Category: thoughts
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Extrovert vs Introvert User Interfaces
Yesterday I watched the pilot for the new TV series based on the Minority Report movie (don’t ask how). It has some nice sci-fi touches and is nicely tied to the movie but on the whole was pretty much just another future cop procedural not unlike ‘Almost Human’ – can’t see it lasting to be…
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The Internet of Public Service – a talk idea
I’m giving a talk at (R)evolution in September and I’ve decided to try something new and a bit different from my usual talk about working at ONS and doing the digital thing in the civil service. Though I imagine that will get referenced. Last year I wrote this post about the idea of the…
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Learning about open leadership
My favourite principle from GDS is the tenth; Make things open – it makes things better Some might suggest I embraced this concept before GDS were a twinkle in Martha’s eye :) It was something I encouraged at Jisc setting up their blog network and back in the mists of time I remember Joss Winn…
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Beta breather..
Earlier this week we (very) quietly made an early version of the ONS Beta site public. It is a true Beta – in the sense that it remains experimental and subject to changes at no notice. To be honest it is a little ‘under proofed’ still even for a Beta but I was determined to…
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MVPing with #jukesiejobs
You might have noticed over the last few Sundays I have been playing around a little with the hashtag #jukesiejobs over on Twitter and elsewhere. Basically after all my recent experiences trying to recruit for ONS and the constant difficulty we have had in getting on eye-balls on the job ads* I have been wondering…
