Since 2016 I seem to find myself finding some excuse to make an annual call for a renewed uptake of the schema.org JobPosting standard...so this year ‘World Standards Day’ gets the honor of giving me a hook to hang this post on. For five years JobPosting has been one of the UK Government’s mandated open … Continue reading World Standards Day 2020: JobPosting schema →

Today marks 30 weeks since I got back from Oslo and started my initial lockdown. Since then I have ventured out of my immediate neighbourhood a total of five times. Including going to the pub twice. Not a lot to show for 210 days. This isn’t a woe is me post though - here are … Continue reading Silver linings: 30 things I’ve enjoyed after 30 weeks locking down →

It has been a tough couple of weeks for public service digital teams. First there was the PHE/NHS 'test and trace' Excel crisis and now there is the 'National Careers Service' assessment tool becoming a Twitter piñata. In both cases armies of 'experts' have had their say with everything from constructive criticism to conspiracy theories … Continue reading Leave those piñatas alone →

One of those Facebook 'memories' reminded me that today was the 10 year anniversary of Pete passing. Can it really have been that long? That feels crazy to me. So much of my career since has been influenced by what I learned from Pete. So many of my professional principles copied wholesale from his approach. … Continue reading Remembering Pete Ferne – 10 years on →

In the past I've been a bit dismissive of no/low code solutions - the examples I saw in the past seemed fraught with problems and just seemed to be storing up more problems for the future than they were solving in the present. I always saw the appeal though and it is no surprise that … Continue reading Clueless about Codeless →