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Paul Williams
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Space/tech/music/kindness light my fire. Supporting STEM & education initiatives with Big Change & Mission 44; founded a scholarship at Virgin Galactic. I work for Bloomberg; opinions my own. I try and keep up with myself at https://pcwilliams.design
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As many of you know, I have set myself a mission in 2025 to try and raise £50,000 for education-related charities that are equipping young people as they navigate those tricky years into adult life and work. Thank you for all the support so far! - all details at www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
As many of you know, I have set myself a mission in 2025 to try and raise £50,000 for education-related charities that are equipping young people as they navigate those tricky years into adult life and work. Thank you for all the support so far! - all details at www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
May 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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We launched the Spark Awards for Big Changemakers at Big Change HQ yesterday! ✨ A big thank you to everyone who joined us and sparked powerful conversations about co-creating a future in which all young people can thrive.

#SparkAwards #BigChangemakers

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February 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Bloomberg Terminal, believe it or not, is based on web technology 🌐

This deep-dive talk by @jason-williams.co.uk & @pcwilliams.net reveals what that looks like in terms of Chromium embedding.

It explains how we keep it blazing fast, including by adding a new Web Perf API: Container Timing 🔥
Myself and @pcwilliams.net continue to be humbled by the response we had at @perfnow.bsky.social. Our talk “Bloomberg Becomes Browser” has been published! You can watch it here: youtu.be/y1MCLZm8yAY?...
Bloomberg Becomes Browser | Jason Williams & Paul Williams | performance.now() 2024
YouTube video by Web Conferences Amsterdam
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January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Myself and @pcwilliams.net continue to be humbled by the response we had at @perfnow.bsky.social. Our talk “Bloomberg Becomes Browser” has been published! You can watch it here: youtu.be/y1MCLZm8yAY?...
Bloomberg Becomes Browser | Jason Williams & Paul Williams | performance.now() 2024
YouTube video by Web Conferences Amsterdam
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January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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After almost six years (eight if you include my stint at GT) 162 race weekends and over 240 events, tomorrow marks my final day with McLaren.
December 12, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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After seeing @was.tl's great talk at @cppnorth.bsky.social, I was inspired to try Advent of Code for the first time.

Puzzles can be fun when you're not in a job interview!

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM
I ❤️ @bigchangecharity.bsky.social - the impact accelerator I have been supporting for nearly 10 years, working to see education prepare young people for life, not just exams.
We’re now on BlueSky! Follow us for updates on our work with an inspiring community of leaders to set up every young person to thrive 💙

#BigChangemakers
November 28, 2024 at 4:03 PM
One of my business and life heroes - now here on Bluesky. Richard (@richardbranson.bsky.social) was the catalyst in connecting me with the right people so I could start my #STEM scholarship with @virgingalactic.bsky.social and I am very grateful. www.virgin.com/virgin-unite...
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
One of the best things about going to Producer Camp and then making an album with some young people was getting to know Katie May, head engineer at Real World Studios.
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 AM
November 23, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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If you're new to Bluesky and/or web performance, the wonderful @sia.codes has created an excellent starter pack of front-end #webperf folks to follow.

bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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How cool is this: this is from the Bluesky firehose!

What's so cool about this is:

1. The throwback style

2. That *any* dev can do this! Thanks to there being an API for this (no other social network allows this AFAIK)

This API is a big reason to be bullish on Bluesky

firehose3d.theo.io
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 AM
For many years, I have been working within Bloomberg and with non-profit organizations such as #Stemettes to help women find pathways and leadership in #STEM careers.

So when I attend a conference where every talk is keynote-quality, to see this speaker line-up is so encouraging. #PerfNow
November 18, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Just discovering User Lists in @bsky.app … hoping to keep my feed here less frantic than the other place - seems you don’t have to follow people in your Lists, so you can easily separate tech, cat pictures and politics for when the mood takes you.
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Having seen Harry (@csswizardry.com) speak so well at #PerfNow last week, I imagine this will be great!
November 17, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Oh that was easy. Thank you @bsky.app for guiding me through a simple DNS record change and now I am @pcwilliams.net on here 🙂
November 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM
So great to catch up with @jodiechan.bsky.social too at #PerfNow and discover her musical talents alongside her tech skills! I’ve always loved the music/tech crossover and it has been so good to hear Jodie’s music, under her artist name Joya.
I had the great fortune to meet @jodiechan.bsky.social at #perfnow. Super smart, friendly, and full of energy.

Now I learn she is an amazing musician as well. Super talented. It almost isn’t fair.

Check out her music as Joya and read more here www.timeout.com/hong-kong/mu...
November 16, 2024 at 11:21 AM
After our talk at #PerfNow, a few people asked me if I kept the interest in music going - yes! In fact last year I collaborated with some young people to make an album at #RealWorldStudios, with all proceeds going to education projects supported by #BigChange.
pcwilliams.design/cloudsurfing...
November 16, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Thank you so much to the team at @perfnow.bsky.social for making us feel so welcome and giving us @bloomberglp.bsky.social folks such a warm reception. And thank you to @anniesullie.bsky.social, head of Core Web Vitals at Google for the shout-out - that means a lot to us. #PerfNow
Wow! Amazing talk by @pcwilliams.bsky.social and @jasew.bsky.social about what they do at Bloomberg 🤯

#perfnow
November 15, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Today @jasew.bsky.social and I tell the story of how our team embedded web technology to give us the best combination of real-time data and rich UI for the #BloombergTerminal.

It is an honour to speak at @perfnow.bsky.social. The #PerfNow team have been so welcoming.

perfnow.nl/speakers#paulw
November 15, 2024 at 6:28 AM