Josh Russell, aka @joshr

Currently

1. Digital Market Engagement Manager @ GDS
   (Government Digital Service)

   The Government Digital Service is a new team within Cabinet Office tasked with transforming government digital services. My role is in the Transformation Team where we're working on a new way for companies in the digital space to come and work with government to transform the 672 citizen-facing transactional services, not only making them more efficient but also focused on the user need.

   

Coming up…

1. Get emails with news about projects I work on

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Previously

1. Bonfire – Twitter Chat

   My new startup, a browser plugin that makes Twitter.com even more realtime by showing you when your friends are online and giving you a live chat interface.

   In September 2012 we announced we'd be shutting Bonfire down.

   

Advising

1. Unmagnify

   Dave Stone's latest startup, currently in stealth.

2. Metranet

   Next generation, 4G, citywide wireless infrastructure.

3. Loose Connection

   One of the UK's earliest commercial free wifi hotspot networks. Famous for creating the first wifi beach.

Community

1. 24 Ways To Start

   The advent calendar for entrepreneurs – 1 post a day, for 24 days, written by well known startup founders and investors.

2. Hidden People

   Tech and business advice from top industry folk, over coffee, for free.

3. Sussex Digital

   Everything going on in the tech scene in Brighton, UK, and the surrounding area.

4. QR Best Practices

   Wiki documenting research on the usage of QR Codes.

5. Tuttle Brighton

   Weekly coworking meets for local startups.

Hacks and Fun

1. ClipStack

   An HTML5 video sharing experiment, bookmark MP4 files and create video podcasts.

2. I CAN HAZ dot COM

   Short urls. With cats.

3. Brighton WiFi

   Crowd-sourced map of wifi hotspots in Brighton.

Open Source

1. OnePageMapSite

   The code behind brightonwifi.com, creates a configurable one page site to display a Google "My Maps" map.

Past Roles

1. User Experience (UX) Evangelist at Microsoft

   Engaging with the UK web and tech industry on emerging MS technologies, as part of the global Developer and Platforms team.

2. Interaction designer and Strategist at Comic Relief

   Conceiving and managing the applications for the core activities of campaigning and fundraising.

3. Founder of Loose Connection (aka Metranet)

   Very early commercial free wifi hotspots, and now deploying next generation infrastructure as Metranet