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tired of saying “i told you so”.

nowletsbeclear.substack.com
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For context I’m doing a blog, about information systems and clarity and uh, human factors?

It’s at nowletsbeclear.substack.com.

I’m selling it very well.
Now let's be clear. | Ryan | Substack
Thoughts on the importance of clear, well-thought-out information systems for the public. Click to read "Now let's be clear.", by Ryan, a Substack publication.
nowletsbeclear.substack.com
New post on the Euston advertising screen debacle, which I still can’t believe actually happened:

open.substack.com/pub/nowletsb...
The Euston debacle
Because advertisers speak louder than passengers.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The new information screens are more accessible as they are easier to read than the dot matrix screens they have replaced."

i winced
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh, I wrote a thing about why the new GBR railway clock is a bit rubbish, even if i kinda like it.

nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/the-gbr-cl...
The GBR clock is a bit pants.
A railway clock probably shouldn't require explaining.
nowletsbeclear.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
this is the minutiae i am here for
Now if I were really splitting hairs (when don’t I?) I would probably have made the corners of the inner yellow triangle the centres of the radii of the rounded corners of the black triangle; maybe it was felt that the rounded corners of the black triangle were pointed enough?
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reposted by Ryan
Always thoroughly enjoy these informative articles by the @danielhwright.bsky.social on @thebeautyoftransport.com; this one, reflecting on the recent unveiling of the GBR (Great British Railways) brand, is both measured in its objectivity and thorough in its scope…
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Another post, because I really miss holding in the door button on trains.

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Push to open (but not yet!)
Why the way door buttons work has changed, I think.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A post in which I pretend I know anything at all about information design, and look at departure boards.

Designing to inform - departure boards

open.substack.com/pub/nowletsb...
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the smell of damp mop at liverpool street elizabeth line endures on
December 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Reposted by Ryan
"Puberty blockers are unsafe, on a side note here is your prescription for the ozempic I'm forcing you to take, fatty"
- Wes Streeting
December 14, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 12:53 AM