbuym6n6z33nwx2mutlvoqjdhge@jpeg)
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Lovely to be interviewed for this!
OUT NOW: More Jam Tomorrow MILTON KEYNES
It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?
Listen now at
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...
It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?
Listen now at
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...
Milton Keynes
It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?...
morejamtomorrow.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lovely to be interviewed for this!
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Carl Benz has an idea
![[Scene is a 19th century drawing room with a sign outside saying TRANSPORT INVENTORS CLUB. Inside, the German Engineer KARL BENZ is addressing a meeting of gentlemen about his new transport idea]
1
KARL BENZ:
OK guys - you’re gonna love this
2
KARL BENZ:
So it’s like, a box made of metal that goes at up to 120 miles an hour, yeah?
[Karl shows them a diagram of a car]
3
KARL BENZ:
And your drive it down one side of the road, and the boxes going the other way go on the opposite side, so we don’t need to build two roads!
4
OTHER GUY:
What’s down the middle?
KARL BENZ:
A white line.
5
OTHER GUY:
So like, a white barrier…
KARL BENZ:
No a white line. Drawn on the floor.
6
OTHER GUY:
And who’s piloting these machines?
KARL BENZ:
I was thinking: random members of the public.
7
[Pause, the other guys all look with concern at Karl]
8
OTHER GUY:
Karl are you OK
KARL BENZ:
No listen it’s fine
9
OTHER GUY:
You know we’re worried about you, don’t you?
KARL BENZ:
No really it’ll work -
10
KARL BENZ:
Once hundreds of millions of people have died and the world’s started ending because of the fumes it’ll all be normal.
11
OTHER GUY:
Is that normal like the ‘commuter travel device’ you brought in last week which was just…
12
OTHER GUY:
…an iron maiden fired from a catapult?
[The other guy displays a diagram of an iron maiden being fired from a catapult]
KARL BENZ:
THAT WOULD’VE WORKED!
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreigv3wx7vaalu3tqpjbe5ravgkik4gltgjzedzumolfdkst6poaejq@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Carl Benz has an idea
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You should see the other guy…
#WorldBollardAssociation 😏
#WorldBollardAssociation 😏
September 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
You should see the other guy…
#WorldBollardAssociation 😏
#WorldBollardAssociation 😏
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
Enjoy EVERY glamping providers response to feedback on 4 in a bed.
“They don’t get the concept”
I think people get the concept fine.
“They don’t get the concept”
I think people get the concept fine.
August 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Enjoy EVERY glamping providers response to feedback on 4 in a bed.
“They don’t get the concept”
I think people get the concept fine.
“They don’t get the concept”
I think people get the concept fine.
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Full Stack Service Design is a model to help people break services down into the parts that make them and understand how all of these parts impact the user experience.
Services are made up of thousands of tiny, often accidental design decisions.
Read more on sarah-drummond.com/full-stack-s...
Services are made up of thousands of tiny, often accidental design decisions.
Read more on sarah-drummond.com/full-stack-s...
August 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Full Stack Service Design is a model to help people break services down into the parts that make them and understand how all of these parts impact the user experience.
Services are made up of thousands of tiny, often accidental design decisions.
Read more on sarah-drummond.com/full-stack-s...
Services are made up of thousands of tiny, often accidental design decisions.
Read more on sarah-drummond.com/full-stack-s...
Well, The Long Goodbye was an odd, slow and strange little film.
I think I liked it but I’m not sure.
I think I liked it but I’m not sure.
August 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well, The Long Goodbye was an odd, slow and strange little film.
I think I liked it but I’m not sure.
I think I liked it but I’m not sure.
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Recently I learned that my favourite bookmark service was closing, pocket.
Their ending seemed considered
It got me thinking about the questions I think about when a decision is made to close a product or service down, what would you add?
good.services/writing/closing-a-service
Their ending seemed considered
It got me thinking about the questions I think about when a decision is made to close a product or service down, what would you add?
good.services/writing/closing-a-service
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Recently I learned that my favourite bookmark service was closing, pocket.
Their ending seemed considered
It got me thinking about the questions I think about when a decision is made to close a product or service down, what would you add?
good.services/writing/closing-a-service
Their ending seemed considered
It got me thinking about the questions I think about when a decision is made to close a product or service down, what would you add?
good.services/writing/closing-a-service
I like Harry’s taste in paintings
August 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I like Harry’s taste in paintings
So far I’m loving the soundtrack to The Long Good Friday.
Very energetic.
Very energetic.
July 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So far I’m loving the soundtrack to The Long Good Friday.
Very energetic.
Very energetic.
I’ve got a sore throat talking to myself answering imaginary questions. Anyone else? 😀
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve got a sore throat talking to myself answering imaginary questions. Anyone else? 😀
Ah nostalgic for ‘best in class’.
In a content strategy from 2014. Would no doubt be replaced by ‘world-leading’ these days.
See also- ‘best in breed’ eww.
In a content strategy from 2014. Would no doubt be replaced by ‘world-leading’ these days.
See also- ‘best in breed’ eww.
July 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ah nostalgic for ‘best in class’.
In a content strategy from 2014. Would no doubt be replaced by ‘world-leading’ these days.
See also- ‘best in breed’ eww.
In a content strategy from 2014. Would no doubt be replaced by ‘world-leading’ these days.
See also- ‘best in breed’ eww.
On Homes under the Hammer, it’s always amusing when people say the finish will be ‘high-end’ and then you see the result.
July 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
On Homes under the Hammer, it’s always amusing when people say the finish will be ‘high-end’ and then you see the result.
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Today is the 8th birthday of @openbenches.org !
Thank you to everyone who has uploaded a bench or contributed code.
If you'd like to support us, visit openbenches.org/support
Thank you to everyone who has uploaded a bench or contributed code.
If you'd like to support us, visit openbenches.org/support
July 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Today is the 8th birthday of @openbenches.org !
Thank you to everyone who has uploaded a bench or contributed code.
If you'd like to support us, visit openbenches.org/support
Thank you to everyone who has uploaded a bench or contributed code.
If you'd like to support us, visit openbenches.org/support