Alex Hall
@waysanddreams.bsky.social
Systems design, design systems.
Design, strategy, systems, content, politics.
Interested in everything. Everything is connected.
Design, strategy, systems, content, politics.
Interested in everything. Everything is connected.
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Alex Hall
@waysanddreams.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Here's how<current event> proves I was right about everything all along, by everyone.
1 December means it's time for @amymcnichol.bsky.social great essay series @allconsuming.bsky.social
Trust me.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...
Trust me.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...
In 2025, I thought a lot about Christmas, my way – I thought a lot about that
A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
1 December means it's time for @amymcnichol.bsky.social great essay series @allconsuming.bsky.social
Trust me.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...
Trust me.
www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...
"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else."
Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.
Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else."
Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.
Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.
Hi, Spotify here again. We noticed you've used the pathetic number of audiobook hours we give you. Why not give us even more money every month for access?
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hi, Spotify here again. We noticed you've used the pathetic number of audiobook hours we give you. Why not give us even more money every month for access?
Reposted by Alex Hall
no, I don't wanna download another fucking app on my phone
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
no, I don't wanna download another fucking app on my phone
Another tale of inconvenience Britain. I could just drive next time I suppose but feels unnecessary when there are trains available.
Go to train ticket machine. Select day return. Apparently seat reservations are mandatory on the next available train and it's full so computer says no I can't buy a ticket. I just want to buy a return though. No staff around.
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Another tale of inconvenience Britain. I could just drive next time I suppose but feels unnecessary when there are trains available.
Go to train ticket machine. Select day return. Apparently seat reservations are mandatory on the next available train and it's full so computer says no I can't buy a ticket. I just want to buy a return though. No staff around.
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Go to train ticket machine. Select day return. Apparently seat reservations are mandatory on the next available train and it's full so computer says no I can't buy a ticket. I just want to buy a return though. No staff around.
Well they posted them. Headliner on at 9:35. Some of us do have jobs tomorrow and trains to catch you know.
Ah well. Karma for complaining.
Ah well. Karma for complaining.
Venues and promoters, this is your regular reminder to post the fucking set times.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Well they posted them. Headliner on at 9:35. Some of us do have jobs tomorrow and trains to catch you know.
Ah well. Karma for complaining.
Ah well. Karma for complaining.
Venues and promoters, this is your regular reminder to post the fucking set times.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Venues and promoters, this is your regular reminder to post the fucking set times.
Yes but what does "open all day" mean? 9 to 5? 12 to 12? Just put 24 hours I beg you.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yes but what does "open all day" mean? 9 to 5? 12 to 12? Just put 24 hours I beg you.
Hilariously about 5 minutes after this I finally managed to get a ticket for Turnstile tomorrow night. It really does take a lot of watching the page though.
Getting a ticket on @twickets.bsky.social has become pretty much impossible for popular gigs. They're just gone in milliseconds. Even when I happen to be on the page and am pressing buy within literally a couple of seconds of the listing appearing it's already gone.
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hilariously about 5 minutes after this I finally managed to get a ticket for Turnstile tomorrow night. It really does take a lot of watching the page though.
Getting a ticket on @twickets.bsky.social has become pretty much impossible for popular gigs. They're just gone in milliseconds. Even when I happen to be on the page and am pressing buy within literally a couple of seconds of the listing appearing it's already gone.
November 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Getting a ticket on @twickets.bsky.social has become pretty much impossible for popular gigs. They're just gone in milliseconds. Even when I happen to be on the page and am pressing buy within literally a couple of seconds of the listing appearing it's already gone.
