iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

David Eaves @eaves.ca · 13/09/2026

Fun fun fun night with Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars. First half was like hanging out in their rec room and they hung and played great music. Then Metric just did bangers.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/06/2026

Update on current status.

Picture of a meeting room screen with the the word “Eurogroup” on it. The is the body of European member state finance ministers that meets monthly.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/06/2026

Current status. Big day.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 01/04/2026

BSB -> LIS -> LHR Wonderful couple of days with some dedicated public servants in Brasilia and civil society members in São Paulo. Laughing at this bad on my flight home. Me too!

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 18/12/2025

Canada Revenue Agency: before calling us, please learn to define your problem in our terms & then wade through 36+ service areas, each with their responsibility set & phone number. Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 26/11/2025

I believe this is the gif you were looking for:

Office Space GIF of the three men smashing a printer. It supposed to feel like they are mobster "offing" someone.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 27/06/2025

So many good things going on in this photo. Can you name them all? :)

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/06/2025

Also, an absolute delight to spend time with the Japanese Digital Agency - who have been generous with their time and deeply engaging to talk to. A double joy to have former students among them doing amazing work! Very interesting work happening here.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/06/2025

Sunny day in Tokyo. Let’s see how the IMF crowd responds to why the macroeconomic impacts of government digital transformation.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 04/06/2025

Busy day. Real privilege to talk to the Deputy Ministers on strategies around digital transformation from governments around the world and where Canada fits in.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 10/04/2025

Indeed, really enjoyed this piece in the NYTimes today. With this great line about what Trump does well. He does see problems people feel. But woof on ideas about what to do about it. Double woof on execution. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 03/04/2025

Busy week. Still Thursday. But nice to spend a few hours back in Oxford for a side event at the Skoll Summit on Strategic Plays for Philanthropy to Scale Impact. Thank you to the Avnish and Julia at Instiglio for the invite. City has changed and not changed at the same time.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 21/03/2025

The diversity of delivery vehicle types in London is awesome. DHL delivering a package outside my office on cargo e-bike.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 07/03/2025

Whoa. Very solid brownies in the United Lounge. Cookies… too flat. Am not confessing how many of may or may not have eaten.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 07/03/2025

Last flight out of Ottawa (US terminal).

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 06/03/2025

These people. Good people. Nice to be in Ottawa talking digital with government officials here.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 04/03/2025

Also, Ottawa really living up to its rep. Glad I brought a toque.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 07/02/2025

Fun times in Naorobi. Nice park/forest they have here right in the city… Double joy to be able to see former students!

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 24/12/2024

A little Canadiana for the holidays!

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 19/11/2024

This is a nice chart. I often like to share it in my policy and making decision class. It would be nice for @economist.com to credit @aukehoekstra.bsky.social who created the first version of this starting at least in 2017...

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/11/2024

One of the many joys of being on the UK Government’s expert panel on digital government is meeting co-chair Martha Lane Fox in person! Revolution Not Evolution has been an assigned reading for students for years.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 31/10/2024

Me: hey, isn’t that tower leaning over? My friend Matteo: yeah, but unlike Pisa we don’t make a big deal out of it cause Venice has got so much other stuff. Me: 😂

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 30/10/2024

I can confirm that Venice is as charming as you’ve been told.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 25/10/2024

Great week here in DC for the annual meetings. Big thanks to Gerardo Una for helping us organize our DPI and finance ministries event. And Priya Vora for hosting the economics of DPI event this evening!

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 11/10/2024

This via @robbieandrew.bsky.social: "It's only been up a couple of months, but already the Tanager-1 satellite is identifying thousands of methane emissions around the world. 1/3 data.carbonmapper.org"

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 15/09/2024

There is a fox sleeping on a hedge outside our house!

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 05/09/2024

Great time in Brasilia at the G20 Troika event with South Africa, India & Brazil. Lots of sharing around how each is tackling tech and digital public infrastructure in their G20 presidency. Always precious to create a space where civil society and govs talk candidly. Next up: DPI Summit in Cairo.

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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 04/09/2024

If you’d told me in 2015 I’d make ~10 trips to Brasilia over the coming decade I’d have not believed you. But it’s again great to back and engaged with friends and colleagues trying to reimagine and build a digital era government. Side note, it is DRY here this week. Less than 14% humidity!

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