Second week at GDS/GOV.UK and I am starting to feel at least a little useful and that I might have an idea of what I need to do to add some value around the place. There were more intro meetings this week but also there were meetings interspersed where I was able to contribute a…

34 in a row is my longest ever weeknote streak without taking a break and launching a new ‘season’ – and that previous record was way back in 2010. So yay me I guess 😀. My intention is to keep going until the end of the year but with the new job who knows. Speaking…

The only work adjacent thing this week is all the contract and compliance stuff got sorted so I was able to say that my new contract is with the GOV.UK team at the Government Digital Service. I’m starting Monday and am excited and a little nervous – despite what many folks think I have never…

This is a stub for a potential future blogpost (or sticker or t-shirt) because I have found myself describing my current mindset as ‘cynical optimism’ multiple times in recent days/weeks. Dom and the Futuregov crew were talking about being ‘Militant Optimists’ as far back as 2017 (this was a typo – Dom was definitely using…

Week two since I left TPX has been pretty good for a mix of reasons though on the face of it I haven’t really done very much. The two big things were I had an interview for a contracting position and was successful plus I had an appointment with my diabetes nurse to discuss my…