devolute
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My name is Ian Parr, I am a web developer & UX designer. I have adopted a cat (prev. pony, owl). Co-org #FrontEndSheff / #frontendnorth Also on mastodon.social/@devolute (yay) & twitter.com/devolute (lol)
I don't believe Rob Liddle is kill. Nowadays if you're a prominent columnist / broadcaster intent on winding up lefties, there is often some bigger political aim. Maybe take cash off a hostile state. Spread hate to achieve real tangible objectives. But Rob did it for the love of the game #ukpol
Watched Obsession (2026) - some difficult issues covered here. A rare example of an Ian in a prominent role: in the main a positive/good character. Refreshing but unconvincing. #IanUpdate #ianianian
Oh, I think I know this phrase when used in the world of politics: it means "I don't have empathy for other people's experiences". Sian put this in much gentler terms for developer comms tips at #FrontEndSheff
Nathan from @storyblok.com drops some *triple* double-diamonds on us and is letting us know how developers - not just designers - can take advantage of this approach. #FrontEndSheff
Never forgot what #SYPN took away from us. They were this close to implementing iconic branding but decided to drop the ball by resorting to huge - barely readable - letters. Bit of a mess. I wonder which sadist pushed for the change? #Sheffield
devolute@devolute.bsky.social · 5mo agoDigging the look of the new buses for #Sheffield / #SouthYorkshire - “People’s Network” is a bit 'Continuity Corbyn' & yes it's 🇳🇱 Dutch AF (we've done this before, *cough* Tramlines branding) - nowt wrong with that. #YorkshireYorkshireYorkshire 🚌 #SYMCA (via www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...)
It's our #DesignThinking w\ #AI / Comms 2-talk meet this Thursday, 30th July. Reminder that our after-event social is at #PatternClub feat. Tim Exile & @switchangel.bsky.social 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...
30th July '26: Design Thinking using AI & communication preferences, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 6:15 PM | Meetup
***New venue alert:*** Room 942, **Owen Building**, Sheffield, S1 1WB *We're back: sorry for the cancellation due to the heat last month.* **Also, checkout our new Pattern
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I don't know why they made Wes Streeting defence sec. I just can't imagine him grinning whilst riding in a tank, as is custom. Not unless it's driving over a minibus full of trans teenagers, anyway. #ukpol
I grew up about 6 miles away from where Andy Burnham did, so it is perhaps for this reason why I find a lot of the BBC coverage during his entry into No. 10 particularly patronising. Other politics aside, re-orientating the UK from absolutely everything being London-centric is well overdue.
I love this natural walkie shot from #BBCLauraK with Kemi. Very natural.
Has anyone checked on Tony? Is he okay? Will the screaming subside? #ukpol #no2id www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living
theguardian.com
Ah, this takes me back. Or, y'know… it doesn't. #🏴☠️ #yohodiddlydee www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-p...
The Lost Joy of Music Piracy
What.CD, Oink, and the banalities of streaming.
pigeonsandplanes.com
30th July: 🤔 Nathan Richards - A Design Thinking Approach to using AI in Engineering 📢 Sian Atkinson - How ‘good communication’ looks completely different to everyone 🎶 PLUS, for our social month we're heading off to 'Pattern Club' at Sidney & Matilda 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... #FrontEndSheff
30th July '26: Design Thinking using AI & communication preferences, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 6:15 PM | Meetup
***New venue alert:*** Room 942, **Owen Building**, Sheffield, S1 1WB *We're back: sorry for the cancellation due to the heat last month.* **Also, checkout our new Pattern
meetup.com
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
Designers talk a big game about "empathy" for users. But empathy without respect is nothing more than pity. As Big Tech goes all-in on AI to accelerate its feature pipelines, the disrespect for users that's baked into these systems naturally scales up with it. Now it has reached the breaking point.
Empathy and delight mean nothing when the software is disrespectful
Software is now something we do TO users, instead of something that we make FOR them.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
🙋 Current party hate you because of <reasons>. 🏃 Previous party hate you because you're a traitor. 🐴 General public hate you because they spent the winter nervously tweaking the thermostat whilst your horses are kept warm. Still, Zahawi doesn't want to dress like he's too desperate on #BBCLauraK
`@camraofficial.bsky.social aren't pulling any punches here: > In most countries 'craft' has a legal definition: the brewery must be independent of the big corporations. Not here. A interesting report for #UKBeer -y people. Thoughtfully presented: camra.org.uk/beer-report
CAMRA | Beer in the UK — a CAMRA consumer report
The UK brewing industry has been quietly taken over. A consumer-focused report from CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
camra.org.uk
I did some paid design/dev work a bit back on a website that published album reviews. Probably best I'm no longer involved - my delicate constitution couldn't take a ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ review passing through layouts I was responsible for.
Farage is threatening to sue The Sunday Times as people start to ask "who is paying for this?" #ukpol
Mexicans have arranged their kickabout at 1am in the morning. No use to me is it? The dump is closed. I've got 2x industrial sized bags of grass cuttings, an old desk and 2x christmas trees to get shot of. What do I do with it all now? Form a line during normal hours like a peasant? Thoughtless 🇲🇽
Claude Design unlocks the project manager’s dream of making the button bigger without pushback. Half of your design team will be fired in a month, the design system and branding guidelines thrown in the trash, and the App Store ratings down one or two points in a few months time.
The Grauniad did done a #snowfall to - effectively imho - detail the ambitious UK target of hitting 95% green energy by 2030: www.theguardian.com/business/ng-... As an aside, I never knew Extinction Rebellion fought against windfarms. Bit of a surprise.
Why can’t Britain turn its green revolution into cheap energy? A visual analysis
Labour has approved a wave of renewable energy projects, but turning plans into power remains slow. Why is that?
theguardian.com
Another "reet good" (🤮) article on my *absolute favourite* recurring subject from #Sheffield 's indomitable indie press:
Sheffield Tribune@sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · last mo.“Some people say ‘Just paint an EY UP’ or ‘If you did ‘Mardy Bum’ in circus font, you’d sell a load at Christmas’.” “But as someone who was born and raised here, I’d find that really icky.” Hand sign painting is undergoing a renaissance in Sheffield. Ben Stevenson of PMA Signs is at the forefront.
> “Our online spaces are not ecosystems, though tech firms love that word. They’re plantations; highly concentrated and controlled environments … that madden the creatures trapped within.” Some strong tech/wildlife analogies here from @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
noemamag.com
I'm after an old (Intel 6th - 10th gen) SFF desktop PC to take my PCIe 2.5GB NC for some #OPNSense playtime. Don't need any GPU, doesn't need to look nice. Can be something someone has used as a football in an office. Where is the best place to pick up such borderline e-waste these days? (in 🇬🇧)
Almost no downsides to making these parasitic companies a little less profitable: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... The real cost of course is to the well-trodden Labour MP > Gambling company executive career pathway #UKPol
High-street slot machines and casinos could face £460m tax rise under Burnham
Thinktank finds 43% of the public would support a move by Labour to raise taxes on adult gaming centres
theguardian.com
1st speaker for our July 30th event is Nathan Richards from @storyblok.com: He'll give an overview of the #DesignThinking framework & walk through processes he personally uses to solve complex problems & deliver complex features at Enterprise level (with #AI help) 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...
30th July '26: Design Thinking using AI & communication preferences, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 6:15 PM | Meetup
***New venue alert:*** Room 942, **Owen Building**, Sheffield, S1 1WB *We're back: sorry for the cancellation due to the heat last month.* Head towards the big lifts, ask
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I would fared better working in the 'creative sector' if I had read this earlier.
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · last mo.‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
