Month: October 2024

📅 Daily note for 30 October 2024

Am thinking again about the structure of my blogging here. I’d much rather than the individual paragraphs in these daily notes existed as posts in their own right, as well as being collected together for the whole day. That way I could publish each item as soon as I type them in, rather than waiting til the end of the day. Main inspiration here is Dave Winer⬈, while Coté⬈ does it but keeping the posts separated rather than presented as daily collections. #

Richard Pope (again!) on services that work harder⬈. #

Dave Rogers: Toxic Technology⬈. Not come across this before (how!?) but Sarah Drummond⬈ linked to it so thanks to her 🙂 #

Paul Maltby: Why public sector procurement needs a serious rethink to deliver on the promise of AI and tech⬈. #

Sharon Dale⬈ shared TidyCal⬈ on LinkedIn – basically Calendly⬈ but more flexible and a lot cheaper. I have set mine up here⬈. #

📅 Daily note for 24 October 2024

Patient records and the NHS App⬈ – or why this stuff is really, really hard. #

Southwark Council⬈ have made some interesting design decisions on their new LocalGovDrupal website.

A week note from Catherine Howe⬈ should always be celebrated. #

A gobbet from a piece I’m drafting for a project:

Consolidation, harmonisation, standardisation… call it what you will. The opportunities however are boundless, but to take them we have to all agree on the central premise: councils have too much to do, and everyone will be better off if they can focus on what really matters to local people.

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4 ideas for the digital centre of government⬈ from dxw. #

The role of Transactive Memory Systems in great teams⬈ by Emily Webber.

Daniel Wegner introduced the term ” transactive memory System” in 1985 as a counter to more negative perceptions of group behaviours.

Transactive memory is like an index of where to find things rather than knowing them yourself.

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📅 Daily note for 17 October 2024

Is it really 13 days since I last posted one of these? Terrifying. Still, it means plenty of links to share. #

Rich Pope: Government is not an app⬈ #

Tom Loosemore: What we mean when we say “Be Bold”⬈ #

10 principles for the design and delivery of greener services⬈ #

Mark O’Neill: Five quick things for the digital future⬈ #

More Pope:

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📅 Daily note for 4 October 2024

Jukesie shares his ideas⬈ for the new Digital Centre Design Panel⬈. They are very sensible. #

Steve⬈ has shared a really good looking intro to product management course⬈ – it’s online and free. #

How government defines a service⬈ (via Neilly⬈)

When we talk about a service, we mean all the things that government collectively provides to deliver an outcome for all of its users, through any path a user takes to reach their goal.

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I love Giles’ list of internet inspirations⬈. #

Nice roundup post of interesting thoughts and links⬈ from my favourite anonymous local government blogger. I do like this freewheeling style, a link here, a thought there. Feels natural and authentic, and is the kind of thing I have been aiming for in this notes of mine, too. #

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