Digital by Default

The only work adjacent thing this week is all the contract and compliance stuff got sorted so I was able to say that my new contract is with the GOV.UK team at the Government Digital Service. I’m starting Monday and am excited and a little nervous – despite what many folks think I have never…

This is a stub for a potential future blogpost (or sticker or t-shirt) because I have found myself describing my current mindset as ‘cynical optimism’ multiple times in recent days/weeks. Dom and the Futuregov crew were talking about being ‘Militant Optimists’ as far back as 2017 (this was a typo – Dom was definitely using…

Week two since I left TPX has been pretty good for a mix of reasons though on the face of it I haven’t really done very much. The two big things were I had an interview for a contracting position and was successful plus I had an appointment with my diabetes nurse to discuss my…

I seem to have fallen into a habit of capturing my weeks on a Thursday – probably need to reboot that once I get back into work but given this week has been the lowest of low key it doesn’t really matter. Last Friday I eased in to (s)unemployment by going to see Deadpool x…

My capacity for reading – once voracious – has never really recovered from those early Covid days in 2020 when something short circuited in my brain and seemingly permanently damaged my attention span and ability to focus. It hasn’t gone entirely – I do still go through bursts or binges of reading but more books…