TL;DR funding calls, user interviews and cake

TL;DR east vs west, product leadership mantras and the return of GovCamp Scotland

TL;DR Messing about in boats, endings/beginnings and impending rest

TL;DR honesty, hope, and catharsis at Camp Digital

TL;DR Arthur’s Seat, re-sizing and realism

TL;DR March reflections, service blueprints and a running sidenote

TL;DR climbing hills, playing with new tools, and reducing off-system workarounds

TL;DR User interviews, sprint planning and a team day out in Glasgow …

TL;DR Chatting to the Singapore Biomedical Data Hub, DataCite DOIs and happiness is tinkering about in Figma…

TL;DR big approvals are like buses, aurora borealis and comfort in pastry

TL;DR Researcher Access Service design playbacks, diary juggling and a spotlight on user centred design

TL;DR marvellous metadata, 2025 reflections and staying on an even keel…

TL;DR Certainty and value, silly agile-y phrases and performance metrics …

TL;DR Sprint Zero, a RAS celebration and Product in Service…

TL;DR coaching sessions, another retrospective and preparations for a big week…

YouTube video by Scottish Geology Trust

TL;DR celebrating a year of weeknotes, a time for retrospectives and spotting areas for improvement…

TL;DR spinning plates, working at pace and a big RDS service milestone…

TL;DR Collaboration, funding calls and a bit of surfing

Mapping/crystalizing, clearer vision, and celebrating the wins

In a good groove after a bitty period, retrospectives and gaining some perspective

What is this?

A growing team, the shipping forecast and AI killed my job

A short week of planning, presenting and cycling

Go away, I am on a call

Back to it after a (delightfully sunny) summer holiday, working from the west coast, and finding joy in intellectual stimulation.

Getting the digital ducks in a row for Autumn, struggling with non-fiction and now it’s time for a breather…

A new release of the Researcher Access Service, digging into the Digital Economy Act and a flying visit to Manchester for #CampDigital…