Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Neither art nor science — a peculiar product philosophy

I am starting to think I need to stop referring to myself as a ‘product manager’ as increasingly I find myself wondering where I fit in to the profession. sciencea systematically organised body of knowledge on a particular subject. On the one hand there is an increasing trend of cookie cutter product ‘owners’ educated in…

November 21, 2018
[book report] Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far

I’m a fan of Stormzy. I remember seeing the ‘Shut Up’ freestyle on YouTube. All aggression, Adidas and lyrics. I loved it. Which was actually more surprising than you might think as I never really liked Grime — the only artist I ever really rated was Kano. My tastes too ingrained in that NYC version of rap.…

November 20, 2018
Pair presenting

It is fair to say I am the very embodiment of ‘pale, male and stale’ — a 45 year old white bloke who perhaps likes the sound of his own voice a little too much. I am at least self aware enough to realise this 🙂 In recent years I have been doing quite a bit of public…

November 19, 2018
Internet of Public Service Jobs: 18/11/2018

‘Internet of Public Service jobs’ is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, user experience, data and design in…you guessed it…the ‘internet of public service’ curated by @jukesie every Sunday. Sign up for the weekly email at tinyletter.com/jukesie Reached 700 subscribers for the newsletter! [01] Product and Delivery Management — Community Development ManagerGovernment Digital ServiceLondon£31,339 — £38,580Closing…

November 18, 2018
Netflix’s Marvel shows — ranked

It seems like the current incarnation of the Netflix Marvel shows are winding towards their natural ending. Luke Cage and Iron Fist cancelled. The latest season of Daredevil feeling like it could be a nice place to leave Matthew, Karen and Foggy. New seasons of Punisher and Jessica in the can and expected in the…

November 17, 2018