Another early train to #ukgovcamp this year, but running smoothly so far 🤞

Finished an hour-long Teams call on a train from Manchester just now, with only a few very short cut-outs. Phone B as a hotspot with a cheap EE MVNO, phone A with a Vodafone MVNO and using Speedify in redundant mode to combine its cellular and Wi-Fi from B. Simples...

Continuing to find a way to crow-bar video production into every job I have

❗Attention Aspiring UK Boardroom Apprentices❗

If you’re thinking of applying for UK Boardroom Apprentice 2024, join our virtual information event on either:

📅 Wednesday, September 6 at 3pm
📅 Wednesday, September 13 at 7pm

To secure your place go to bit.ly/3P10SEi

If switching bank accounts, be careful with large existing balances. I never received Ulster Bank Northern Ireland card or pin: were intercepted and balance withdrawn in cash. Fraud claim rejected (appreciate it's difficult to prove either way). Why should activate cards in-app, like Monzo 🏦.

Completed our 45-mile fundraising walk for Theatre Royal Wakefield yesterday, my UK Boardroom Apprentice host board. Gruelling towards the end, was walking near-continuously from 05:55-23:00, with some rain. Stats & photos: chrishy.land/matchamtrack. On £335 total raised so far: chrishy.land/crowdfunder

I'm doing a 42-mile fundraising walk to support my UK Boardroom Apprentice host board, Theatre Royal Wakefield 🥾.

Donations welcome at chrishy.land/matcham if you're able, or see the original Tweet for how you can take part in the Matcham to Matcham challenge yourself 🙂.

Help make public sector websites more accessible by joining the Government Digital Service monitoring team in Bristol or Manchester! Closes 13 March. gdscareers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/… #accessibility #a11y

youtube.com/watch?v=kJBGBO… for a trifle-delayed video of a trip with some friends to the Isle of Skye, with a few other stop-offs, in July 2021.

Hope I can actually get to UKGovcamp - all relevant lines from Leeds currently delayed / cancelled due to power line failure 😔

Thank you for having me Theatre Royal Wakefield Boardroom Apprentice, I'm already learning lots and meeting some fantastic people!

Having a play with some Companies House data: it seems the company with the longest single word in its name is 'OLWYNOMARBROWNPATRICKWILLIAMSBINGASUSCOMPUTERTHINKPADHPWINDOWS10GEOBOOKCHROMEBOOKSHARPYOUTUBETVTELEVISIONHPPHOTOCOPIERREDDITMANAGEMENT LTD' (…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/134476…)...

We’re proud to have two key hubs in Bristol and Manchester, cities of technical excellence and digital innovation!

🎥 The beauty of Bristol has been captured on film by Chris Hyland with contributions from Harry King and Hari Newnham. 👇

The 'do less' UK Government Design Principle getting a shout-out from Jeremy Keith at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress. 'I really like this principle, and I think it can be abstracted into the world of technology'. GOV.UK GDS

🎉 Trello by Atlassian finally optimised for M1, running so much quicker

We are you here! Come and speak to GDS Defra digital, data, technology and security DWP Digital Department for Education at Silicon Milkroundabout, London’s biggest Tech Job Fair #UKGovIsHiring #smr22 #jobfair #Face2FaceNetworking

13 years after being gifted a licence for Photoshop and Premiere Elements 7, just cancelled the Creative Cloud subscription for the forseeable future. Transition to Resolve and the Affinity suite has been relatively pain-free. Suggestions for an Acrobat replacement welcome.