๐Ÿ“… Daily Note: December 18, 2024

Ed Zitron: The people running the majority of internet services have used a combination of monopolies and a cartel-like commitment to growth-at-all-costs thinking to make war with the user, turning the customer into something between a lab rat and an unpaid intern, with the goal to juice as much value from the interaction as possible. … Keep reading

๐Ÿ“… Daily Note: December 13, 2024

Dave Rogers answers the question Just what is โ€˜Test and Learnโ€™? # – micropost 22849 Lloyd writes up his experienceย of new, location based social network thing Mozi. Just like itโ€™s 2008 all over again! # – micropost 22865 Anything that helps me (and others) understand Wardley Mapping better has to be a good thing. Hereโ€™s … Keep reading

๐Ÿ“… Daily Note: December 12, 2024

It looks like – thanks to some heavy debugging and re-developing from Steph – the new way of creating the Daily Notes is working! I’ll write up the thinking about it and how it works shortly. # – micropost 22785 The Foundations of Great Product and Service Design by Carrie Swatten (via Roger).   # … Keep reading

๐Ÿ“… Daily Note: December 11, 2024

Digitisation, politicisation and the civil service by Martha Lane Fox: Todayโ€™s reality is clear: digital skills are no longer optional extras. Data analysis, digital service design, agile project management, let alone the nuance needed in understanding new AI tools, have become as essential to governance as policy writing and stakeholder management. This shift creates real … Keep reading

๐Ÿ“… Daily Note: December 10, 2024

Am testing a new way of doing my daily blogging. I’ve created a custom post type in WordPress, called ‘microposts’. This way, each of my ‘paragraphs‘ exist as separate items. For example, here is the permalink for this particular micropost. I have used ChatGPT to help me produce some code that will assemble them everyday … Keep reading