Solar install update. Our first year. The year to December ended as forecast. We generated 4.5 megawatt hours over the year which was 91% of the energy we used 🎉 We saved roughly £1,100 on energy we didn’t draw from the grid. We also exported a bunch, so made money too. bsky.app/profile/skyn...

It seems it was February 2026 when MS Teams finally started supporting threaded discussions. At least, that’s my experience

The doom and gloom about London is ridiculous and harmful. Team FT is Team London - as.ft.com/r/19d3d36d-e...

The unintended consequence of asking "what can we say we've done?" is the focus it can create on comms as the primary strategy. Comms _is_ important, it takes time and energy to get right, but it's not everything. Changing the question, focussing on delivery unlocks so much (inc comms, ironically).

15 years and Amazon "never validated [their] core assumptions". The sad thing is that this still seems pretty common in the tech industry. aka HIPPO (highest paid person's opinion). I've also heard it called "vibes and shiny". bsky.app/profile/leti...

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.

Last night I rewatched Tron Legacy and am ready for Tron Ares tonight at the IMAX. Based on reviews I’ve set my expectations low but am looking forward to the nostalgia and escapism

My understanding is, and nobody seems to talk about this, a big difference between how Google Workspace and MS Sharepoint works: files in Google retain a canonical link. So moving a file between folders in Google, the link to the file stays the same. Move a file in Sharepoint and the link changes

I just started #Daily30 (a food supplement) and can say I have more energy and am eating less. It’s part of attempting marginal gains to improve my diet and lose weight

This post sent with the smugness of someone who, after 5 months, has finally switched off all of the ways Microsoft services like to play sounds with notifications

Why use 'whilst' where 'while' will do? 'Whilst' doesn't make your sentence more formal

So interesting. Pollinator Pathmaker. Design your own garden for free. An art project using code to design gardens for pollinators (and humans). Art, code and gardens, right up my street. Featured on BBC Gardener’s World last night: pollinator.art

Agile delivery manager ≠ project manager. There's crossover in what they do and they can learn from each other, but they are not the same. Assuming they are devalues them both.

Solar install update. Our first year. Since April we’ve had a better than expected June. August was a smidge less solar than predicted. Our peak was 34 kWh on 8 July. It came out of nowhere. Solar is down in August but still greater than the energy we used in January 🎉 bsky.app/profile/skyn...

Despite their eagerness, I'm never going to sign in to the BBC News website to read the news

Without going into specifics, and without trying to seem like I have all of the answers, my job over the last while seems to have been coaching many levels of an org to have a healthy approach to change. Being deliberate. Being aware of my own emotions. Trying to find the words people need to hear.

A bit of fun… Hey AI, create an image that literally shows 'driving change'

Status report on edibles raised bed. Tomatoes (front), courgettes (sides, in pots), pumpkins (back). Everyone seems happy. This year I’ve extended the bamboo frame to 2.4m high, so the eventual canopy gets less congested. #gardening #verticalgardening

I've realised you could use AI to help you have the conversation about how you're going to adopt AI, which is also an efficiency saving because you could shorten the conversation (this looks like a joke, and it sort of is, but it's also all true)

I'm conscious of time

I’m a huge introvert. I often say that and recently people tell me that’s not obvious. A while ago I learned to switch things on and off, to know when to switch modes. (This skeet very much written from a deep and needed restorative niche after extroverting for about 2 hours this afternoon)

We had solar installed in December. Since then we had a cloudy December and January. We also had to evict some pigeons in April. But the installer’s prediction for solar generation is uncannily accurate. April solar equalled our usage from January 🎉 bsky.app/profile/skyn...

Yesterday I emailed my MP to voice my concern for the protection of trans human rights in the UK. I can't remember the last time I emailed my MP. I asked them to encourage their colleagues to educate themselves and listen to trans voices

✨ The Government Design Principles have been updated, adding 'Minimise environmental impact' 🌳 🪨 They are an invaluable cornerstone for government's user-centred digital work. 👀 Blog post: services.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/02/a... 👀 Principles: www.gov.uk/guidance/gov... #govdesign

This is very good by @mattedgar.social.coop.ap.brid.gy (who knows what he's talking about) on creating the conditions for innovation in government blog.mattedgar.com/2025/03/29/b...

