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Another set of
13/03/2026

Another set of

This week I have learned: in the PlayCards that I built a few years ago, one of the suggested actions was to attend a conference in a field that you know nothing about. I sort of did that this week…

It's Friday time once again...
27/02/2026

It's Friday time once again...

Things I have learned this week: I’m incredibly privileged to have the group of friends that I do. Still no news on the publication date I’m ready for London Book Fair the week after ne…

Roll Your Own SoftwareOnce upon a time, maybe in the middle of the decade before last, there was an idea that was called...
26/02/2026

Roll Your Own Software

Once upon a time, maybe in the middle of the decade before last, there was an idea that was called "Bring Your Own Device". iPhones and MacBook Airs showed that computing devices didn't need to be heavy and ugly. They could be light and stylish, with batteries that lasted more than an hour. The mostly privileged owners of these sleek and stylish devices demanded that they should be free to display their privilege and panache by using their sleek and stylish devices at work....

Once upon a time, maybe in the middle of the decade before last, there was an idea that was called “Bring Your Own Device”. iPhones and MacBook Airs showed that computing devices didn& #…

Weeknote 768: West CoastThis week I have learned: You've got to be in it to win it. If you don't ask you don't get. And ...
20/02/2026

Weeknote 768: West Coast

This week I have learned: You've got to be in it to win it. If you don't ask you don't get. And similar sayings. I don't think I'm ever going to get truly comfortable with talking about my strengths. But I have reached a point where I'm able to acknowledge them and highlight them. That's taken a fair bit of work....

This week I have learned: You’ve got to be in it to win it. If you don’t ask you don’t get. And similar sayings. I don’t think I’m ever going to get truly comfortable …

Good enoughMost of the prose produced in most organisations is, at best, mediocre. Business cases, status update reports...
17/02/2026

Good enough

Most of the prose produced in most organisations is, at best, mediocre. Business cases, status update reports, performance reviews, job descriptions, policies and procedures, terms and conditions, onboarding documentation, strategy documents, change request forms, tender responses... the list goes on. Bilge, for the most part, the lot of it. Documents over which hours of effort have been poured, knowing that the chance of any of it being read is low....

Most of the prose produced in most organisations is, at best, mediocre. Business cases, status update reports, performance reviews, job descriptions, policies and procedures, terms and conditions, …

Weeknote 767: leaning inThis week I have learned: that I had hit a moment where I was feeling that things were happening...
13/02/2026

Weeknote 767: leaning in

This week I have learned: that I had hit a moment where I was feeling that things were happening to me, out of my control. Time to lean in, and take a role rather than wait to be given one. Hopefully that’s been helpful already. the Random talk seems to work. I delivered it to around 30 folk at an event in Nottingham and I think it hit a number of spots....

This week I have learned: that I had hit a moment where I was feeling that things were happening to me, out of my control. Time to lean in, and take a role rather than wait to be given one. Hopeful…

Weeknote 766: establishingThis week I have learned: sometimes consulting feels a bit like being part of a David Attenbor...
06/02/2026

Weeknote 766: establishing

This week I have learned: sometimes consulting feels a bit like being part of a David Attenborough production, watching things in their natural habitats. I'm increasingly of the view that talking about software products distracts from the bigger message of the move from a project-based approach to software delivery: namely, that a piece of software is never finished. acquiring a new printer this week also felt like buying into a lifelong commitment....

This week I have learned: sometimes consulting feels a bit like being part of a David Attenborough production, watching things in their natural habitats. I’m increasingly of the view that tal…

Is it really happening that quickly? 2025 editionI had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about AI and how fast e...
04/02/2026

Is it really happening that quickly? 2025 edition

I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about AI and how fast everything seems to be moving. The sense that this time feels genuinely different. That we're in the middle of something exponential. It reminded me of a piece I wrote back in 2014. The argument then was simple: despite all the noise about how "everything is accelerating", the data showed that internet, PCs, mobiles, smartphones and tablets all followed remarkably similar S-curves once you accounted for their actual starting points....

I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about AI and how fast everything seems to be moving. The sense that this time feels genuinely different. That we’re in the middle of something …

Weeknote 765: directionsThis week I have learned: Getting people together to think and talk is of such value. I'm increa...
30/01/2026

Weeknote 765: directions

This week I have learned: Getting people together to think and talk is of such value. I'm increasingly using audio recording and NotebookLM to analyse after the fact. It means everyone can focus on the conversations. Production complications might hit our release date. It's been a busy week, with big set pieces for both of my current clients. Good fun, though....

This week I have learned: Getting people together to think and talk is of such value. I’m increasingly using audio recording and NotebookLM to analyse after the fact. It means everyone can fo…

Weeknote 764: ApopheniaThis week I have learned: a series of events happening in quick succession can often become a pat...
23/01/2026

Weeknote 764: Apophenia

This week I have learned: a series of events happening in quick succession can often become a pattern in our minds, even when they are merely a random coincidence. The Availability Heuristic can then amplify that pattern-creation. It's a phenomenon called Apophenia, and it's something that I have studied at length in the work for Random. I still fall for it, though....

This week I have learned: a series of events happening in quick succession can often become a pattern in our minds, even when they are merely a random coincidence. The Availability Heuristic can th…

Weeknote 762: 2026This week I have learned: how fusing metaphors can lead to fascinating outcomes (blog on this here). h...
09/01/2026

Weeknote 762: 2026

This week I have learned: how fusing metaphors can lead to fascinating outcomes (blog on this here). how being away from work for a while can give the brain space to make those sorts of connections. how nice our newly-refurbished offices in Farringdon are. how the end of the first full week back is the cut off point for being able to say "Happy New Year"....

This week I have learned: how fusing metaphors can lead to fascinating outcomes (blog on this here). how being away from work for a while can give the brain space to make those sorts of connections…

Chesterton’s HedgeThere's a reasonably well-known principle in software engineering circles called Chesterton's Fence. T...
09/01/2026

Chesterton’s Hedge

There's a reasonably well-known principle in software engineering circles called Chesterton's Fence. The idea, borrowed from the writer G.K. Chesterton, is simple: don't remove a fence until you understand why it was put there. It's become a useful corrective to the "move fast and break things" mentality — a reminder that the people who came before you weren't idiots, and that thing you're about to rip out might be load-bearing....

There’s a reasonably well-known principle in software engineering circles called Chesterton’s Fence. The idea, borrowed from the writer G.K. Chesterton, is simple: don’t remo…

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