I had a really great time at UKGovcampXL last weekend in London and it really lived up to the XL element. It was a big and blod statement of intent from the community and totally justified the risk in essentially doubling the size of the event. All that said it did somewhat make me miss…

I always loved the Lifehacker ‘How I Work’ series and the Uses This website so every few years I update my own take on the questions (partly because it occasionally inspires a few other folk to do similar things and I am always nosey!). It is three years since I did it last so here…

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…