3 September 2023
Run note, 3 September 2023

17 January 2023
2023 run notes, week 2

9 January 2023
2023 run notes, week 1

3 January 2023
2023 running: week 1, planning

1 January 2023
Run note for 2022

1 August 2021
Run note for July 2021

2 July 2021
Run note for May and June 2021

18 June 2021
Weeknote, Monday 14 to Friday 18 June 2021

11 June 2021
Weeknote, Monday 7 to Friday 11 June 2021

9 May 2021
Weeknote, Sunday 9 May 2021

1 May 2021
Weeknote, Saturday 1 May 2021

1 May 2021
Run note for April 2021

13 February 2021
2021 note number 2 — week commencing 8 February 2021

7 February 2021
Cycles

6 February 2021
2021 note number 1 — week commencing 1 February 2021

2 December 2020
Run note for November 2020

28 November 2020
Weeknote, Monday 23 to Friday 27 November 2020

25 November 2020
My guiding principles for working

21 November 2020
Weeknote, Monday 16 to Friday 20 November 2020

19 November 2020
How I plan my day

14 November 2020
Papyrus

14 November 2020
Weeknote, Monday 9 to Friday 13 November 2020

8 November 2020
Run note for August, September and October 2020

7 November 2020
Weeknote, Monday 2 to Friday 6 November 2020

31 October 2020
Weeknote, week Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2020

26 September 2020
Tone

23 September 2020
Shed life, then and whatever is next

19 September 2020
Weeknote, week commencing Monday 14 September 2020

14 September 2020
Weeknote, week commencing Monday 7 September 2020

5 August 2020
Recycling running shoes (draft)

2 August 2020
Run note for July 2020

7 July 2020
On service design, service designers — or just designing

6 July 2020
The system

3 July 2020
Weeknote, Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2020

1 July 2020
Run note for June 2020

28 June 2020
Weeknote, Monday 22 June to Friday 26 June 2020

23 June 2020
Why service design or a service designer?

19 June 2020
Weeknote, Monday 15 June to Friday 19 June 2020

16 June 2020
Diabetes notes, number 8

15 June 2020
Ten questions for a new role

12 June 2020
Weeknote, Monday 8 to Friday 12 June 2020

12 June 2020
Diabetes notes, number 7

5 June 2020
Run note for May 2020

3 June 2020
Diabetes notes, number 6

1 May 2020
Keeping an eye on what’s happened and what could happen

1 May 2020
Run note for April 2020

27 April 2020
Weeknote, from Monday 20 to Sunday 26 April 2020

20 April 2020
Weeknote, from Monday 13 to Sunday 19 April 2020

3 April 2020
Run note for March 2020

12 March 2020
Diabetes notes, number 5

12 March 2020
The strategy is good service design

10 March 2020
Diabetes notes, number 4

8 March 2020
Diabetes notes, number 3

7 March 2020
Diabetes notes, number 2

6 March 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 6 March 2020

4 March 2020
Diabetes notes, number 1

2 March 2020
Criticism. A Simple Guide.

1 March 2020
Run note for February 2020

28 February 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 28 February 2020

21 February 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 21 February 2020

21 February 2020
Maps

15 February 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 14 February 2020

8 February 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 7 February 2020

3 February 2020
Running in 2019, the outtakes

1 February 2020
Work note for January 2020

1 February 2020
Run note for January 2020

31 January 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 31 January 2020

24 January 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 24 January 2020

17 January 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 17 January 2020

10 January 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 10 January 2020

3 January 2020
Weeknote for week ending Friday 3 January 2020

2 January 2020
Running in 2019

3 December 2019
Run notes for November 2019, week 5

26 November 2019
Run notes for November 2019, week 4

18 November 2019
Run notes for November 2019, week 3

11 November 2019
Run notes for November 2019, week 2

4 November 2019
Run notes for November 2019, week 1

2 November 2019
Run notes for October 2019

11 October 2019
Weeknote for weeks 40 and 41 of 2019, 30 September to 13 October

10 October 2019
The service experience

7 October 2019
Run notes for September 2019

30 September 2019
Weeknote for weeks 38 and 39 of 2019, 16 September to 29 September

26 September 2019
The problem observed

15 September 2019
Weeknote for week 37 of 2019, 9 September to 15 September

10 September 2019
The flow

9 September 2019
Weeknote for week 36 of 2019, 2 September to 8 September

1 September 2019
Run notes for August 2019

30 August 2019
Weeknote for week 35 of 2019, 26 August to 30 August

