Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Micro March (16)

I’m not doing great today. I thought I was. I thought the plan I talked about yesterday was working. Then I had a tantrum when I couldn’t get my new wireless extender to work – which is needed because my wifi isn’t good enough where I have my new ‘office’ for video calls (which is…

March 16, 2020
Micro March (15)

Today has been mainly about getting things sorted for the week ahead. Both physically and psychologically. I have my new desk and chair (Amazon Basics) plus an Anker USB-C hub. I dusted off the monitor and keyboard (unused in the two plus years since I left mySociety) made use of the brilliant ‘Hip Hop Saved…

March 15, 2020
Picard perfect

I am enjoying the new Picard series. It is a bit jarring to hear so many eff-bombs being dropped in the Star Trek universe and some of the violence is pretty un-Trek like but I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than any recent forays in to this world. Catching up with Riker, Troi, Hugh and…

March 15, 2020
Micro March (14)

Got back to Bristol late last night. The feeling of relief was physical. Unfortunately what I think is just a cold (or maybe my usual early hayfever) has gotten quite a bit worse so all things considered I’ve decided to go the full self-isolation route for a week. This isn’t helped by the fact the…

March 14, 2020
Tour of Duty?

I was interested to read about this Number 10 meeting with ‘big tech‘. It kind of reminded me of the whole ObamaCare ‘Tiger Team’ thing that basically spawned the USDS. I know I have taken a few pokes at Dominic Cummings but this doesn’t sound like a dreadful plan – the focus on getting talent…

March 13, 2020