2023 Ambitions retrospective Last year’s ambitions were not very ambitious but I did end up achieving most of them. I travelled more than I even intended (five significant trans-Atlantic trips), got my first tattoo, attended a handful of conferences and spoke at some of them. Contributed to a podcast. I blogged a lot, maintained the…

The year I turned 50 is a strange one to review as while it was really a year of much good, a couple of events cast a shadow over much of the time.  Nan passing away at 101 was hardly a surprise but it has definitely made for a sadder end to the year than…

So TinyLetter has announced its forthcoming demise and while I have been pretty sure it was going to happen it is nonetheless a sad day.  The simplicity of it as a platform is a big reason that I started – and maintained – my jobs newsletter. It is light on features compared to other products…

Well this week flew by. We are really starting to get under the skin of the Open Referrals work – seeing how it fits into the wider ecosystem of products, standards, policies, user needs and organisation requirements. Not to mention taking a good look at the ups and downs, wins and losses of other open…

Hokay – I have tried to address all the questions though I have grouped a bunch of similar ones together and I suspect I missed a couple – but I’m three hours in now so I’m going to have to stop! Examples of roadmaps Honestly this would have been easier a few years ago –…