Weeknote 1/11/19
Inspired by Annie, here goes. Format open to change as things progress. Reflections Mood has been a little low this week. Am getting over a cold – nothing lethal – which has left me a bit tired and meh. In…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Rebooting working out loud
I’m three months into my new job and that seems a good time to reflect on how things are going. I’ll save the meat of that for another post, because this one is about how I am working within my…
LINK: “Coding for low-code”
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LINK: “What’s happening with the service standard?”
We first talked about updating the service standard around a year ago. Since then, we’ve talked to hundreds of people in central and local government. It’s still a work in progress, but we think we’re getting close to a final…
LINK: “Salesforce adds low-code tools so everyone can automate their CRM workflow”
Probably the most important aspect of the new tools announced today is that they are based on the Lightning Design System, and so form part of the entire landscape of tools used to build Salesforce CRM applications. In earlier generations…
LINK: “People are not resources”
Resource. If you stop and think about it, it’s a terrible way to speak about people. A resource is something you take and use. Applied to people, it carries dismissive and devaluing undertones. Original:
LINK: “Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.”
Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Notion is all you need — in one tool. Original:
LINK: “The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995”
…the world’s oldest blockchain predates Bitcoin by 13 years and it’s been hiding in plain sight, printed weekly in the classified section of one of the world’s most widely circulated newspapers: The New York Times. Original:
LINK: “How to make conscious decisions about digital transformation”
…a set of questions to help get to the why, as well as the what, of digital transformation. Original:
LINK: “The Importance of Product Management in Government”
…the approach taken to build and deliver digital products needs to evolve to take advantage of modern software development methods including agile iterative development, human centered design, and continuous delivery. Despite fancy design labs and alleged “digital transformation” capabilities, most…