Duncan Stephen

@duncanstephen
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I help people make human-centred decisions.

I am a lead content designer and information architect at the Scottish Government. I also have significant experience in user experience and user research with a wide range of organisations.

Websitehttps://duncanstephen.net
PronounsHe/him
LocationEdinburgh

I am pleased to be involved in organising a series of learning sessions about connected content and information architecture. This series is available to colleagues working in the public sector. The first sessions are this week.

https://duncanstephen.net/connected-content-learning-sessions-for-public-sector-colleagues/

Connected content learning sessions for public sector colleagues

I am pleased to be involved in organising a series of learning sessions about connected content and information architecture. This series is available to colleagues working in the public sector. The first sessions are this week.

Duncan Stephen

I know there are many irritating tells of LLM-generated text.

But I am absolutely DONE with everything leading to: "that's the shift".

Speaking about the meaning of public services at World IA Day London 2026

I will be speaking at World IA Day London 2026, an online event about information architecture. This is for anyone who works with information or cares about about how it is organised and understood.

https://duncanstephen.net/speaking-about-the-meaning-of-public-services-at-world-ia-day-london-2026/

Speaking about the meaning of public services at World IA Day London 2026

I will be speaking at [World IA Day London 2026](https://london.worldiaday.org/events/london-2026), an online event about information architecture. This is for anyone who works with information or cares about about how it is organised and understood.

Duncan Stephen
We should go back to the days where if someone wanted to put something online they needed to make a website.
Revealing cross section of a road in England

Modern artificial intelligence tools are largely rooted in text-based interactions. But history shows us that AI will have to go beyond text if it’s going to become relevant.

https://duncanstephen.net/words-and-pictures-in-the-history-of-user-experience-and-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence/

Words and pictures in the history of user experience and the future of artificial intelligence

Modern artificial intelligence tools are largely rooted in text-based interactions. But the history of user experience, information and even humanity shows us that AI will have to go beyond text if it’s going to become relevant.

Duncan Stephen
The detail here about archive dot is and its other domains altering webpages because of a grudge is worth knowing. Not to mention running a DDoS attack, obviously. Yikes. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

Ars Technica
i'm at it again

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PavelASamsonov/116013288677053285

Excellent list of #UX folk to follow. I love that the Fediverse is slowing growing into a reasonable replacement for the old, now dead, "design twitter" we used to enjoy