Ohhh JSON scheeeema ohhh JSON scheeeema
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ohhh JSON scheeeema ohhh JSON scheeeema
As a VS Code user
I want highlighting and selecting specific bits of text to be very awkward and fiddly
So that I can have a right laugh
I want highlighting and selecting specific bits of text to be very awkward and fiddly
So that I can have a right laugh
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
As a VS Code user
I want highlighting and selecting specific bits of text to be very awkward and fiddly
So that I can have a right laugh
I want highlighting and selecting specific bits of text to be very awkward and fiddly
So that I can have a right laugh
As a Spotify user
I want the audiobook listening time indicator to be well hidden and randomly disappear
So that I can find it harder to keep track of the meagre amount of audiobook listening I am allowed
I want the audiobook listening time indicator to be well hidden and randomly disappear
So that I can find it harder to keep track of the meagre amount of audiobook listening I am allowed
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As a Spotify user
I want the audiobook listening time indicator to be well hidden and randomly disappear
So that I can find it harder to keep track of the meagre amount of audiobook listening I am allowed
I want the audiobook listening time indicator to be well hidden and randomly disappear
So that I can find it harder to keep track of the meagre amount of audiobook listening I am allowed
Reading Puffin books slogan, 'Stories that last a lifetime', my daughter jokes "does that mean you die after you read the last page?".
Truly my child.
Truly my child.
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Puffin books slogan, 'Stories that last a lifetime', my daughter jokes "does that mean you die after you read the last page?".
Truly my child.
Truly my child.
Dream last night of trying to use apps with various deceptive patterns. Never should have left that job at the bookshop.
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Dream last night of trying to use apps with various deceptive patterns. Never should have left that job at the bookshop.
Nice conversation. Rewriting the WCAG is also one of my dream jobs.
In today’s brand new episode of #SystemsOfHarm I chat to accessibility specialist @tink.uk about how design systems can help us create more accessible UX, how to advocate for our disabled product users, and whether AI will help or hinder us in the process
Apple: apple.co/4nAMX6K
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Apple: apple.co/4nAMX6K
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Design systems and accessibility with Léonie Watson
Podcast Episode · Systems of Harm · 08/10/2025 · 52m
apple.co
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Nice conversation. Rewriting the WCAG is also one of my dream jobs.
"I believe life ends with death, and that is all.
You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,
in my new black leather phone book there's your name
and the disconnected number I still call."
RIP Tony Harrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,
in my new black leather phone book there's your name
and the disconnected number I still call."
RIP Tony Harrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Tony Harrison's V: Why a poem outraged 1980s Britain
Forty years ago, Northern English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"I believe life ends with death, and that is all.
You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,
in my new black leather phone book there's your name
and the disconnected number I still call."
RIP Tony Harrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,
in my new black leather phone book there's your name
and the disconnected number I still call."
RIP Tony Harrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Not sure about this JIRA rebrand.
TICKET BULLSHIT
September 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Not sure about this JIRA rebrand.
As someone curious about the sentencing remarks in some high profile legal cases
I want to have to download a file to read them
So that I don't bother and move on to something else
I want to have to download a file to read them
So that I don't bother and move on to something else
September 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
As someone curious about the sentencing remarks in some high profile legal cases
I want to have to download a file to read them
So that I don't bother and move on to something else
I want to have to download a file to read them
So that I don't bother and move on to something else
As a parent
I want people to upload pictures of my child to AI birthday card greeting tools without asking me
So that I can wonder what else they're doing with the images
I want people to upload pictures of my child to AI birthday card greeting tools without asking me
So that I can wonder what else they're doing with the images
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As a parent
I want people to upload pictures of my child to AI birthday card greeting tools without asking me
So that I can wonder what else they're doing with the images
I want people to upload pictures of my child to AI birthday card greeting tools without asking me
So that I can wonder what else they're doing with the images
As a Spotify user
I want release radar to be littered with random compilations of old tracks
So that I can find it more difficult to see what came out this week
I want release radar to be littered with random compilations of old tracks
So that I can find it more difficult to see what came out this week
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As a Spotify user
I want release radar to be littered with random compilations of old tracks
So that I can find it more difficult to see what came out this week
I want release radar to be littered with random compilations of old tracks
So that I can find it more difficult to see what came out this week
Love to fill in a form every single time I visit the dentist.
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Love to fill in a form every single time I visit the dentist.
Is there anything worse than trying to deal with HMRC? Just an overcomplicated mess of crap.
September 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Is there anything worse than trying to deal with HMRC? Just an overcomplicated mess of crap.
For the love of all that is good and holy. Anyone involved in gigs please post the approximate set times promptly.
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For the love of all that is good and holy. Anyone involved in gigs please post the approximate set times promptly.