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…

It’s my birthday! 44 today. It turns out, little did I know, that the links haven’t been working on these notes for some time. No idea why but they aren’t properly being added to the posts in WordPress when I…

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…