Digital by Default

Category: jobs

  • Weeknotes S3e10

    This week I was channeling Jack Kerouac. I managed visits to Defra offices in Worcester, Weybridge, Crewe and Warrington. Caught nine trains, missed two connections, stayed in the most run down (but friendly) Travelodge of my career and witnessed an epic road rage incident. It was an interesting week though — it started with conversations about an…

  • Internet of Public Service Jobs — 13/11/16

    ‘Internet of Public Service jobs’ is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, user experience, data and design in…you guessed it…the ‘internet of public service’ curated by @jukesie every Sunday. You can now sign up below to receive the list via email every Sunday evening. https://upscri.be/acbf52/ [1] Digital EditorInstitute for Government [2] Deputy…

  • Weeknotes S3e09

    A picture tells a thousand words. Well this week will forever be associated with rather larger and more depressing events than my working week. I made the mistake of checking in on the US election at 3am when I woke up and that was the last sleep I got that night! There are all sorts of…

  • Internet of Public Service Jobs — 06/11/16

    ‘Internet of Public Service jobs’ is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, user experience, development and design in…you guessed it…the ‘internet of public service’ curated by @jukesie every Sunday. Does anyone care what I write here? I’m thinking I might just stick to the list in future and skip my preamble babble…

  • Sharpening our Slack game

    I am a big fan of Slack (if not some of their recent PR choices) and it has been an integral part of the way I have worked for several years now. At ONS my team was co-located and were generally great communicators but Slack was still vital to how we operated. Since joining Defra…