Hugh Wallace
@tumshie.me
Tech / gov / design / occasional snark. Usually found queuing for coffee ☕️ Digital for public good ✊
CIO @rds-scotland.bsky.social
Chair @cfgsocial.bsky.social
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Chair @cfgsocial.bsky.social
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“If I'm so empowered, why am I such a coward?”
Still completely awestruck by last night’s Self Esteem gig in Edinburgh, honestly one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. Standing (screaming) ovation at the end fully justified.
Still completely awestruck by last night’s Self Esteem gig in Edinburgh, honestly one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. Standing (screaming) ovation at the end fully justified.
September 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“If I'm so empowered, why am I such a coward?”
Still completely awestruck by last night’s Self Esteem gig in Edinburgh, honestly one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. Standing (screaming) ovation at the end fully justified.
Still completely awestruck by last night’s Self Esteem gig in Edinburgh, honestly one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. Standing (screaming) ovation at the end fully justified.
Love this New York Times visualisation of tennis courts turning into pickleball courts. Such a simple way of communicating behaviour change on a pretty massive scale. 🎾🎾🎾
[sidenote: where's the pickleball emoji?]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
[sidenote: where's the pickleball emoji?]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Love this New York Times visualisation of tennis courts turning into pickleball courts. Such a simple way of communicating behaviour change on a pretty massive scale. 🎾🎾🎾
[sidenote: where's the pickleball emoji?]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
[sidenote: where's the pickleball emoji?]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Took the opportunity to pop into a fab #edbookfest event with a panel made up of @edinburghminute.bsky.social @greatergovanhill.com and @neiltosh.bsky.social - some excellent discussion of online advertising, facing up to the threat of AI, and how to fund + make local news cut through.
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Took the opportunity to pop into a fab #edbookfest event with a panel made up of @edinburghminute.bsky.social @greatergovanhill.com and @neiltosh.bsky.social - some excellent discussion of online advertising, facing up to the threat of AI, and how to fund + make local news cut through.
Fab to have made it to Manchester for #CampDigital tomorrow, here’s the venue looking windswept and interesting. Hope to catch some @bsky.app folk in there.
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fab to have made it to Manchester for #CampDigital tomorrow, here’s the venue looking windswept and interesting. Hope to catch some @bsky.app folk in there.
Counting down to the Hidden Glen 10k in the blissful Scottish weather (aka it’s pretty much pissing down)
April 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Counting down to the Hidden Glen 10k in the blissful Scottish weather (aka it’s pretty much pissing down)
After several failed attempts, made it to Tarlair, a restoration project in the NE of Scotland where they’re bringing this wonderful art deco pavilion and swimming pool back to life
friendsoftarlair.co.uk
friendsoftarlair.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
After several failed attempts, made it to Tarlair, a restoration project in the NE of Scotland where they’re bringing this wonderful art deco pavilion and swimming pool back to life
friendsoftarlair.co.uk
friendsoftarlair.co.uk
Beautiful Glasgow day - crossed over the Clyde to present at an invigorating Data & AI event hosted by @sulsa.bsky.social and The Data Lab. Great crowd, great questions.
April 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Beautiful Glasgow day - crossed over the Clyde to present at an invigorating Data & AI event hosted by @sulsa.bsky.social and The Data Lab. Great crowd, great questions.
It’s amazing how much the low/no alcohol beer market has changed since I (mostly) gave up drinking three years ago. So much selection, so many colourz. Particularly chuffed to find an IPA called ‘write a to do list’
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It’s amazing how much the low/no alcohol beer market has changed since I (mostly) gave up drinking three years ago. So much selection, so many colourz. Particularly chuffed to find an IPA called ‘write a to do list’
🚨 Exciting news 🚨
If you’re in/around service delivery in the Scottish public or third sector, GovCamp Scotland is returning after more than a decade, taking place at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 19 June.
Tix available from 31 March. See you there?
www.govcamp.scot
If you’re in/around service delivery in the Scottish public or third sector, GovCamp Scotland is returning after more than a decade, taking place at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 19 June.
Tix available from 31 March. See you there?
www.govcamp.scot
March 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨 Exciting news 🚨
If you’re in/around service delivery in the Scottish public or third sector, GovCamp Scotland is returning after more than a decade, taking place at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 19 June.
Tix available from 31 March. See you there?
www.govcamp.scot
If you’re in/around service delivery in the Scottish public or third sector, GovCamp Scotland is returning after more than a decade, taking place at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 19 June.
Tix available from 31 March. See you there?
www.govcamp.scot
Lovely couple of hours at the rebooted #EdCM this morning. For all Edinburgh (and beyond) digital peeps who fancy a coffee & chat about, well, anything really it’s 8am every Friday.
Full flavour in this post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwol...
Full flavour in this post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwol...
March 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lovely couple of hours at the rebooted #EdCM this morning. For all Edinburgh (and beyond) digital peeps who fancy a coffee & chat about, well, anything really it’s 8am every Friday.
Full flavour in this post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwol...
Full flavour in this post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwol...
Few things rile me more than Meta lobbying the EU about AI on ‘economic’ or ‘innovation’ grounds. Here’s Nick Clegg on Threads yesterday pretending their stance isn’t about naked self interest.
