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Aphorism 169

Stefan Czerniawski — 8 February 20174 February 2017

In tech, “never” means 5-10 years, but “5-10 years” means neve

Aphorism 168

Stefan Czerniawski — 7 February 20174 February 2017

We start from what people want to say, not from what organisations want to ask.

Aphorism 167

Stefan Czerniawski — 7 February 20174 February 2017

You can either iterate before you fail, or you can do it after you fail, but you’ll do it either way.

Aphorism 166

Stefan Czerniawski — 6 February 20174 February 2017

In a trial-and-error world, the one who can find errors the fastest wins. Yevgeniy Brikman Past aphorisms are collected on the aphorism archive page

Aphorism 165

Stefan Czerniawski — 6 February 20174 February 2017

Go where you are rare

Aphorism 164

Stefan Czerniawski — 3 February 20173 February 2017

IT systems are just hardcoded processes. If the processes are old school non-intuitive the systems will be.

Aphorism 163

Stefan Czerniawski — 3 February 20173 February 2017

No truth is undeniable, no matter how simple.

Postcard from a camping trip

Stefan Czerniawski — 21 January 201722 January 2018

Govcamp is still useless. That’s still its superpower.

In the service of civility

Stefan Czerniawski — 21 December 20166 January 2018

Civil servants have a professional obligation to implement the policies of democratically elected governments, and take professional pride in doing so. But they are allowed – and more than allowed, required – to have a conscience and to exercise it

Customising language

Stefan Czerniawski — 12 December 201621 December 2016

Customers, users or citizens? The debate goes quiet from time to time but never really dies. Words matter. We should make careful choices. But those choices don’t need to be binary. And we don’t need an unambiguous resolution.

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