Interesting elsewhere – 12 June 2015

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Government as a platform, or a platform for government? Which are we getting? The distinction here – and government’s choice – between a blueprint for GaaP that supports participation versus one that supports mere access, is critical. The former is about democratic re-invigoration, and the latter is […]

Interesting elsewhere – 12 March 2015

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web 4 Elements Of Successful Digital Transformation – DIGITAL LEADERS We start from strategy. My strong belief at the start of this was that we did not need a separate digital strategy. We needed a business strategy with digital throughout. We need to retain our focus on […]

Interesting elsewhere – 22 January 2015

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Day 1 – Postbureaucrat Whoever walks into ministerial offices after the 7th May, it’s likely there will be new faces with big ambitions and even higher expectations about how digital tools can help them win stakeholder, media and public support. Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses The challenge for web […]

Interesting elsewhere – 31 October 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web The Hollow Men II: Some reflections on Westminster and Whitehall dysfunction | Dominic Cummings’s Blog Politics is dominated by discussion of ‘strategy’ and ‘priorities’, but few know how to think strategically (or even what ‘strategy’ is) or how to make and stick to priorities. Misunderstanding of […]

Interesting elsewhere – 8 October 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Digital and change: what to get excited about | Digital health Sometimes we might still choose to be laggards of course. The internet will still happen around us anyway, changing the ways we can get things done. But I’d rather do the extra work to accelerate changes […]

Interesting elsewhere – 9 September 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away… — Medium The fact that hardware and software is being professionally designed to distract was the first thing that made me willing to require rather than merely suggest that students not use devices in class. […]

Interesting elsewhere – 6 August 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web War – the mother of the tech sector | Flip Chart Fairy Tales War, then, is good for technological development. Of course, it’s not the killing and destruction itself that leads to innovation. You can do a lot of that with relatively primitive technology. What drives […]

Interesting elsewhere – 9 July 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Help Joy help you. On the unusability of internal systems. – disambiguity If you’re going to do this user experience thing properly, you’ve got to look at all the angles. If you respect for your employees and your customers you need to care about the user […]

Interesting elsewhere – 13 June 2014

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Sensible security | Cabinet Office technology The answer isn’t to compromise security in order to meet the user needs. The answer is to think about security as part of the user needs, something that is integral to (and should be balanced against) every other facet of […]