Daily notes

Mark O’Neill on AI https://bearoneill.com/2023/06/27/daisy-daisy/ I sent out an email newsletter yesterday, just containing some of the links I have been sharing in these notes recently. I’m nopt altogether happy using TinyLetter for it, but not sure I can really justify spending real money on using something like Mailchimp (which I would have to do given … Keep reading

I’m trying a tweak to the way I write these notes, in that I have switched from using Obsidian to Simplenote. Main reason for this is that Simplenote has apps across Windows, MacOS and iOS and syncs across them all – https://simplenote.com I don’t often want to add stuff I see on my phone, but it … Keep reading

"Why I quit my job at Google to work in local government" https://laurenjong.medium.com/why-i-quit-my-job-at-google-to-work-in-local-government-dc372221048b The blog post that ‘invented’ hashtags: https://factoryjoe.com/2007/08/25/groups-for-twitter-or-a-proposal-for-twitter-tag-channels/ "Transforming Service Delivery in the Public Sector" (largely US based) https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14883/583381

Teignbridge Council are looking for a Head of Digital https://jobs.teignbridge.gov.uk/itlivetdc_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=9431212Ag3&WVID=4966600DE4&LANG=USA There’s a QR code scanner app built into iOS?! https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/19/qr-codes-iphone Not That Kind of Open: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/19/not-that-kind-of-open Essex County Council hosted "a generative AI Hackathon" https://servicetransformation.blog.essex.gov.uk/2023/06/19/hosting-a-generative-ai-hackathon/ Am really enjoying the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast – just the perfect pitch of cynicism and loathing of silicon … Keep reading

“Why did the #TwitterMigration fail?” https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/ On similar lines: “Bluesky Has Problems” https://nucleardiner.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/bluesky-has-problems/ I suspect Twitter will sort itself out before any of these others things manage to take off. This seems interesting: https://blockprotocol.org/wordpress (Background: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2022/12/19/progress-on-the-block-protocol/)