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Three posts that influenced my ideas on the ‘web of data’

One of the benefits of having a bit of time off (and being banned from Slack, Bugherd, email etc) is that I am getting a little bit of time to step back and think through some of the things that I wanted to achieve on the ‘Beta & beyond’ that somewhat get pushed to the…
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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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12th July 2015 #jukesiejobs
Senior Product Manager – BBC Sport. One of my last real ambitions is to work for the BBC in a digital role – it is just a generation thing I think – and one of my biggest disappointments was when they chose Salford as the location for their new centre a few years ago as…