Category: jobs
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[Make things open] Picking a platform
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As a side-effect of my evangelism for working in the open I semi-regularly get asked for recommendations about which publishing platform someone should use and how they should get started. Firstly before even choosing a platform I think you need your own domain. You really cannot rely on any web service to last these days…
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I use this [update 2025]
![I use this [update 2025]](https://digitalbydefault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4727.jpg?w=1024)
Mr Briggs shared his new Macbook Air setup – with his gazillion apps(!) – so I thought I’d so a quick update on my setup (mainly as my desk is reasonably tidy since I had to move it a little!). Hardware Absolute bog standard Mac Mini M1 from 2021.HP 27″ (V27ie G5) display from 2024…
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The Process
Coco posted this on Bluesky yesterday; …and as I am deep into putting together my Camp Digital talk I thought I would try and unpick my ‘process’ (or lack thereof). I’d had the germ of an idea for this talk for a couple of years and that idea was always closely coupled with the thought…
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A decade of Internet of Public Service Jobs – aka #jukesiejobs
I started my #jukesiejobs side project 10 years ago this weekend with a thread on Twitter (or it might have been next weekend – I am not 100% sure and I have long since deleted my Twitter account) of vacancies I had spotted with a couple of roles I was trying to fill myself at…
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2025 jobs newsletter survey results write-up
I last did a survey digging into the state of [public service digital] job descriptions in July 2020 though I did do one in 2022 just about why/how people use the newsletter. In 2020 257 people responded ~ but it was peak Covid era and nobody had anything else to do! This time I got…
