Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Seven: Hills

A lot of this week felt like I was dragging myself up St Michaels Hill (a somewhat steep hill in Bristol for those who don’t know.) Partly this is because I am a bit under the weather, partly it is that I am running out of steam at the end of a good but hectic…

November 16, 2018
2018 Reading List

Not going to get close to my target of 52 books this year — hoping to scrape in 42 though before 2019! The quality has made up for the relative lack of quantity though as there are some great books on this list. The *starred books are this years favourites. The Rap Year Book: The Most Important…

November 15, 2018
Skimming Harvard’s 2018 State of Digital Transformation report..

Report: 2018 State of Digital Transformation Harvard Kennedy School has a great programme at the moment looking at digital government around the world led by David Eaves and in June they had a bit of a ‘summit’ — bringing together practitioners from various corners of the globe to share their lessons and experiences. This is a report…

November 15, 2018
Netflix by the Numbers

I downloaded my Netflix viewing history at the weekend and in the spirit of Open Data Camp which was happening up in the wilds of Aberdeen at the time I thought I would analyse things a little. Joined 16/02/2014 1,722 days later 2,552 shows* viewed (at time of writing!) Approximately 2,593 hours viewed Cost to date: £550…

November 14, 2018
[book report] Make Time

This is the new book by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky — ex of Google Ventures and the people behind the popular GV Design Sprint method (I’m not comfortable calling them inventors as I’m pretty sure that IDEO and others did something *really* similar before). I’m a fan of design sprints and their book Sprint so I…

November 13, 2018