Blog post on today's digital ID announcement. Most important issue is what the impact will be on people with low and no income - will the new rules create a new barrier for employment?
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
Book a slot: calendly.com/fgw-lindsey/...
They open 40 days in advance.
More on @franklygreenwebb.com unoffice hours: www.franklygreenwebb.com/lets-talk-wi...
It's a chance to test out ideas, think things through and add a bit of serendipity to the week.
I've been working with digital and museums for nearly 20 years. I love to chat about strategy, transition design, research and trends, facilitation practice, running a business, and being a trustee.
A poster saying UnOffice Hours, A free 30 minute chat with Alyson, Laura or Lindsey
I have a deep belief that one of the key ways of addressing the chaos is to listen and connect more.
So, I’ve started blocking out 30 minutes every other week along with the rest of the @franklygreenwebb.com team to talk with people I know and those I don’t.
One last post before I rest for the weekend. Truly a bit overwhelmed to receive this review from a writer who I respect so much. Thanks @lucywebster.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Dual screening between Springwatch and these two vile cretins tearing each other apart on social media is a rollercoaster.
Photograph of the Edinburgh Futures Institute on a sunny day.
🚨 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
ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Good to see this badly-needed £1.5bn go to 75 communities, and hear the PM mention libraries. www.gov.uk/government/p... See just how many policy agendas public libraries support on the pre-approved list www.gov.uk/government/p... #LibrariesChangeLives
Are you working with communities concerned about public sector uses of data, digital & AI? Do they want to make their voices heard?
We're hosting an unconference, with @dxw.com, @projectsbyif.bsky.social and @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social in London on 20 March.
connectedbydata.org/events/2025...
I assume that I'm behind on this and stuff is already happening, but does anyone know where and who by?
It makes me think about how cultural organisations and museums, as gatekeepers to knowledge, might collaborate with communities to inform AI’s development in ways that address the current bias and colonial nature of research and collections.
I just read this thought-provoking piece on feminist AI from Catalyst Network. It raises some important questions about bias, power, and who gets to shape the future of technology. The case study on Chayn’s "nothing for us without us approach" is inspiring.
Academics, Authors, Artists in the UK here is a CRUCIAL #DigitalFriday task - the govt's consult on AI use of our hard work ends 25 Feb. It's deliberately intimidating but here's a guide to filling in the 9 crucial questions (u don't have to answer it all!) againstthebox.substack.com/p/time-to-ha...
18 Mar event @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social celebrating how #LibrariesChangeLives, 1850 Public Libraries Act's 175th, & Weston Library's 10th https://buff.ly/42wGe62 speakers: Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress, @aminatshah.bsky.social @natlibscot.bsky.social, & Neil Macinnes @ Manchester Libraries
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' PAID TO WATCH A MACHINE TAKE A DUMP. JOKE'S ON ME.' -JKRUSH94, SYDENHAM NSW
'MY WIFE'S ASTHMA PLAYED UP BIG TIME?' -JOHN, WOOLLAHRA NSW
I GOT YODELLED AT FOR NO VALID REASON!' -HELEN F, MOUNT ELIZA VIC
'I LEFT WITH A FEELING OF DISDAIN FOR ALL GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS? -COSMICPANINI420, SEAFORD SA
An example - Don’t drift to the middle - paid media marketing “the best of our worst reviews” #remixldn
MONA brand positioning was hedonistic, subversive and creativity. Audiences described it as weird, cool and fun. Their five brand principles #remixldn #dontpandertotheaudience
Robbie Brammall – Ex-CMO, Mona (Museum of Old & New Art, Tasmania) the largest private museum takes a different approach to every other speaker - what’s critical isn’t story telling, immersion and experience but brand positioning - everyone knowing what you stand for #remixldn
What to avoid
- overwhelm and distracted
- interface complexity
- interruptions from multi-tasking
- tech centred over story
#remixldn
Some important factors for family-flow state
- tech worked
- designs empathetic to age of the kids
- people on hand to help where guests struggle #remixldn
TOGETHER THROUGH TECHNOLOGY: HOW CAN TECH FACILITATE GREAT EXPERIENCES? Megan Wastell - Global Creative Director, Merlin Entertainments Step out of the world of doom scrolling and distractions into a future where technology inspires and connects us. Discover how cutting-edge design creates seamless, joy-filled moments of connection for families. We'll explore inspiring examples that show how humanized tech can foster flow, spark wonder, and deliver truly magical 'time well spent'.
Time is precious... so design must give people time well spent
Megan Wastell - Global Creative Director at Merlin talks about how they focus ensuring that visitors feel that it has been “time well spent” and a drive to create a “family flow state” where family group “experience” rather than “thinking about the experience”
Advice from creators to orgs about working with creators
- Lizzie “we know our audience better than you do”
- Adeche Atelier “creative agency”
- Sophia “bigger fees!” #remixldn
Long term by using the Gallery to bring content creators together and this has spun out other work from the network. Sophia asks why aren’t other institutions taking this role
#remixldn
Everyone was invited to a Lab to meet the staff at the NG. Lizzie and Adeche Atelier felt alienated in the Gallery (for various reasons) but the session worked as both inspiration for their content but also how they engage with museums long term #remixldn
Sophia loved an open brief pitch so she could develop something for her own audience. #remixldn
Lizzie, Adeche Atelier, Sophia - what attracted them? Lizzie was badgered by the ad but hated museums and a £100 train ticket felt risky. But the chance for a drink. Adeche Atelier were excited about diversifying the audience… #remixldn
Beks highlights it was a strategic project that required senior buy in and importantly - budget. A recruitment agency plus digital ads to recruit influencers. #remixldn
16:20 PANEL: 200 CREATORS - MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT • Beks Leary - Senior Content Manager, National Gallery • Ellie Wyant - Social Media & Community Manager, National Gallery Adeche Atelier: Adwoa Botchey & Solomon Adebiyi - Artists, storytellers and content creators • Sophia Smith Galer - Multi-award-winning journalist and content creator • Lizzie Acker - TV personality & neurodiversity advocate How do you engage with social media creators? And how do you do it meaningfully for them, for you, and for audiences? The National Gallery hosts a panel of content creators to discuss their 200 Creators Network, launched as part of the Gallery's 200th birthday celebrations, to bring together a wide variety of content creators to engage with many different elements of the Gallery - the first project of its kind in the cultural sector.
200 creators project from the National Gallery. Know a lot of folk interested in this. Ellie shares it was 3 years in development delivered over 2m engagements. #remixldn
The creative and cultural sectors can provide a valuable platform for critical technology discourse. They can be brave, curious advocates for art that asks questions and challenges power.
R&D to support the development of digital literacy - systems, process, practice, governance - and to have critical conversations. #remixldn
