This resonates. Hype ain't the way to deliver real change that will matter for people. jasonkitcat.com/2023/03/29/the…

A brief return here to say how much nicer it is on Mastodon these days. Highly recommend Ivory which landed on iOS AppStore today. It's made the move from Twitter a joy. Great work Tapbots! 👏🐘

apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-f…

Now that Twitter has reenabled delightful 3rd party apps like Tweetbot by Tapbots, is the right response to either (a) continue to ignore it to show that life goes on, or (b) jump back in to show they’ve made the right call by boosting engagement stats? #confusedbutpleased

Has Twitter introduced a read only mode?? (Got this from first attempt to post a tweet in over 24 hours)

This. Don't think I can be bothered with it tbh. Hey ho. 🐘

OMG Octopus Energy customer service is dreadful... Am missing Bulb. 😢

Very much like this thoughtful piece on MVP & learning through doing.

'In the public sector, many, many employees are already using software which doesn’t do the job perfectly'

Something we must all remember as we do the hard graft to shift from eGov era tech to modern digital.

‘Diversity in Tech: Breaking the Barriers’ – a report by Hackney Council’s Diversity in Tech Commission

news.hackney.gov.uk/breaking-the-b…

Really important read. Thanks for everything you've done leading the way Ian.

In the past few months at Hackney Council, I've had the pleasure of working with some enthusiastic, proactive and incredibly talented apprentices.

We'll have more apprentice opportunities coming up for roles within ICT, such as delivery managers, data analysts and developers.

100% this. Never, ever forget that the folk on your customer service line / helpdesk are among your very best sources of insight.

This evening in wonders of nature, we have a family of foxes chilling in the garden and a huge illuminated planet in Southwark Cathedral. 🦊🌍⛪️

Cracking view of moon and sky to start the day. 😃

This - innovation in tech and data is nothing if business models don't change too. Good work team LOTI.

Double rainbow over Buckingham Palace.

Am remember how this made me feel at a time when everything seemed scary. Calm, focused and unifying. Captures the best qualities of leadership. Thank you HMQ.
youtu.be/2klmuggOElE

Trip to school uniform shop completed unusually early ahead of the new term starting.

And it’s left me wondering which school’s uniform includes the ‘bacon kilt’ that I saw jotted down on a note on the sales counter… 😳

I love that councils are showing the commitment, courage and collaboration to do this. Exactly how we need to work together to fix the all-too-often broken market for local gov software needs. Great work LocalGov IMS collective!