23 August 2019
Weeknote for week 34 of 2019, 19 August to 23 August

9 August 2019
Run notes for July 2019

6 July 2019
Run notes for June 2019

1 June 2019
Run notes for May 2019

16 May 2019
Look after yourself

10 May 2019
Weeknote for Monday 6 May 2019 to Friday 10 May 2019

4 May 2019
Weeknote for Monday 29 April 2019 to Friday 3 May 2019

30 April 2019
Run notes for April 2019

2 April 2019
1976 Olympics book in Berlin

1 April 2019
UAL design school manifesto

2 February 2019
Weeknotes week commencing Monday 28 January 2019

29 January 2019
Weeknotes week commencing Monday 21 January 2019

19 January 2019
Weeknotes week commencing Monday 14 January 2019

12 January 2019
Weeknotes week commencing Monday 7 January 2019

6 January 2019
Weeknotes week commencing Monday 30 December 2018

7 November 2018
Leeds Gov Design meet number 5 – and onwards

26 September 2018
Leeds gov design meet number 4, done

17 September 2018
Discovery then alpha. Always.

3 September 2018
Lunchtime chats offer for people designing gov services

2 September 2018
Bail reform in New Jersey

4 July 2018
DWP Digital design examples session for Leeds gov design meet number 3

4 July 2018
Leeds gov design meet number 3, done

1 June 2018
Planning Leeds cross gov design meet number 3

18 May 2018
DWP product owners meet

22 April 2018
Pay to opt out

18 April 2018
Leeds gov design meet number 2, done

17 April 2018
WTF signage

4 April 2018
Leeds cross gov design meet number 2

27 March 2018
Continual gradual improvement poster

26 February 2018
Leeds Service Jam 2018 is coming

25 February 2018
Leeds gov design meet number 1, done - and looking forwards

23 February 2018
Africa chorus lyrics posters

5 February 2018
Leeds gov design meet number 1

23 January 2018
“The prototype”

20 January 2018
DWP Digital Leeds design notes, number 1

12 January 2018
Antennas up. Receive and send.

10 January 2018
Looking ahead to service jams in Leeds during 2018

4 January 2018
2018 Bradford CoderDojos

2 January 2018
New year, new eyes on your work

30 December 2017
Work goals for the first quarter of 2018

28 December 2017
Designing with real enough data

9 December 2017
Talking in education offer

13 November 2017
Getting out of the way

9 November 2017
The strategy is...

15 October 2017
Chlamydia primary care design sprint, days one and two

26 September 2017
Broadacre 2017

21 September 2017
The map is a living thing

20 September 2017
Air lines

13 September 2017
Making a simple dashboard for our discovery

10 August 2017
A sense of doing something

30 July 2017
Weeknotes s02e04

21 July 2017
Weeknotes s02e03

18 July 2017
Public Design WY number 3 is done

17 July 2017
The shed has become a workshop

16 July 2017
Weeknotes s02e01 and s02e02

20 June 2017
It's only words: the carelessness of a supermarket’s self service checkout user interface

14 June 2017
Public Design WY number 2 is done

25 May 2017
Camp Digital 2017 slides

20 May 2017
May 2017 Bradford CoderDojo

19 May 2017
Is your minimum viable product viable?

18 May 2017
Accidental slogans

13 May 2017
The usefulness of design patterns

12 May 2017
Butlins wifi and not stating the terms of your transaction

5 May 2017
Public Design WY number 1 is done

12 April 2017
Design, Make, Learn and 'digital socialism' stickers

12 April 2017
Public Design WY number 1 is go

10 April 2017
Listening, not hearing

7 April 2017
Being in the same room

23 March 2017
The cost of sitting versus the cost of standing

11 March 2017
Public Design WY

7 March 2017
Weeknotes s01e18

24 February 2017
A Slackbot over a coffee

19 February 2017
The Design Museum

19 February 2017
Week ending Sunday 19 February 2017

29 January 2017
Weeknotes s01e13

20 January 2017
It’s the mission that matters

20 January 2017
Weeknotes s01e12

13 January 2017
Weeknotes s01e11

6 January 2017
Weeknotes s01e08, s01e09, and s01e10

5 January 2017
Bradford CoderDojo – back for 2017

4 January 2017
Days out looking sideways

17 December 2016
Weeknotes s01e07

5 December 2016
Weeknotes s01e05

26 November 2016
Weeknotes s01e04

23 November 2016
Look sideways more

22 November 2016
Mentor offer redux

18 November 2016
Weeknotes s01e03

12 November 2016
Weeknotes s01e02

8 November 2016
Patterns, patterns

7 November 2016
Business constraints

5 November 2016
Weeknotes s01e01

18 October 2016
I do this stickers

4 October 2016
Fight snub

16 September 2016
Getting people together

9 September 2016
My problem with “digital transformation”

28 August 2016
People are not crows

18 August 2016
That’s not my home phone number, the area dial code is all wrong - Or, how I suddenly lost trust in my bank

