Daily note for 27 June 2023

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…

Daily note for 22 June 2023

"Why I quit my job at Google to work in local government" The blog post that ‘invented’ hashtags: "Transforming Service Delivery in the Public Sector" (largely US based)

Daily note for 20 June 2023

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?! Not That Kind of Open: Essex County Council hosted "a generative AI Hackathon" Am really enjoying the Tech…

Daily note for 19 June 2023

“Why did the #TwitterMigration fail?” On similar lines: “Bluesky Has Problems” I suspect Twitter will sort itself out before any of these others things manage to take off. This seems interesting: (Background: )

Daily note for 16 June 2023

Happy Bloomsday! A fairly sensible take on AI stuff from dxw Can’t work out if this is a good idea or not "Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts,…

Daily note for 15 June 2023

"Strive for alignment rather than aiming for universal agreement" "Multi-Cloud, Still an Actual Thing after All These Years" "Proven Practices for Developing a Multicloud Strategy" (Those last two both via Coté ) Am enjoying Spellcaster, a podcast…

Daily note 13 June 2023

"Some blogging myths" I published a thing on LinkedIn about why councils (etc) should take digital culture and skills seriously, if they want their transformation projects to succeed: "The next phase of technology-driven transformation is data. Are you…

Daily note for 12 June 2023

I don’t do so well in this heat. I’m really enjoying an Apple Music playlist, Living the Library – fairly quiet, mostly instrumental ‘electronic’ music. Good to work to. Interesting point made by Brandon on Software Defined Talk, that I…

Daily note for 8 June 2023

Busy couple of days, hence no notes until today. "Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge" via Coté. "Inside Snopes: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an internet icon" Emily Webber has published The Team…

Daily note for 5 June 2023

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…