beeps NOW!

A “now” page is a conceptual accompaniment to an about page. While an about page can tell you about my background and my identity, it doesn’t tell you about what I’m currently doing or what I currently care about. Thus, this.

Now

🐕‍🦺 It’s currently the Year of Service.

💻 I’m working as a frontend developer on the GOV.UK Design System team. I’m also writing WCAG understanding documents for the Guide to WCAG.

🇸🇪 I’m learning to speak Swedish! Jag pratar lite svenska.

🎶 I’ve been listening to a lot of albums lately, as opposed to my usual ‘everything on shuffle’ approach. Most commonly Too Much Not Enough by Daði Freyr, the Musical Tangents mashup album by Psynwav and, weirdly, Coldplay. I’ve not listened to Coldplay in years.

📺 I’m currently watching random stuff from Dropout.tv and Formula 1 (as usual). Also rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation alongside the The Greatest Generation podcast.

🎮 I’ve mostly been playing Factorio, yeah, I fell into that rabbit hole again, and Cities: Skylines II.

🏥 I continue to undergo a bunch of medical assessments. Currently on the docket: more hypertension investigations, an audiology assessment, and investigating suspected thoracic outlet syndrome (aka, my arms keep not working?!)

🥦 I’m trying to diet again. I hate dieting, I’m so bad at it.

Recently

🐾 I attended ConFuzzled in Birmingham, where I worked crew, hosted a game show, and spent several hours fursuiting in the middle of the hottest May temperatures in history.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I attended Scotiacon in Glasgow in February. It was alright; a bit more of a mixed bag.

🩵 At work I spent much of 2025 working on the GOV.UK brand refresh (i.e. “it’s blue now”). I wrote a blog post about it that popped off a bit as well.

🫘 An ultrasound and MRI of my kidneys has found them to be in perfectly good condition. It’s something!

Soon

🚅 I’m going to be travelling around the UK a bit for various work and leisure reasons. Nothing major, just a lot more being on the move than usual.

🎵 I’m queued up to see Jazz Emu and Ben Folds live later this year. (Separately, not at the same time.)