Mat Johnson
@demotive.bsky.social
I’m a designer who loves working in healthcare. Increasingly frantic arm waving.
My dog is my best friend, but I'm not sure he agress with this statement.
demotive.com
My dog is my best friend, but I'm not sure he agress with this statement.
demotive.com
@danhon.com 's back, and thank you Dan, this chimes hard in NHS land - newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e...
s19e11: Your Model is Naive and it’s Not The Territory
0.0 Context Setting Friday, May 30, at the Code for America Summit in a hotel in Washington, D.C. I am in, fittingly, a hallway. I am also jetlagged. There...
newsletter.danhon.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@danhon.com 's back, and thank you Dan, this chimes hard in NHS land - newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e...
@adactio.com (adactio.com/links/21359) leads to an INCREDIBLY good read from Alex Russell at infrequently.org/2024/08/the-... - an "investigation into JavaScript-first frontend culture and how it broke US public services". GOV in the UK looks good in comparison, but we are so far from immune.
Reckoning: Part 1 — The Landscape - Infrequently Noted
It would be tragic if public sector services adopted the JavaScript-heavy stacks that frontend influencers have popularised. Right?
infrequently.org
August 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
@adactio.com (adactio.com/links/21359) leads to an INCREDIBLY good read from Alex Russell at infrequently.org/2024/08/the-... - an "investigation into JavaScript-first frontend culture and how it broke US public services". GOV in the UK looks good in comparison, but we are so far from immune.
I'm suddenly finding posts that I relate to, and it's nice because I need them right now. One from @lagomstrategy.bsky.social - www.lagomstrategy.net/expertise-ve...
Expertise versus experience: which one is the best? - Lagom Strategy
Lagom is a team of proper experts. 50% of our team have PhDs to prove it. And we have a playbook full of expert user research, delivery, and service design activities that our Drs (and non-Drs) can d...
www.lagomstrategy.net
May 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM
I'm suddenly finding posts that I relate to, and it's nice because I need them right now. One from @lagomstrategy.bsky.social - www.lagomstrategy.net/expertise-ve...
This is something that chimed with me a lot. @jukes.ie with "unproductive" people... digitalbydefault.com/2024/05/19/t...
The UnProduct Person
Tom recently wrote a great post about the need for product people to do a better job of communicating the ‘negative space’ - the trade offs that were made in ideas on the path to the ones you bet big ...
digitalbydefault.com
May 25, 2024 at 7:32 AM
This is something that chimed with me a lot. @jukes.ie with "unproductive" people... digitalbydefault.com/2024/05/19/t...
Reposted by Mat Johnson
New blog post after my keynote at Agile Manchester last week
A framework for thinking about team memory, joining up and serendipity in hybrid organisations
emilywebber.co.uk/a-framework-...
A framework for thinking about team memory, joining up and serendipity in hybrid organisations
emilywebber.co.uk/a-framework-...
A framework for thinking about team memory, joining up and serendipity in hybrid organisations
Last week, I gave a keynote talk at Agile Manchester, based on a previous blog post. The talk was more detailed and had a new framing; this post summarises what I shared.
emilywebber.co.uk
May 24, 2024 at 8:47 AM
New blog post after my keynote at Agile Manchester last week
A framework for thinking about team memory, joining up and serendipity in hybrid organisations
emilywebber.co.uk/a-framework-...
A framework for thinking about team memory, joining up and serendipity in hybrid organisations
emilywebber.co.uk/a-framework-...
Reposted by Mat Johnson
""Good, fast, cheap - pick two" they say. Let's automate to make things better, not just faster and cheaper." - @timpaul.co.uk on Automation and the Jevons paradox www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/automa...
Tim Paul | Automation and the Jevons paradox
Portfolio site for Tim Paul, designer
www.timpaul.co.uk
April 29, 2024 at 9:34 AM
""Good, fast, cheap - pick two" they say. Let's automate to make things better, not just faster and cheaper." - @timpaul.co.uk on Automation and the Jevons paradox www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/automa...
