how i know you asked ai to generate your workshop agenda: you want all the collaborative, dialectic activity to happen inside a 10-minute window. going to assume copilot.

waiting for an ebook from the library to be available, so picked up ‘the dawn of everything’ again. started it a few years ago but never finished. not sure why, the writing is excellent.

A couple of short weeks, but we’ve been digging in to how to test our hypotheses around test results in the NHS App. Decent amount of progress made, IMO. (We went to a hackathon too.)

The Ancient Farm: Weeknotes S22E09

Planning how to test our user-centred design and technical hypotheses.

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how is it only costing £45 to go to bristol and back on thursday? not complaining, but has something changed?!

getting the eurostar to lille for your birthday is a great shout, let me tell you

the death bump conversation between kent and selina is *chef’s kiss* www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQtv...

Is Selina going to pull the plug on her Mother? VEEP - HBO

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Is Local GDS going to MHCLG tho?

A few months ago I got the chance to do some discovery and rapid prototyping with teams at Sport England. Here’s what we did, how we did it, and where we got to. boringmagi.cc/case-studies...

Rapid AI prototyping at Sport England

How Boring Magic turned a vague AI brief into working prototypes at Sport England, within real policy and delivery constraints.

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british politics could learn a lot from soundsystem culture. we seem to be in a sound clash, with one tune being battled by another then another. learning the concept of the rewind (aka reload, spinback) would really benefit the vibes.

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absolutely gutted. i’m going to france next weekend with 6 welsh speakers, meaning i’ll miss this which is up the road from home! (there’s a whole day of comedy, mostly english language, you should go if you can – big names!) stanleyarts.org/event/elis-j...

Elis James: Welsh Language Stand Up Greatest Hits: LIVE (work in progress) - Stanley Arts London

Cards on the table - in August I’ve got a very important Welsh language stand up gig at the Eisteddfod in Wales which probably isn’t relevant to you, but I live in SE19 so I’m hoping there are enough ...

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In which me and Jamie nerd out hard on hypotheses, assumptions and experiment. #weeknotes visitmy.website/2026/07/17/t...

The Beetroots: Weeknotes S22E08

Thoughts on hypotheses, assumptions, experiments and roadmaps in alpha.

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the potential for some retribution on Saturday? www.englandrugby.com/follow/news-...

2026 Nations Championship Preview: Argentina vs England | Rugby Football Union

After a resounding victory over Fiji, England now face Argentina on Saturday for Round 3 of the Nations Championship at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades (20:10 BST).

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Also: open source repo is coming soon 👀🎉

Coco@cocochan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thrilled to hear that our team won MHCLG’s inaugural Permanent Secretary award ❤️ Such a brilliant, hard-working group of people. Creating Share is proof that while vendor lock-in is a hard problem, it is not an inevitability. Proud doesn’t cover it 🥹 What we do:

well, at least there’s a new prime minister coming in to settle things down

I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch

A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.

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it’s finally cool enough to drink hot tea during the working day, hallelujah

bocca di lupo is a triumph (also they serve trippa alla romana)

With the roll-out of Making Tax Digital going ahead, HMRC must provide an in-house, government-developed, fully-functional software that allows easy and confident compliance with MTD. Self-employed people should not be obliged to hand data to private companies. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Create a government-owned, free software for Making Tax Digital (MTD)

With the roll-out of Making Tax Digital going ahead, HMRC must provide an in-house, government-developed, fully-functional software that allows easy and confident compliance with MTD. Self-employed pe...

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i dunno, man, i’m in favour of the dub techno approach to governance: lull you in with the false sense of security of a 4x4 beat, then confuse and distort reality with a series of loud, repeating, perpetual feedback loops of your own unexpected horror

Today I had the pleasure of chatting with @trillyc.bsky.social and @irinap.bsky.social about skills for product managers. Something Irina said was great food for thought. (And I can’t count on two hands how many convos I’ve had with Trilly about experimentation.) visitmy.website/2026/07/08/i...

Is testing and learning a methodology or a core skill?

Is ‘test and learn’ just a fancy way of saying Agile? Or is it something more fundamental?

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JOURNEY INTER-CITY (1972)

Today I had the pleasure of chatting with @trillyc.bsky.social and @irinap.bsky.social about skills for product managers. Something Irina said was great food for thought. (And I can’t count on two hands how many convos I’ve had with Trilly about experimentation.) visitmy.website/2026/07/08/i...

Is testing and learning a methodology or a core skill?

Is ‘test and learn’ just a fancy way of saying Agile? Or is it something more fundamental?

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seen so many uk pubs and social clubs creating posters with chatgpt, and they all look like these flyers (why are they all dark mode)

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4w ago

ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

50% off amazing organic food! if you’ve read that book about ultraprocessed food, this is for you abelandcole.mention-me.com/m/ol/zk2kb-s...

Get 50% off your first four Fruit & Veg Boxes

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I appear to have missed some news

channelled my inner @dasbarrett.bsky.social to make this french ’boule’ (i baked it in a le creuset dish)

I thought they were already in charge of sweeping?

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England’s mayors should be given sweeping new powers, says devolution expert

Latest #weeknote is about having imposter syndrome. Good to acknowledge but no point dwelling on it. The only way is through. visitmy.website/2026/06/29/t...

The Relay Race: Weeknotes S22E07

A couple of challenging but productive weeks creating alignment on the team.

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Doing a discovery playback and starting the alpha recommendations with ‘It’s blockchain’ still gets laughs. In 2026! Evergreen content.