About me, briefly

My name is Giles, and I like the internet. Professionally, I’m a writer and editor. In my spare time, I loaf about and listen to music.

Founder, Use the human voice Ltd
Occasional public speaker
Author of The agile comms handbook
Editor of Content Design, Content Transformation and The Team Onion
Creator of Working in the open 2-day training course
Contributor to the Open working and reuse programme
Supporter of The Low Carbon Design Institute

Previously, I was:

Part of the creative communications team at the UK’s Government Digital Service
A freelance technology journalist and syndicated columnist

You can read a full bio, or my CV.

Preferred pronouns: he/him.

I live in the UK.

Interests

Music, photography, reading, walking, geology, beaches, growing potatoes.

Elsewhere

I post:

links, photos, quips and silly ideas on Mastodon: mastodon.me.uk/@gilest
photo albums and a photo journal on Blot
work stuff on LinkedIn

giles (at) gilest.org

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