Sam
@smithsam.bsky.social
Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
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Part of me wants to know who did that to congratulate them on a great gift, and another part to make sure I never do a project with any of them
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Part of me wants to know who did that to congratulate them on a great gift, and another part to make sure I never do a project with any of them
PACAC is giving it a good go and seems to actually care
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
PACAC is giving it a good go and seems to actually care
Reposted by Sam
I presented the Consequence Check tool to some digital folks in govt this week. It's a methodology for rapidly QAing tech products against their social impacts, not just their tech specification, designed to help surface trade offs www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11... Someone asked a very good Q
Introducing the Careful Consequence Check — Careful Industries
A step-by-step guide to using the Careful Consequence Check canvas.
www.careful.industries
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I presented the Consequence Check tool to some digital folks in govt this week. It's a methodology for rapidly QAing tech products against their social impacts, not just their tech specification, designed to help surface trade offs www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11... Someone asked a very good Q
Heckle @jiggott.bsky.social whose fault this isn’t
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Heckle @jiggott.bsky.social whose fault this isn’t
Try the code they’ve already sent you?
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Try the code they’ve already sent you?
Maybe there’s a think tank idea generator in there - which ideas keep failing to get traction as people do not care about the topic
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Maybe there’s a think tank idea generator in there - which ideas keep failing to get traction as people do not care about the topic
Terraformers gets better and faster towards the end
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Terraformers gets better and faster towards the end
There was a short neutral explainer around the Covid inquiry of the reasons for the differences between the Scottish government structure and estimate departments which might suit
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
There was a short neutral explainer around the Covid inquiry of the reasons for the differences between the Scottish government structure and estimate departments which might suit
Yeah. Equally, tech used to write code, now they write briefing documents.
October 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yeah. Equally, tech used to write code, now they write briefing documents.
Reposted by Sam
Anyway, it just so happens I wrote something about the need for digital social policy the other day www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and... better support for parents and children feels like a great place to start
The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change
In our next essay, Rachel Coldicutt explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communit ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Anyway, it just so happens I wrote something about the need for digital social policy the other day www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and... better support for parents and children feels like a great place to start