I love markdown but using it for presentations might be pushing it a bit "Why did Usenet fail?" Log into twitter. Ooh! Notifications. 5 tweets in a row from someone called Elon Musk who I don’t follow. Log…

A pleasant walk along the drain at lunchtime. Merlin enjoyed having a swim and a sprint. “Redbridge Council launches digital housing repairs service” I spend most of my working day using a Windows all-in-one desktop thing, and less time…

2 cracking posts from dxw on what service designers get up to during the beta phase of a project (there’s a link at the bottom to part 2) Videos from the 2022 Service Design in Gov conference: Fab…

Am going to try this note without bullets, just to see how that goes. Feedback welcome! I’ve deleted all the social media apps from my phone as an experiment. Cote has done a daynote: “We Need to Rethink ‘Digital’…

I’m playing again on Mastodon, mostly because Twitter is starting to feel more broken than ever. I’m not altogether happy about it, mind. I think a big part of it is that all the things that Mastodon wants to fix…

I’ve been busy getting married! and also being ill Saturday was amazing, beautiful weather, a nice simple ceremony and then a party with many of our favourite people. Am a very happy and contented man right now However I then…

It’s really annoying when ctrl-k doesn’t work as a shortcut to insert a link somewhere It’s the agile mindset that matters for local government (by me) Two wonderful bit of work (and blogging) by Essex Learning, More…

I survived my stag do at the weekend, although to be fair, it was a quiet affair. Just me, 3 of my old school mates and my 22 year old son. Wedding is next Saturday, so exciting! Despite being split…

My birthday passed without incident. Some lovely messages from folk, and some delightful gifts, including some impressively chunky history books, those Penguin ones with the orange spines that look so fabulous on a shelf. Also Peter Rex’s book on Hereward…

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…