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8.1 ..keep the Doctor away

In recent weeks I’ve been struggling a bit with both my anxiety levels spiking and my physical health being pretty rubbish. It has been hard to untangle them. Headaches, insomnia, allergies, stomach pains, weakness. It has been a real buffet of shitiness. The fact that it all triggered around my birthday is – I think…
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Day Note
Quite a while ago I read this ‘day in the life’ post from somebody at 18F in the States, enjoyed the post a great deal and decided at some point I’d have a stab at the format myself. Today is finally that day. Like most days I dragged myself out of bed just before 06.30…
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Work week in review 10/08/15 – 14/08/15

Blooming hell that was another crazy week in the usually pretty sedate world of digital government. After the surprise resignation of Mike Bracken last week this week saw Tom, Russell, Ben and Leisa following suit. I’ve written a little bit of a thank-you to those four over on the work blog so won’t repeat that…
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A working week in review (3/8/15 – 7/8/15)

So the big news in my Twitter feed this week was the unexpected resignation of Mike Bracken from the Government Digital Service. Mike was very much the public face of this era of digital transformation in Government and has been something of a force of nature in bringing the rest of the civil service along…
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Weeknote, Where Art Though?
Not that I expect anyone has really noticed but I haven’t written my #weeknote for the last couple of Fridays. I kept it up for six months but to be honest I have started to find it more difficult recently. A couple of things I am working on aren’t really shareable until the new year,…