An online notebook
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 transformation are not necessarily technical terms. Human behaviour and culture are key. Where terrorists go … Keep reading
I’ve just finished a rather excellent book, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. It takes a wonderfully long term view of digital – starting with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and ending with Larry and Sergei in more recent times. I thoroughly recommend it. At the end is a magnificent concluding chapter, identifying the lessons that … Keep reading
The podcast is back, BACK, BAAAAAAAAAAACK! I’m joined in this episode by Esko Reinikainen, of the Satori Lab. //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3180502/height/60/width/640/theme/standard/direction/no/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/ Here’s a link to download the original mp3 file if you would like to do that. If you would like to subscribe to the podcast in your favourite podcasting app, the feed is http://davebriggs.libsyn.com/rss or you can … Keep reading
Lucy Watt shares an excellent, honest post on the FutureGov blog about their learning from the PSLaunchpad project. Having regularly spoken to one of the teams on the launchpad, Martin Howitt and Lucy Knight from Devon, I’m aware of the transformative impact the experience had on them, and their attitude to work. As Martin himself … Keep reading
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Tools for ideation and problem solving: Part 1 21st Century public service – is it a thing? « @Podnosh Autodesk 123D Design – free 3D printing design software Data, information, knowledge and power – exploring Open Knowledge’s new core purpose – from @timdavies All Things IC … Keep reading