I dunno. Also: Lead designer for the NHS App.https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mwlaxbwf6k27A weeknote about the incentives that shape org behaviour and the weird stuff it causes teams to do https://mikegallagher.org/posts/mistakes-were-made/28 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlaxbwf6k27https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mvfgo4ynb227an update on some recent ongoing strategy work, pondering the relationship between artefacts and organising https://mikegallagher.org/posts/persistence-of-vision/13 Sep 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfgo4ynb227https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3ms6ocsgkxk23a weeknote, more or less, about constraints, consequences, and imagining the future https://mikegallagher.org/posts/design-as-science-fiction/03 Aug 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ocsgkxk23https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mqz2oxwomk2ga weeknote about language and narrative, and the ideas they generate or curtail https://mikegallagher.org/posts/jump-off/19 Jul 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz2oxwomk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mpe4ccwhw22qa weeknote about the weather and time and planning and why won't my mouth stop itching and how on earth are we going to coordinate this many teams and three guys from camberwell and context-specificity and the melting point of steel and to-do lists. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/this-heat/28 Jun 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpe4ccwhw22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mosfvvr5322oa weeknote, for which i spent about 2 hours trying to thinking of a decent pun-y title, but failed. anyway it is about native app interface design and organisational real estate. mikegallagher.org/posts/no-tabs/ https://mikegallagher.org/posts/no-tabs/21 Jun 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosfvvr5322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mnpaaq4cz222back to something like a normal weeknote, musing on how to maintain the coherence of a thing when no one is responsible for the totality. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/unreciprocated-responsibility/07 Jun 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpaaq4cz222https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mn2y4vkork25prototyping in code has a lot of benefits, but also some drawbacks. notably: how do you get a decent overview of the thing you're working on? i made a thing to help. mikegallagher.org/posts/quiver/ https://mikegallagher.org/posts/quiver/30 May 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn2y4vkork25https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mmejv6u5g224the second post about designerly ways of knowing, this time about what happens when you're working at the scale of a whole system. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/the-logic-of-conjecture-part-2/21 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmejv6u5g224https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mlj54k4efc26a new post, the first in a two-parter, on the epistemology of design https://mikegallagher.org/posts/the-logic-of-conjecture-part-1/10 May 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj54k4efc26https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mju4okrzcs2cnew post about the garbage can model and persistence as a design method. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/from-garbage-can-to-compost-heap/19 Apr 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju4okrzcs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3miqwvxpogc2ga weeknote on our planning cycle, how the ways we're changing our design approach is affecting that, and some questions about the future of prototyping here https://mikegallagher.org/posts/becoming-everyones-problem/05 Apr 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqwvxpogc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mi6yceurn22la weeknote, in which i try to describe our approach to creating a useful foundation to build on and the ways industry lingo pollutes meaning. a plan for a first release? yes. an MVP? not exactly. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/not-an-mvp/29 Mar 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6yceurn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mgkezl4to227new post on translation, holding different versions of reality, and living between worlds https://mikegallagher.org/posts/of-mediation-and-membranes/08 Mar 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkezl4to227https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mfhdm3khqc2fa weeknote about trying to express on design system through another, seeking a balance of expression (which is to say: i'm trying to figure out kotlin and material 3) https://mikegallagher.org/posts/channeling/22 Feb 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhdm3khqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mdskxvdqvk26new post – in public: notes on working in the open https://mikegallagher.org/posts/in-public/01 Feb 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdskxvdqvk26https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mdbfq2yd2k2uan attempt to articulate something hopeful in the face of a never-ending stream of horror. it felt like good time to reflect on design as politics, as someone who was born in the US and now works for the NHS. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/design-is-politics/25 Jan 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbfq2yd2k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mcplr4rw322ga weeknote about affect in software https://mikegallagher.org/posts/strictly-for-the-vibes/18 Jan 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcplr4rw322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mc5u2gdijs26a weeknote about wrapping up a phase of work, planning how we document what we've done, and reflecting on our approach to user research https://mikegallagher.org/posts/where-are-we-now/11 Jan 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5u2gdijs26https://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3mbm45ogwz22ja weeknote, thinking about how my role has (and is) changing while we wind up an alpha about native code and design patterns https://mikegallagher.org/posts/reconsidering-my-role/04 Jan 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbm45ogwz22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m7xehh2l522xa weeknote, pondering the similarities of interfaces for data and teams, along with what they afford. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/APIs-all-the-way-down/14 Dec 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xehh2l522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m6u545ifoc2ha weeknote about disconnections between the layers of the system. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/the-guts-of-the-machine/30 Nov 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6u545ifoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m6hb5lbf2k2zi work with a bunch of clinicians. they're doctors and nurses and pharmacists. i am pretty well convinced that, even though we have different job titles, we do the same thing. i am convinced we all do user-centred design. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/patient-safety-is-user-centred-design/25 Nov 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hb5lbf2k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m575q3aomk2ya weeknote about different (perhaps conflicting) design paradigms, trying to not destroy trust, and watching people's hands. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/fear-of-flying/09 Nov 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m575q3aomk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m4ni3xk5ts2owe've been working on a set of design principles for our teams. they aren't anything radical, they are just tailored for our space, with clinical safety concepts baked in. hopefully they are useful to other people. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/design-principles-for-healthcare/02 Nov 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ni3xk5ts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m44aq6h7c22ta short-ish weeknote about useful ways to make things and demonstrate ideas. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/effective-labour/26 Oct 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44aq6h7c22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m3kl2lpgkc2ra weeknote supporting teams, being a therapist, and people peopling around https://mikegallagher.org/posts/the-work-is-often-people/19 Oct 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kl2lpgkc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3m2yrvnvaws2wa weeknote, in which i try to avoid being a cliche while taking inspiration from japanese cultural practices (i know). also: apps and design systems and noodles. https://mikegallagher.org/posts/shokunin/12 Oct 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2yrvnvaws2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3lzdtoaj6lc2xa weeknote, post-@sdingov.bsky.social, about trauma-informed design and interfaces and what is owed to the public https://mikegallagher.org/posts/interfaces-morality-care/21 Sep 2025 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzdtoaj6lc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegallagher.bsky.social/post/3lz2l5ohab22qdo i know anyone at SDinGov? (i am at SDinGov)17 Sep 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:s2zmidc6va4wp5auch3ju6r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2l5ohab22q