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2023: A year in (p)review
It has been a while since I wrote one of these. After the shit show that was 2020 I guess the inclination just faded away and truth be told 2021 was no bed of roses either. Still this was a big year for a bunch of reasons so I dug around in the sofa cushions…
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My Alpha Alpha
Today is the six year anniversary of launching the ‘ONS Alpha’ into the wild. It is also the ninth birthday of GDS and it feels appropriate that they share a day as one wouldn’t have existed without the other. Working on the Alpha (ONS have done many Alphas since – many more complex and better…
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November 2020
Well November has been a challenge. As I wrote at the end of October I got myself into an altercation with a car at a pedestrian crossing. I did not walk away. I had the operation to repair my foot on the 2nd of November. It turned out to be quite a bit more involved…
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Cultural cheat codes
Over the years I have found myself using some slightly Machiavellian tactics to help land new ways of working and reset expectations for people not used to internet-era thinking. It remains a surprise (and something of a disappointment) how often I have to dig into this bag of tricks after so many years of doing…
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Matt vs Automobile 2020
Honestly 2020 can do one. After months of feeling lousy post-COVID and a recent bout of norovirus which was the most physically ill I can ever remember feeling I was finally starting to feel pretty good. I’d had more than a week feeling pretty healthy (for me) and had time off lined up to finally…
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