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I took a week off doing this last week – the shame! – so apologies for that*. A good crop this time round though. Enjoy! Tom Steinberg asks Why even bother with a user centred, digital government? and it’s a…
While you wonder where on earth the sun has gone (and I don't mean from the accurate depiction of the solar system above) here are some interesting things to read. There are many tech roles going at Guildford Borough Council…
The end of the week and time to do some more linkery. Hope you enjoy them, and don’t forget to pass them along to anybody who might benefit. Digital Delivery Manager – my old team at Adur & Worthing are recruiting…
Another Friday, another fistful of linkitude. Digital Workplace Leader – a fun looking job going at Thanet District Council. “The digital workplace leader will be an experienced professional who leads the effort to create a work environment that exploits digital…
It’s another Friday, so here are five links (and associated background reading!) that I have found interesting in the last week. Before we dig into that, a personal note. I’m shortly to leave my current employer, and whilst my next…
Quite a mixture of stuff this week – plenty to dig into over the weekend. Interesting job at GDS, promoting the use of gov.uk Verify in local government. You have until the end of Sunday 2nd July to apply –…
At some point I will post something other than links to this blog. But for now, this is it. Five more for you to enjoy this week: Standard Ebooks – There are lots of free and public domain ebooks about…
Another week in which technology seems the least important thing in the world. Still, I’ve got nothing else to give, so here goes. Join the DH digital communities and channels team – two great jobs going on a great team…
Not sure anything in tech world can match politics right now for interestingness, but here goes… Tandridge Council are recruiting a Technology Implementation Manager. Details here. What a digital organisation looks like – smart stuff from Janet Hughes. Answer =…
Here’s five dollops of interestingness I’ve spotted this week: There’s a few interesting digital (and non-digital, for that matter) jobs going at London City Hall. Digital Transformation: Why Tech Alone Won’t Cut It – a useful reminder that digital and…
One of the things I love about the internet most is the fact that it puts the power to publish into the hands of pretty much anybody. There are many ways of doing it these days, whether by using a…
Five more nourishing morsels I’ve spotted this week: LocalGovCamp is back this September in Bristol. Find out more and sign up for the ticket lottery here. The Disappearing Computer – Walt Mossberg’s last column is a great read on the future…
Five more nuggets of interest I’ve spotted this week: Jessica Lessin built a business to prove information doesn’t have to be free – great podcast about the different models emerging for journalism online. The Information is a great site, by the…
Am going to try and get a quick link roundup post out every Friday if I can, pointing out some interesting stuff I’ve seen during the week. Management is not about asking people to do stuff – really interesting article…
As part of the work putting together a Technology Strategy (think IT + digital) for my current employer, I came up with six principles of good technology. The idea is that each of these principles must be met by any…
Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? It’s hard when thinking about the things we do to scratch out a living not to recall Larkin’s words about the manner in which work can dominate our lives.…
Here’s an update on the kit and software I’m using on a daily basis, just in case it’s of use. My main computer is an 11” Macbook Air. It has the i7 processor and 8gb of RAM and is the…
A quick note to say that this weekend I wrote up a newsletter for the first time since late 2014. I scheduled it to be published earlier today. If you’d like to see what was in it, you can read…
Michael Coté has written an excellent post describing seven anti-patterns of behaviour in big organisations. Number six is a particularly egregious crime, in my view: Pay people to ignore them — BigCo’s love hiring new employees, paying them well, and then rarely listening…
Very briefly, West Sussex County Council and FutureGov are hacking the library in Worthing next month. I’ve written a bit about it on the Adur and Worthing Councils digital blog, in case you’re interested.