December 21, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Few things rile me more than Meta lobbying the EU about AI on ‘economic’ or ‘innovation’ grounds. Here’s Nick Clegg on Threads yesterday pretending their stance isn’t about naked self interest.
It’s nice to have something so breathtakingly beautiful back on my phone.
Great piece on the creative process behind Monument Valley 3 here:
www.itsnicethat.com/features/ust...
Great piece on the creative process behind Monument Valley 3 here:
www.itsnicethat.com/features/ust...
December 21, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It’s nice to have something so breathtakingly beautiful back on my phone.
Great piece on the creative process behind Monument Valley 3 here:
www.itsnicethat.com/features/ust...
Great piece on the creative process behind Monument Valley 3 here:
www.itsnicethat.com/features/ust...
A fine catch-up + caffeine boost with @sallyld.bsky.social and @johnfitzg.bsky.social this morning, to talk all things digital in the buzzing surrounds of Tills & Co. Any other Portobello dwellers fancy joining us in the new year?
December 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
A fine catch-up + caffeine boost with @sallyld.bsky.social and @johnfitzg.bsky.social this morning, to talk all things digital in the buzzing surrounds of Tills & Co. Any other Portobello dwellers fancy joining us in the new year?
Still my most shameful moment
December 4, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Still my most shameful moment
Hooray, it’s Slightly Inferior Apple Version Of Spotify Wrapped Day! The stats don’t lie.
December 4, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hooray, it’s Slightly Inferior Apple Version Of Spotify Wrapped Day! The stats don’t lie.
When gigs go wrong. But also right.
The PA system failed at the King Creosote gig at Usher Hall last night, so we were treated to impromptu acoustic songs perched on the edge of the stage, and the band wandering through the aisles.
The PA system failed at the King Creosote gig at Usher Hall last night, so we were treated to impromptu acoustic songs perched on the edge of the stage, and the band wandering through the aisles.
November 17, 2024 at 9:58 AM
When gigs go wrong. But also right.
The PA system failed at the King Creosote gig at Usher Hall last night, so we were treated to impromptu acoustic songs perched on the edge of the stage, and the band wandering through the aisles.
The PA system failed at the King Creosote gig at Usher Hall last night, so we were treated to impromptu acoustic songs perched on the edge of the stage, and the band wandering through the aisles.
No idea what sort of content the people who’ve followed me in the last 24 hours are into, so here’s Edinburgh looking pretty in the November sunshine this afternoon. Lots of blue sky, Bluesky
November 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
No idea what sort of content the people who’ve followed me in the last 24 hours are into, so here’s Edinburgh looking pretty in the November sunshine this afternoon. Lots of blue sky, Bluesky
Since I posted a couple of weeks ago I feel like I’m being trolled by Meta and Ray-Ban, who seem to have bought up most of the outdoor media space in the city. Expensive gimmick = expensive ad campaign
November 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Since I posted a couple of weeks ago I feel like I’m being trolled by Meta and Ray-Ban, who seem to have bought up most of the outdoor media space in the city. Expensive gimmick = expensive ad campaign
First day in our new office: the delightful Edinburgh Futures Institute, on the site of the former Royal Infirmary.
Time mostly spent getting lost, hunting for toilets, and being surprised at how long it takes for the smell of a hospital to fade
Time mostly spent getting lost, hunting for toilets, and being surprised at how long it takes for the smell of a hospital to fade
October 23, 2024 at 3:13 PM
First day in our new office: the delightful Edinburgh Futures Institute, on the site of the former Royal Infirmary.
Time mostly spent getting lost, hunting for toilets, and being surprised at how long it takes for the smell of a hospital to fade
Time mostly spent getting lost, hunting for toilets, and being surprised at how long it takes for the smell of a hospital to fade
When I read, and was very much gripped by, Small Things Like These, I have to say I wasn’t really picturing coal dust smudged on Cillian’s beautiful cheekbones.
October 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
When I read, and was very much gripped by, Small Things Like These, I have to say I wasn’t really picturing coal dust smudged on Cillian’s beautiful cheekbones.
Very happy to discover one of our favourite campsites - Comrie Croft - now has a sauna, complete with ornate bath filled with stream water to plunge into. Definitely took the edge off the lack of sleep.
September 22, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Very happy to discover one of our favourite campsites - Comrie Croft - now has a sauna, complete with ornate bath filled with stream water to plunge into. Definitely took the edge off the lack of sleep.
Spent a meandering couple of hours looking at art/exploring people’s houses at this year’s Art Walk Porty. V nourishing. www.artwalkporty.co.uk
September 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Spent a meandering couple of hours looking at art/exploring people’s houses at this year’s Art Walk Porty. V nourishing. www.artwalkporty.co.uk
A day of prepping *many* presentations. Still my favourite slide by quite some margin.
September 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
A day of prepping *many* presentations. Still my favourite slide by quite some margin.
I love it. Smiling coffee cup has been my newsletter/blog icon since I started it last year.
September 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
I love it. Smiling coffee cup has been my newsletter/blog icon since I started it last year.
Last day of the Edinburgh Book Festival 😢 S’been a nice hangout over the last three weeks
August 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Last day of the Edinburgh Book Festival 😢 S’been a nice hangout over the last three weeks