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A few of my favourite things
2017 edition Books Futuristic Violence & Fancy Suits David Wong The Collapsing EmpireJohn Scalzi The Lost Ones Ace Atkins The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the WorldBrad Stone Persepolis RisingJames S. A. Corey Police at the Station and They Don’t Look FriendlyAdrian McKinty Be Pure! Be Vigilant!…
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#weightnote
Christmas 2017(L) Christmas 2016(R) Back in August I wrote about my need to lose weight as it was causing me some health problems. A week later I was officially diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. While I’d had a week to steel myself to that potential information it was still quite a blow. The fact that…
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Internet of Public Service Jobs — 17/12/17
‘Internet of Public Service jobs’ is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, user experience, data and design in…you guessed it…the ‘internet of public service’ curated by @jukesie every Sunday. Sign up for it as an email every Sunday afternoon! [01] Political Researcher (short-term contract)mySocietyRemote (UK)Contract — so day ratesClosing date: 05 Jan 2018 [02]…
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The Jukesies 2017
So what started as a bit of a joke now appears to be an annual thing that people expect (well a handful of them anyway) and who am I to disappoint my audience. Blogger(s) of the year Once again it was a great year for blogging — it does feel like there has been a real renaissance…
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Internet of Public Service Jobs — 10/12/17
‘Internet of Public Service jobs’ is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, user experience, data and design in…you guessed it…the ‘internet of public service’ curated by @jukesie every Sunday. Sign up for it as an email every Sunday afternoon! We are recruiting for three roles at mySociety to support our Democratic Commons…