New PJ Harvey song inspired by what would the spacecraft Voyager would say to us.

Front garden and the stuff growing on top of the outhouse out back all watered. Let’s go

If you are feeling sinister, go off and see a minister, he'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever

We’ve got ourselves into a circle. A few weeks back we started putting out a filled coconut half for birds. First few took a few days to get eaten. Just put today’s out (yes, today’s), expect it’ll be done by 1pm. Also, birds have been in the garden doing moaning-tweeting until I did this, sigh.

"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..."

I log onto here, read stuff about last night’s election. The hope! I live in Bradford where I go to the pub and hear (an)other views of things. I still have strong Twitter-in-the -months-leading-up-to-the-Brexit-vote vibes.

According to this morning’s Northern Rail “revenue protector“ train fares are so high singularly due to fare dodgers. Curious logic with all the ways you cannot get into and out of so many train stations without having a legit ticket that is scanned by The Technology at auto gates but what do I know

Just read a thread on Instagram where someone replied “yes but” four consecutive times in their ongoing chat with someone. Waiting for someone to go “you need to be more _yes and_”.

LNER auto delay repay still totally struggles with any journey I make where the first train in the journey is the late one and the second train — which I missed because late first train — is fine. Doesn’t seem to use actual travel data just the planned travel. Which seems a basic requirement. 🤷‍♂️

Selling me tickets to Saint Etienne / Belle & Sebastian this Sunday, Piece Hall, Halifax. Balcony seats. secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3500634ED...

Selling me tickets to Saint Etienne / Belle & Sebastian this Sunday, Piece Hall, Halifax. Balcony seats. secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3500634ED...

V much like “Taking an API for a walk” in the V&A East Storehouse entrance. More info: www.stefanieposavec.com/projects/v-a...

I don’t mind people saying they can’t believe I finished 2nd, but I do mind the multi-billion dollar Industrial Unreliability Complex that is AI trying that one. I had to take them on, for the sake of Truth and Journalism. #Taskmaster.

We live across the road from Salts Mill in Saltaire (right by the train station if you’ve been). The Mill is pretty much a tribute to David Hockney, always an exhibition on. Once in a while I pose by this pic of Hockers, never get it right. Genuinely one of the all time great artists.

In Dundee, where local person James Chalmers is buried, “originator of the adhesive postage stamp”, literally something that was stuck on something to save a bigger system. 😉

We’re on a Bad Services UK Book Tour. Actually we’re on it right now, with Glasgow tonight. We’re doing a short Bad Services UK Book Tour over June and July. The link has tour dates listed, with a few more to be updated in the next few days. good.services/badservicesb...

Glasgow. Back three years since we were last here. Ambles around the old and newer buildings. A Sunday morning run to Celtic Park and back. The Burns gallery at Kelvingrove, with all the Scottish Colourist pics, is one of my fave gallery places. Popping by Barrowland. (Whisky not pictured.)

Oh man, Boards of Canada have a new album out?

Fun taking some time out this week to visit a primary school for two classes of kids trying to guess what I and my fellow guests do for a living. Some of the young people said my job was cool, although one kid didn’t get over I didn’t work for Kwikfit. 😔

Test matches not going to the 5th day. How much has that cost the UK hospitality economy these past 5 years?

Sugar gig in Leeds tonight was v good. 32 years since they last toured. 1994, the year I finished my A levels. 🫠

Going past the local pub on the walk home. Overhear a couple chatting outside. “I’d hate being a product manager. Who likes being a product manager. I could do it, but I’d hate it.” We need to move away now.

This pride month I'd love you to go beyond rainbow flags and sign our petition for a public inquiry into Section 28 and the impact on LGBTQ+ people Since releasing this video, it's had over 20k views and led to a 1000 signatures Please support to get to 10k petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Lost Music Venues in Room 104 at the V&A is worth the visit alone for this set list stuck to the wall.

London weekends usually mean the 5km jog from KX to Arsenal and back. This morning first time since (Grimsby) Town played them in 2001 I’ve been past the old Highbury East Stand. First time in daylight.

Climate change is real and it's happening and it's only going to get worse until everyone wakes the fuck up. By far the biggest threat to us all. We don't have another planet we can go to.

