Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: the importance of nomenclature. Look, what you call things really matters. Particularly if you call different things by the same term, or use terms that mean something different to different people. whilst techniques in technology projects might be transferable across contexts, sometimes you need people with domain expertise. That might … Continue reading Weeknote 601: gathering

Well. Here we are then.The sixth century of weeknotes. Nearly 12 years' worth. That's a lot of weeknotes. The format has changed a bit since I started. They have on occasion become short and cryptic. In recent times they've become a bit more verbose. It's a way to shut down for the weekend. It's a … Continue reading Weeknote 600: Six Hundred

Things I have learned this week: coming back from holiday to an overflowing work Slack is far more confusing than coming back to an overflowing email inbox. Slack is so disjointed - don't get me wrong, email is broken too, but at least in your inbox there is just one place to look. Customer surveys … Continue reading Weeknote 599: back in the room

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Today marks the end of my first couple of months and bit in the new job, and my last working day before a few weeks of holiday. Changing a job is a strange experience. Changing a job and organisation at the same time more so. I've realised that I haven't done a change of job … Continue reading Weeknote 595: two months

This week I have learned: The advantages of having a broad and eclectic network. It means I can make introductions to a broad and eclectic set of people that I simply couldn't if I had stayed in my lane.How to navigate a flat structure. Being in an organisation without hierarchy is liberating, but it does … Continue reading Weeknote 594: flat

This week I have learned... Socialising in person trumps doing so online. I had the delight of one of Julia Hobsbawm's events this week and it was a delight to catch up with a bunch of people who I hadn't seen IRL for over two years.Change is the hard bit. People change doubly so. No … Continue reading Weeknote 592: Pitching

This week I have learned: I'm getting increasingly curious about how the worlds of user-centred design and data can become more self-supporting. As we move from data as the stuff in systems to data as a thing in itself, how can we design that data and move away from the ivory towers of ER modelling? … Continue reading Weeknote 591: designing data