Daily notes

It was our son’s graduation yesterday. So proud! But also, how did that happen? I’m so old! On Saturday we watched the new Indiana Jones film. Very silly of course but it did capture some of the fun of the originals, which I was just mad keen on when I was a kid. I used … Keep reading

Said this a few time this week – you can do amazing work with a good team, good culture, plenty of enthusiasm and terrible tech. With great tech and rubbish everything else, not so much. Have made it onto Bluesky, just in time for it to die probably. But if you are there, come say … Keep reading

Another newsletter went out this morning: https://daveslist.substack.com/p/daves-list-vol-3-issue-3 ClassicPress is WordPress like it used to be https://www.classicpress.net/ For years I lived in Evernote. This by Harry McCracken captures some of what made it great https://www.technologizer.com/2023/07/09/for-your-eyes-only-my-unedited-2013-time-magazine-story-about-evernote/ I knew vaguely of Vivian Stanshall, but I definitely know more having read this: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/12/on-best-behaviour-he-was-a-joy-the-lost-archive-of-english-pop-eccentric-vivian-stanshall I like this! “Build your own … Keep reading

I just can’t help myself. It’s like a sickness https://t2.social/davebriggs Episode 2 of our daughter Jade’s podcast is out. It’s all about the job of being a social media manager at an agency. It’s good! https://shows.acast.com/the-social-sisters-podcast/episodes/episode-2-what-does-a-social-media-manager-actually-do “Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make … Keep reading

Just published my newsletter – a few opinions and a lot of links (and the usual photo of a daft dog) https://daveslist.substack.com/p/daves-list-vol-3-issue-2 “Reviewing the Local Digital Declaration 5 years on: Update on the discovery project” https://dluhcdigital.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/03/reviewing-the-local-digital-declaration-5-years-on-update-on-the-discovery-project/ On reflection, my honest view is that, 5 years in, councils that have signed the declaration really ought to … Keep reading