Digital by Default

I started the month off with Product for the People in Bristol and the release of my chat with Russell about working in the open (though it seems to be the slight sidetrack into the importance of communities that people clicked with most) and finishing at the National Data Library. I covered all of that…

I probably should have waited until I hit the 500th edition for this but I was messing around with Claude and looking at the data from the 483 editions of my newsletter that I still have copies of (a few were lost, some were in…lets call them ‘experimental’ formats…and a couple got mangled in the…

Given I am looking for work (again) and have decided to commit to the idea of hanging out my own shingle as a ‘product coach’ for the foreseeable future I thought I would try and articulate what I bring to the table – because it might not quite be what people expect. Increasingly my ‘practice’…

So yes – this week I finished my spell at the National Data Library / Office of the Chief Data Officer / Government Digital Service. It was a low-key ending – overshadowed a little by my boss finishing this week as well (which was pretty good cover all things considered). I was/am a little sad…

Today is the 20th anniversary of my first ‘proper’ blogpost. I say ‘proper’ because I had previously used Blogpost for match reports from the debut season of ‘Golden Hill Sunday F.C.’ (which was also the last full season I managed) – this is thankfully long since lost. I had bought a Nokia E61 (basically a…