This week I have learned: the remarkable ability for some clinicians to exhibit literally no interpersonal skillsthat the easiest way to rebuild a PC these days is to start by buying a new SSDit's still nice meeting in the Zoom Pubthat understanding how to truly redesign services is hard when you are confronted with how … Continue reading Weeknote 548: Back to it
One of my typically sarcastic tweets seemed to chime with people last week. https://twitter.com/ballantine70/status/1428628244052520968 Parking apps are becoming like Tribbles in the UK. They're cute and fluffy on the outside, but pose a distinct risk of overpopulating your smartphone. Unlike Tribbles, the also mostly offer a truly terrible user experience. They provide a good case … Continue reading Stages of digital transformation
The week in photos…
I’ve recently started running. Well, I say running. It’s more like short bursts of below par jogging interspersed with heavy breathing and walking. Yes, I’m doing the Couch to 5k programme. It’s got me thinking about my relationship with sport and exercise. And particularly how ideas of sport and sporting excellence have significantly clouded my … Continue reading Sport
The week in pictures…
This week I have learned: the phrase "because of Covid and Brexit" are going to be being used a lot in the next few years, mostly after a statement about something that is bad.not everything is like an Amazon shopping cart. Bad UI design patterns emerge when that is not understood.I feel like I might … Continue reading Weeknote 545: Tiger Team
This week I have learned: The complexity of self-isolation regulationsThe pleasure of taking remote working to the next levelThat things are really spread out in rural SuffolkThat change starts at the topThat there is a balance to be struck between the assurance of linear plans and the ambiguity and messiness of realityThat it is going … Continue reading Weeknote 544 – testing
I'm a Watford fan. You may already know this about me. Being a football fan, particularly being a fan of a smaller club, is a tribal thing. A thing of faith. A secular religion. Every so often The Algorithms suggest that I should be interested in other football teams. Google offers me news articles about … Continue reading Ooo are you?
This week I have learned: how automation can lead to significant errors if you miss human checks that once existed unseen in the manual process.how good it was to at last get to another Cardstock session.that my little boy is growing up fast.that algorithms lack anthropology.that replanning a whole bunch of stuff is a very … Continue reading Weeknote 543 – the long game
This week saw a new addition to the team, a Technical Architect. Except he's been around for a while. I'm firmly of the belief that we need to look to do things better now we have found out that flexible working can work at scale, rather than constantly pining for how things "used to be". … Continue reading Liminal Employment Spaces
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