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…

I find this stuff, so you don’t have to etc etc Keep, Fix, Enhance, Swap, Replace: Five options for public service reform – Eddie Copeland Of course, everyone knows that in the real world, options are limited by time, money…

I’ve not posted one of these for three weeks, which perhaps is something I should apologise for – although I am hardly inundated with demands for one. The bonus is that in covering three weeks in one note, I actually…