Those are the words of Mike Bracken, the former head of the United Kingdom’s Government Digital Service, as he reflected on his departure back in 2015. More than a decade later, those reflections are on my mind following the recent announcement of Digital Transformation Canada (DTC), which will bring together many of the federal government’s IT organizations into one unit. This includes my old team, the Canadian Digital Service. From the start, we had high hopes to change how the government delivered digital services. It didn’t work out that way. Will DTC be different?

Adds Europe Beach Map to the data section — 511 European beaches as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection (Point geometry per beach) with sea temperature, sand type, best season and Blue Flag status. Direct ...

“After all, who could be opposed to getting more done with less work?”

Let’s put those AI labels to the test.

Human-wildlife conflict application

Let's just say I disagree

Caught between fears of job loss and social stigma, Gen Z’s opinions of AI are hitting new lows.