Andrew Duckworth
@duckworthdesign.bsky.social
Designer and occasional product person. Endlessly talking about how great you are.
Has Word created a feature yet like the red or blue underline for “this sounds like AI/management shite”?
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Has Word created a feature yet like the red or blue underline for “this sounds like AI/management shite”?
Business banking app. Use the savings account to whack most of the business money in it to earn interest.
Current account kept low to maximise savings interest
Everytime I open the app “your funds are low”… no pal. They’re literally just earning me money like you tell me to do kthxbye
Current account kept low to maximise savings interest
Everytime I open the app “your funds are low”… no pal. They’re literally just earning me money like you tell me to do kthxbye
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Business banking app. Use the savings account to whack most of the business money in it to earn interest.
Current account kept low to maximise savings interest
Everytime I open the app “your funds are low”… no pal. They’re literally just earning me money like you tell me to do kthxbye
Current account kept low to maximise savings interest
Everytime I open the app “your funds are low”… no pal. They’re literally just earning me money like you tell me to do kthxbye
Reposted by Andrew Duckworth
If you missed it off linkedin here’s my blog spam for a recent blog post about prototyping. Thoughts about the value of using code but also getting behind your material skills with the urm… material
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/27/p...
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/27/p...
Creating prototypes constrained by the medium not our skills or understanding
grillopress.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you missed it off linkedin here’s my blog spam for a recent blog post about prototyping. Thoughts about the value of using code but also getting behind your material skills with the urm… material
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/27/p...
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/27/p...
Provocotype
Provcatype
Provokatype
Provotype
Pro-
Provoking prototype
Prototypes that provoke
A few words on them…
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/04/p...
Provcatype
Provokatype
Provotype
Pro-
Provoking prototype
Prototypes that provoke
A few words on them…
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/04/p...
Provoking through prototypes
grillopress.github.io
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Provocotype
Provcatype
Provokatype
Provotype
Pro-
Provoking prototype
Prototypes that provoke
A few words on them…
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/04/p...
Provcatype
Provokatype
Provotype
Pro-
Provoking prototype
Prototypes that provoke
A few words on them…
grillopress.github.io/2025/10/04/p...
Look at these beauts
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Look at these beauts
Noticed a trend and I’m guessing it’s a trained thing. Large companies when dealing with complaints will make people on the phone be really passive aggressive about “oh it’s not ME or MY FAULT [horrific failure from company]”
And it’s like …duh I’m talking to an organisation not Bob on the helpline
And it’s like …duh I’m talking to an organisation not Bob on the helpline
September 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Noticed a trend and I’m guessing it’s a trained thing. Large companies when dealing with complaints will make people on the phone be really passive aggressive about “oh it’s not ME or MY FAULT [horrific failure from company]”
And it’s like …duh I’m talking to an organisation not Bob on the helpline
And it’s like …duh I’m talking to an organisation not Bob on the helpline
Anyone got any recommendations about good websites to buy custom build pcs from?
August 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Anyone got any recommendations about good websites to buy custom build pcs from?
Dealing with one of those “if it was cheap and easy to sign up we’ll make it hell to stop” services
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dealing with one of those “if it was cheap and easy to sign up we’ll make it hell to stop” services
Someone on LinkedIn has “reinvented” the service blueprint and thinks we need a new name for ux and service design
a woman says you 're joking not another one
Alt: a woman says you 're joking not another one
media.tenor.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Someone on LinkedIn has “reinvented” the service blueprint and thinks we need a new name for ux and service design
As with anything that gains traction, I think it's always worth to watch what sins an in-vogue phrase like "test and learn" is used to forgive
August 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As with anything that gains traction, I think it's always worth to watch what sins an in-vogue phrase like "test and learn" is used to forgive
When you visualise a flow “just for your own clarity” about a thing lots of people say is obvious and the debates begin
the grinch is a cartoon character with a very angry face and red eyes .
