An online notebook
If I had one bit of advice for ‘IT’ people it would be to stop referring to “the business”. It’s just so WEIRD. I newslettered again. Laura Hilliger, Doug Belshaw and Matt Jukes all on the same podcast? 😍 This seems an interesting approach to sharing capacity and capability around digital stuff in local gov. … Keep reading
I was asked the other day for my quick view on the current buzz around AI and large language models, machine learning etc. Pasting here for posterity! I think my slightly cautious view on LLMs etc is based on two things: First, it’s being latched onto by people as a way of leap-frogging over doing … Keep reading
These notes have been a bit less daily of late. I’m chatting to a couple of smaller councils at the moment who are looking to significantly refresh their websites. It struck me that there really ought to a be a go-to playbook on the steps to go through, to avoid utterly pointless wheel reinvention. Of … Keep reading
“It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy” – somewhat concerning. Love this, eccentric bringing back to life of ancient, almost useless technology. Beautiful. Lovely reflections from Tim Davies, someone I don’t speak to much these days but remember very fondly from the wild west early days of social … Keep reading
Chunky update as I haven’t published for a couple of days. Was in the office in Lambeth yesterday. Whoever designed the file sharing permissions in Microsoft 365 should probably go and find some other purpose in life. Postmarks looks interesting. Like a single-user but federated del.icio.us style bookmarking site. Steph and I migrated LocalGov.blog away … Keep reading