25 June 2016
What is it I actually do?

13 June 2016
Typography, an example to learn from

12 June 2016
USDS values

30 May 2016
number number dash number number dash

25 May 2016
It’s how you display it

23 May 2016
Stickers as a thank you

30 April 2016
HMRC-ya

28 April 2016
Keeping things on track

26 April 2016
Mentor offer

24 April 2016
Knowing what to expect

23 April 2016
A simpler, clearer, better bradford.gov.uk

14 April 2016
Always be in beta posters

13 April 2016
Some new stickers

11 April 2016
Start at the core

3 April 2016
Sunday design stuff in New York

2 April 2016
Visit to Cooper Hewitt in New York

22 March 2016
Getting stuff done (in gov)

2 March 2016
Invisible Chinatown

26 February 2016
Codegirl at the Co-op

16 February 2016
Digital transformation is change management

12 February 2016
Rail travel: A user experience in buying access to a network

10 February 2016
What... what seems to be the problem?

9 February 2016
Collaborating across government design communities

9 February 2016
Never be the same

2 February 2016
Good times for a change

14 January 2016
Design is the process, and when designing works

11 January 2016
Us versus them

6 January 2016
Motivations

3 January 2016
Lowering your shields

30 December 2015
Coffee and toast

22 December 2015
Be more start-up

20 December 2015
It looks like a frozen sausage

19 December 2015
Blood simple

7 December 2015
Get Git

3 December 2015
Show all the options, AirBnB style

27 November 2015
Teachings from user research sessions

26 November 2015
Forefront, Leeds, 25 November 2015

17 November 2015
Designing stickers – or: Getting out a bit more

6 November 2015
Why the Bronx Burned, a cautionary tale on bad data usage

5 November 2015
Lisa Hanawalt at XOXO 2015

2 November 2015
Openly talking across government, about design

28 October 2015
The World of Ray and Charles Eames

24 October 2015
Talking about the design work we do in HMRC Digital

19 October 2015
Doing research with users to understand gifts

17 October 2015
Contracting problems

17 October 2015
Tom Loosemore on new foundations for government

16 October 2015
Mis-shapes

15 October 2015
A quick note on *asterisks* and [square brackets]

13 October 2015
Reading list

13 October 2015
The lost art of copywriting

29 September 2015
GDS as a platform

27 September 2015
Plain speaking

26 September 2015
September 2015 Bradford CoderDojo

25 September 2015
Some short notes about show and tells at HMRC Digital

20 September 2015
The planets – to scale

14 September 2015
Design is teamwork

12 September 2015
Beverly Hills Cop intro credits

5 September 2015
Saul Bass pitching to Bell

27 August 2015
A happy ending

9 August 2015
Thunk.

6 August 2015
HMRC: nearly three weeks up

13 July 2015
Games are fun for everyone. (But not all games are fun at all.)

12 July 2015
The last Bradford CoderDojo of the 2014/15 academic year

7 July 2015
How Spotify does agile

6 July 2015
Going off

29 June 2015
View your local Scores on the Doors

25 June 2015
Bradford District STEM networking event, June 2015

24 June 2015
Better when relevant: improving the Hang My Washing Out tool

24 June 2015
How I learnt to code

22 June 2015
Bradford Coder Dojo June 2015: Tasty Pi!

22 June 2015
Introducing Shipley's Code Cafe

22 June 2015
Look up your Amazon wishlist in a local library

19 June 2015
A short note about prototyping

15 June 2015
Look up Amazon bestsellers in the Leeds/Bradford library system

13 June 2015
Leeds GovJam 2015: in just three points

9 June 2015
Looking ahead to Leeds GovJam 2015

3 June 2015
Exploring the lives of "older people" through the Age Camp unconference

31 May 2015
May 2015 NUX Leeds notes

11 May 2015
Pitches: I love to hate you (but love a good workshop)

9 May 2015
Doing my own thing: nearly one year on

1 May 2015
The future could be ace, but we still need to think of IE8

20 April 2015
Why volunteer?

10 April 2015
Scorsese on story versus plot

1 April 2015
Getting Hyperlocal with young people in Leeds

28 November 2014
You say persona, I say person-ah

22 November 2014
David Chang and deliciousness

15 August 2014
Opening the Leeds School of Data

12 August 2014
Hacking together a data masher

21 July 2014
Weathering a two hour hack

19 July 2014
Try something new to something already there

30 June 2014
Open data in Leeds: represented by just three organisations?

20 June 2014
The return of the Leeds digital lunches

17 June 2014
mhLeeds workshop

14 June 2014
The 'public spaces' of Bradford and Leeds

12 June 2014
Bettakultcha Leeds June 2014

5 June 2014
Leeds GovJam 2014

29 May 2014
A website within a service

22 May 2014
Odd spaces

15 May 2014
Briefs and work: Inspire. Inspiring. Inspirational.

1 May 2014
A dog: one year on

17 April 2014
Brand guidelines as guides

3 April 2014
Because Robert Redford

20 March 2014
Next

7 March 2014
Let go.

24 February 2014
"Look at this from a user experience point of view"

22 February 2014
Responsive design work: not that new is it?

21 February 2014
The inveitable Whatsapp post

19 February 2014
Defined work. Speculative work.

18 February 2014
Rational Irrational

15 February 2014
Reach out, with your government

14 February 2014
My spring 2014 student deck

9 February 2014
Not-so-infinite scroll

25 January 2014
The problem with crowd sourcing

15 January 2014
The brains behind spending a $25,000 marketing budget in a creative way

7 January 2014
Overlooking interactions

5 January 2014
I miss journalism

2 January 2014
Cicada 3301

1 January 2014
A stickier internet