Alt: the grinch slowly grins evilly
media.tenor.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When you visualise a flow “just for your own clarity” about a thing lots of people say is obvious and the debates begin
Regardless if you're gliding or stumbling into the weekend. Here's a thing I wrote:
grillopress.github.io/2025/07/18/y...
grillopress.github.io/2025/07/18/y...
You're a user but not your user
grillopress.github.io
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Regardless if you're gliding or stumbling into the weekend. Here's a thing I wrote:
grillopress.github.io/2025/07/18/y...
grillopress.github.io/2025/07/18/y...
Someone on this train is editing a spreadsheet on their phone and it’s all text. Editing tiny cell with lots of words. Good luck pal
July 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Someone on this train is editing a spreadsheet on their phone and it’s all text. Editing tiny cell with lots of words. Good luck pal
“As a single channel guest you can only direct message one person at time” urm yeah ok slack
a man in a suit with a red tie is standing in a parking lot
Alt: Mr Bean in gta4 face zoomed in looking non plussed
media.tenor.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“As a single channel guest you can only direct message one person at time” urm yeah ok slack
One of the biggest lies teams and projects tell themselves is that if a thing they’re building saves time, that time saved will be used to focus on providing more quality
It is sadly not often the case. And best to be honest about that
It is sadly not often the case. And best to be honest about that
May 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of the biggest lies teams and projects tell themselves is that if a thing they’re building saves time, that time saved will be used to focus on providing more quality
It is sadly not often the case. And best to be honest about that
It is sadly not often the case. And best to be honest about that
Got about 12ft of this beautiful clematis all across my fence 😍
May 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Got about 12ft of this beautiful clematis all across my fence 😍
What we 100% need is every presentation software to have different shortcuts for moving objects back and forwards through layers
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What we 100% need is every presentation software to have different shortcuts for moving objects back and forwards through layers
Even the underpass knows what’s up
March 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Even the underpass knows what’s up
Look at this cute little boy 🌼
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Look at this cute little boy 🌼
I wrote something about the difference between shift and removing costs when making products and services better grillopress.github.io/2025/03/01/b...
Let me know what you think
Let me know what you think
Between shifted and removed costs
grillopress.github.io
March 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I wrote something about the difference between shift and removing costs when making products and services better grillopress.github.io/2025/03/01/b...
Let me know what you think
Let me know what you think
The ancestral spirits of frozen nomato sauce are with this Tupperware
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The ancestral spirits of frozen nomato sauce are with this Tupperware
My small experience with the national audit office …
Years ago I worked on a project. A minister created a directive for nhs digital to build a specific service.
Discovery said no need. We got told to push ahead. Alpha showed even less of a need and how expensive it would be to do.
Years ago I worked on a project. A minister created a directive for nhs digital to build a specific service.
Discovery said no need. We got told to push ahead. Alpha showed even less of a need and how expensive it would be to do.
Since joining the NAO Board I’ve been keen we do not inhibit risk taking and innovation in public services:
‘the NAO will… proactively praise positive examples of innovation, including instances where failing initiatives have been dropped in favour of more auspicious ones.’
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‘the NAO will… proactively praise positive examples of innovation, including instances where failing initiatives have been dropped in favour of more auspicious ones.’
on.ft.com/3CwmRzD
UK public sector must embrace risk-taking and harness AI, says watchdog
National Audit Office head Gareth Davies says some civil servants should learn from tech leaders
on.ft.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My small experience with the national audit office …
Years ago I worked on a project. A minister created a directive for nhs digital to build a specific service.
Discovery said no need. We got told to push ahead. Alpha showed even less of a need and how expensive it would be to do.
Years ago I worked on a project. A minister created a directive for nhs digital to build a specific service.
Discovery said no need. We got told to push ahead. Alpha showed even less of a need and how expensive it would be to do.
Not a fully formed thought. But there’s something about consulting/consultancy teams aping and replicating the culture of the companies they’re meant to be helping change
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Not a fully formed thought. But there’s something about consulting/consultancy teams aping and replicating the culture of the companies they’re meant to be helping change