Someone asked me a few weeks ago why I don’t do public work weeknotes any more. Same vibe for me today as it was six months, two years, four years, six years, eight years ago — and the point ten years ago I went “down the ladder”: White paper writing is relatively easy to doing day-to-day yards.

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Some people have Wainwrights. I have… henry-moore.org/henry-moore-...

Present day me is thanking past me for the 50th birthday present I bought myself back in October. Seven months after my actual birthday it’s the day to see Pixies at the Albert Hall. And at the end of a week that needs a bit of a head bangin’. 🤘🏼

In Tuesday’s late running substitute Deviant Diary: Blame Brexit; Celebrity Sycophants sinking; comings and goings codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?... #GTFC

What the hell is going on with that list of when we’ll be woken up during the night, Network Rail?

Really sad news about Dale Ladson. He was always a gent with me and had a giddiness underneath. And also one of the quiet enablers of Grimsby online fanzine shenanigans. 🫡 gtfc.co.uk/club-stateme...

Absolutely still one of the best books of this century. Put whatever management bullshit book you are reading down and read this tale of discovery. Third time for me. Always makes me chuckle. (I’ve got Higgs’ Blake book next, bought at the wonderful Waterstones in Bradford on my wedding day.)

Here's a poem for the closeted, those outside binaries, and everyone who longs to blossom. Fuck the Supreme Court and the EHRC. Oak is not the only tree. I love you.

A system in action: On Monday I was prescribed a new medication. “First time you take it it can make you light headed, take it before bed. The pharmacist will give you more detail.” Today I get the meds, ask the pharmacist if there’s owt I should be aware off. “Read the leaflet in the box.” Ta!

My notes from last night's Product Tank Leeds. www.officeofwilson.com/product-tank...

Maybe it’s not the running I enjoy, more that the running has three tasks against it on my daily to do list I can guarantee I can tick off — and the little satisfaction I know I am assured some progress is made that day

“Foden and 'shocked' Maguire to miss out on World Cup squad” Maguire: “I'm arguably one of the best defenders in the world in both boxes. I don't think that's to question really” Mate. I saw you at Blundell Park earlier this season. 💁‍♂️

A raise of my mug to celebrate the middle of the day. Hope you’re doing OK out there. And if you’re not talking could help. I’m here if you want someone to talk to. 🫡

…but, is a Tunnock’s caramel wafer biscuit a product or a service. 🤔

Notes from today's Strategy Unit Neighbour Insights session with @jamestplunkett.bsky.social. Took loads of notes, tried to fill in some gaps, a bit of reading off the back of it, did some reflection from James's words on my current work - and bonus Grimsby mention! www.officeofwilson.com/strat/

That thing when people use being _lean_ to cut any and every corner, squeeze work in at last minute, avoid finishing touches, minimise the quality of the work — so what goes out is an absolute turd that leaves everyone who contributed demoralised. And realise what slopey shoulders their boss has.

Today I went on the websites for three different SaaSes each listing AI as _a feature_. 💩

Notes from tonight's Service Designers Connect. www.officeofwilson.com/service-desi...

But. ,. What. Does. The. AI. In. Your. Product. /. Service. Actually. Do. ..

"Finding the right channels for parkrunners now, and in the future, is really important to us and we continue to explore what this looks like as part of our digital transformation work." says an email from park run this morning. A point follows...

Apart from flag shaggers assembling outside our Euston hotel yday morning and bumping into some through the day (so many dRuNk by 2pm, lightweight England) perfectly good Saturday strolling round London, down to exhibitions at Sotheby’s, National Portrait Gallery and Oh Mary! in the evening. CULTURE

That was a great season supporting Grimsby. Loved it. Ups, downs, in it together, lots of fab memories, more fab memories than crap ones. Balance in a lot of ways. Continual gradual progress. Fin. And then we go again.

Got two tickets to the awesome Pye Corner Audio in Shipley tomorrow, which I’ve been looking forward to for ages. But I’m also away more since I booked tickets including this weekend. If anyone wants them (and will go) hit me up. Free to a good home — apart from a quick match report obvs 😉