GDS is hiring a senior content designer to work on the Service Standard and Service Manual. £56,070 - £70,219 Deadline end of Wednesday. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #govdesign

If you're interested in the conversation about digital government in the UK then I encourage you to watch this from 9:46:45 onwards: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Knowing (even vaguely) what question you're answering is the beginning of most things

This is what I'm here to say: 'Of all...things Caroline wishes she could change, she says, along with reform of the treatment pathway, the main one is that Alice would have grown up in a household where being trans was talked about with the same “ease and grace” as anyone else on the LGBTQ spectrum'

📽️ FULL VIDEO ONLINE James Bridle | Elevate Festival 2025 Keynote with @jamesbridle.bsky.social youtu.be/ejIZXDOKaHw #ElevateFestival #TrustIssues

500 words on AI in a magnificent, musical world. www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...

Journal: The web on mobile Technically, websites can do just about anything that native apps can do. And yet the actual experience of using the web on mobile is worse than ever. 🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21728

Community Fibre outage in London. I tested changing my DNS (eg to the Google service: developers.google.com/speed/public...) and the network seems to work. I think using Google is still a good idea anyway (for speed and security)

👀 Mid level and Senior Developers in Bristol, London and Manchester Last week GOV.UK Pay completed £38.80m in payments safely, securely and accessibly. 💸 We are recruiting permanent roles until 24th February 2025. Apply now www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi....

Could you please RT? @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com @bw.wel.by 💥💥 Thursday 27th of February 💥💥 Our 3rd event is Miriam Levin from Demos, on 'Involving citizens in policymaking' and ​Sarah Crandall from DSIT, on 'The new GDS'. ​ At the MoJ or online. Register here : buff.ly/42MOZcf

Hey! For the last six(!) years, Lily Smith and I have been talking to amazing people on The Product Experience podcast every. single. week. 🎙️What (or who!) do you want to hear in future episodes? Help us craft podcast episodes that truly matter to you. 👉 forms.gle/vWxXtB1JntvK... #Product

📅 Save the date. GDS are hosting Agile London on 28 Jan 5pm to 7pm. Meet members of the Agile London commutniy and GDS. Can't wait to hear some great talks and thoughtful discussion with the attendees. See you there. www.meetup.com/agile-london...

We shipped my favourite GOV.UK feature for ages this morning: ✨Autocomplete✨ 🔍 GOV.UK Search now suggests search queries as you type. This saves time for most users, and is really helpful if you don't know the exact name or spelling of a government thing. insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/12/m...

Today, the Ethical Web Principles has been published as a W3C Statement, meaning it’s now fully endorsed. www.w3.org/news/2024/et... #EthicalWebPrinciples It’s already been influencing evolution of the web platform. Now we can be on even firmer ground. See also: www.torgo.com/blog/2024/12...

Solar install day arrived and was pretty straightforward. I’m looking forward to some solar power generation tomorrow. bsky.app/profile/skyn...

I'm talking a lot at the moment about cynicism being easier than having hope. But I get it, having hope is hard when experience tells you otherwise. So is knowing where to place it, and expending the energy to give it space to grow. Especially when there might not be clear answers

Just watching an article on BBC2 Newsnight comparing Bluesky to X. And why everyone’s jumping from X to anywhere else. It’s the most mainstream conversation I’ve seen about Bluesky

A few speculative follows on dormant accounts over the last few months have lead to some nice surprises over last weeks when they’ve become active, the latest is @aoc.bsky.social Welcome! I should probably have another look for people I might have missed…

We’re planning to get solar panels installed soon. This morning at about 7am I found myself comparing our actual electricity usage from last year with the expected solar generation

hello Bluesky, one of the things I do for work is an AI podcast. yes, yes, I know, but this AI podcast is a) short eps (max 20 minutes) and b) has all women guests. I am very keen to connect with women working in/with/around AI for future eps! Please hit me up! open.spotify.com/show/1QTJfOo...

(Reposting because I appear not to be able to use Bluesky 🤓)

We had SUCH a good day.

Reflecting on the fact that by the end of Saturday this week I'll be married and have a husband 👬💒🥂💐 Oh, and we're both excited to be getting married in an actual church (Church of Scotland). I'm happy and grateful that this is possible. It's a moment to ignore any nonsense and just be together.

My book just turned up from the printers. Sneaky peek...

I'm having a moment where I'm realising I take a lot of what I think I know about teamwork for granted. What does teamwork mean to you? How do you spot the difference between a team and bunch of individuals working on the same or similar things? Is there a difference?