Dave

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Daily note for 8 August 2023

A 17 minute video on web accessibility. Lovely! An explainer from some clever people about AI and public services: “Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network!” “How common platforms deliver brilliant digital services” Some intresting points…

Daily note for 3 August 2023

How did I not know about this? Emulated Macs going back to the original, all in the browser: Fairly pointless, but amazing. “How to play Mundane Superhero” – looks a fun way to kick off workshops etc. “Council…

Daily note for 2 August 2023

This is an extremely important thread for anyone wanting to understand the financial pressures felt across local government (and no, it’s not related to solar farms…) Following on from my post about where we are with digital and technology…

Daily note for 1 August 2023

Not published one of these for a while. Newsletter went out yesterday, with a long article I wrote at the weekend about the local digital declaration and where things are at: Some great, addictive little browser games in here:…

Daily note for 26 July 2023

I sent a newsletter – “Maybe the real design tool was all the conversation we had along the way” Am consistently impressed with dxw’s blogging. Always authentic, always helpful. Very rarely sales-y. Last weekend we started watching the…

Daily note for 24 July 2023

My piece about single customer accounts seems to have gone down quite well in most parts. My focus in the last year has mostly been on people and capability stuff, and before that on some of the trickier IT problems…

Daily note for 21 July 2023

I wrote about why I don’t think single user accounts are a good thing for local councils: – also sent as a newsletter Matt ‘Jukesie’ Jukes is looking for work. You should hire him! I keep seeing…

Daily note for 19 July 2023

Another newsletter went out today: “Teaching agility, not Agile™” Ooooooh: “Open Working 101” Daughter was telling me this morning about dog and cat based ASMR videos, and I said I really don’t think that was what TBL…

Daily note for 18 July 2023

It was our son’s graduation yesterday. So proud! But also, how did that happen? I’m so old! On Saturday we watched the new Indiana Jones film. Very silly of course but it did capture some of the fun of the…