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I’ve been rubbish publishing here for a couple of weeks. Been super busy, is my excuse. Nice to see one of my blogging inspirations Lloyd is trying something similar. Books – am currently reading The Ruin of all Witches…
No note yesterday, it was a busy day launching our recruitment campaign Interesting article about a wonderful song Great win for Forest tonight! Danilo scored, which shows how much I know. Got an enquiry about another council…
How Elon Musk Turned the Blue Checkmark Into a Scarlet Letter – I will never tire of stories that point out what a berk Musk is. Leading Charities in a Digital Society
Government should publish user research for the public good The cult of bare minimum learning Glucomate – new app to help diabetics tracks their sugar levels The end of computer magazines in America – I used to…
I wasn’t sure about posting yesterday’s note, which was rather limited, mostly because of having a super busy day. But I thought the practice of publishing even short notes is a good one to keep up with dxw’s onboarding approach…
No time for notes yesterday, was interviewing all day. So impressed by the calibre of people wanting to work in digital and tech roles in local government. The sector has a bright future if it keeps investing in people like…
Blog formats from Giles Turnbull. Just terrific. Super interesting discussion about content moderation and specifically Substack. The use of internet platformsto spread hate speech is a problem as old as the internet, but it’s clearly not good enough for…
This is a(nother) thing I am trying to get back into the habit of blogging regularly, recording and reflecting. I’m using Obsidian as a text editor for these notes. It has a connector to WordPress which means I can publish…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber – Local Digital Collaboration Unit The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few months, backed…
This is a handy feature, hidden away in Chrome, that I was very pleased to discover the other day. Basically it’s a way to create a screenshot of an entire webpage, and not just the bit that is currently visible,…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital – May-N Leow This week brings to a close my two and a half years as Head of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit…
I’ve been making a few changes around here! This blog has existed in one form or another for a very long time – since September 2004 in fact. It’s a bit of a hotch-potch of content, because as well as…
Just a quick post on a rather semantical topic! The phrase DDAT – standing for digital, design and technology – has become a commonly adopted bit of industry jargon in government circles, to describe the work that people do in…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber – Local Digital Collaboration Unit The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few months, backed…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. The Policymaking / DDAT Divide – Jerry Fishenden Despite politicians’ grand ambitions for DDaT since at least 1996, it’s had relatively little impact on radical government renewal and reform. Yet the political ambition…
Am really chuffed to be a part of this project, funded by the team at DLUHC, to see how portable the in-house developed revenues and benefits system from Sedgemoor council is. We will also be looking at the licensing and…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. The next ten-years of digital government – Scott Colfer For what it’s worth, my instinct is that the NHS might be the place that leads (by doing) the settler phase over the next…
Eddie Copeland off of LOTI and I recorded a bunch of videos just after Christmas, aimed at senior-ish folk in councils who want to get up to speed on all things digital, data and technology. Here’s one about what I…
I’m really pleased to be able to say that since last week, I have been working at Made Tech! For the last decade or so I have been working with local government to modernise the way things get done: from…
The workshop that Lizzie and I delivered went down pretty well, I think. You can find out for yourself by watching it back. It’s a quick canter through different methods of undertaking user research, aimed at those new to the…