Digital by Default

This is the first time I’ve managed a full year of weeknotes – zero breaks and managed to even keep the week numbers straight so this Boxing Day final edition, as 2024 crawls to a close, it is time to focus on 2025 (doesn’t that sound soooo sci-fi? 2025. Buck Rogers stuff). Like Mike Tyson…

I like to get away in the run up to Christmas – it has become a bit of a tradition in recent years but I don’t really remember why I chose Nashville. It was a bit of a whim and after a week here I’m not entirely sure it was a successful roll of the…

The story of my 2024 really ended up being the story of my health (or lack thereof) despite it being another ‘exciting’ year for other reasons. I came into the year feeling underpowered and out of sorts which led to a quiet time socially during the winter months (though the new job meant work was…

I’ve wanted to write something for this annual essay advent calendar ever since Amy started it and back in May, slightly drunk in Texas, I threw my name into the hat and was lucky enough to find myself invited to contribute. So here is is – edited expertly by Jo – my essay, ironically, about…

One of the teams I am working with at GOVUK published the new Government Missions pages at 11.46 today (officially the Plan for Change pages.) If you are a regular reader you could possibly work out who [redacted] has been in previous weeks 🤣. You might think that but I couldn’t possibly comment. I’m very…