Author: Matt Jukes

  • [2024] Week 41

    [2024] Week 41

    It has been another busy week mainly still working on the [redacted] project which meant a trip to London on the 0700 from Bristol Parkway Monday morning. This train and the Tube were unnervingly quiet – I guess in the post-Covid, hybrid working world people don’t ‘do’ Mondays! The [redacted] project remains challenging but some…

  • Gotta Catch ‘Em All

    Gotta Catch ‘Em All

    I’ve always had a bit of an unusual attitude towards my ‘career’ and it has only got more pronounced as I’ve got older. I’ve never really been driven by stability or progression or benefits. For the most part even money hasn’t been much of a motivating factor – I only let that influence a decision…

  • [2024] Week 40

    [2024] Week 40

    The big four oh! Well actually it turns out it is a ‘streak’ of 54 weeknotes now. That is a lot of internet introspection in a row – even for me. This week has been dominated by the work with [redacted] which continues to be somewhat adrenaline inducing and more opaque than I’d really like…

  • Ideas for the new ‘Digital Centre Design Panel’

    Ideas for the new ‘Digital Centre Design Panel’

    Yesterday DSIT announced a panel of 12 digital professionals and academics will help the government make better use of technology across the public sector as part of the ‘digital centre’ work to develop a 10 year vision. It seems like a good group – Martha obviously has previous, I’ve followed David Eaves work for many…

  • [2024] Week 39

    [2024] Week 39

    Whoa – this has been quite the week. We’ve been working with [redacted] to get something ready to launch in time for [redacted] and it is the kind of high profile activity that has a lot of important eyes on it (as well as opinions). It has got ye olde heart pumping but I have…