This weeny nugget from @danhon.com is just huge: "It’s not the streak, it’s getting back into the habit."
A lot of things about the way we make products / services / life / compassion / capital / etc is encapsulated.
(from the latest Things That Caught My Attention)
A lot of things about the way we make products / services / life / compassion / capital / etc is encapsulated.
(from the latest Things That Caught My Attention)
March 26, 2024 at 12:32 PM
This weeny nugget from @danhon.com is just huge: "It’s not the streak, it’s getting back into the habit."
A lot of things about the way we make products / services / life / compassion / capital / etc is encapsulated.
(from the latest Things That Caught My Attention)
A lot of things about the way we make products / services / life / compassion / capital / etc is encapsulated.
(from the latest Things That Caught My Attention)
The new Gerhard Richter show at David Zwirner is on fire: www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/...
March 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
The new Gerhard Richter show at David Zwirner is on fire: www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/...
Brin’s done a weeknote: medium.com/@theredmount...
Transformation and Strategy Fortnight Note #34… Rollercoaster
(1st — 15th March 2024)
medium.com
March 19, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Brin’s done a weeknote: medium.com/@theredmount...
Always post when no-one is looking: my weeknotes for the past week: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
Thanks for the unconscious encouragement @gilestur.bsky.social 👍
Thanks for the unconscious encouragement @gilestur.bsky.social 👍
March 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Always post when no-one is looking: my weeknotes for the past week: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
Thanks for the unconscious encouragement @gilestur.bsky.social 👍
Thanks for the unconscious encouragement @gilestur.bsky.social 👍
Reposted by Mat Johnson
We’ve just published the Radical How, a report commissioned by our friends Nesta
The Radical How makes a case for governments boldly changing how they work, based on some of the best work done on major change in governments.
public.digital/2024/02/21/w...
#Government #PublicSector #HorizonScandal
The Radical How makes a case for governments boldly changing how they work, based on some of the best work done on major change in governments.
public.digital/2024/02/21/w...
#Government #PublicSector #HorizonScandal
Why we should radically change how we do change — Public Digital
public.digital
February 21, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We’ve just published the Radical How, a report commissioned by our friends Nesta
The Radical How makes a case for governments boldly changing how they work, based on some of the best work done on major change in governments.
public.digital/2024/02/21/w...
#Government #PublicSector #HorizonScandal
The Radical How makes a case for governments boldly changing how they work, based on some of the best work done on major change in governments.
public.digital/2024/02/21/w...
#Government #PublicSector #HorizonScandal
Reposted by Mat Johnson
Shitty ai being integrated into everything despite it being ass is like nepotism with a bunch of tech billionaires insisting we have to work with and take seriously their idiot robot son
February 16, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Shitty ai being integrated into everything despite it being ass is like nepotism with a bunch of tech billionaires insisting we have to work with and take seriously their idiot robot son
I have tried not to overthink, overwrite, or actually reread this.
First notes in a long time: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
First notes in a long time: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
February 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM
I have tried not to overthink, overwrite, or actually reread this.
First notes in a long time: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
First notes in a long time: demotive.com/posts/2024/0...
More of this please please please
February 16, 2024 at 11:07 AM
More of this please please please
In other exciting news, Brin (are you on here?) mentioned the thing I'm working on (translation: having my mind blasted out of my ears by) in a weeknote, so maybe... just maybe I should start weeknoting again.
medium.com/@theredmount...
medium.com/@theredmount...
February 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
In other exciting news, Brin (are you on here?) mentioned the thing I'm working on (translation: having my mind blasted out of my ears by) in a weeknote, so maybe... just maybe I should start weeknoting again.
medium.com/@theredmount...
medium.com/@theredmount...
When I get paid I am finally going to properly subscribe to @danhon.com because this newsletter poops all over fuddy MIT Review newsletters sorry. Current one is a classic: newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e...
February 15, 2024 at 1:44 PM
When I get paid I am finally going to properly subscribe to @danhon.com because this newsletter poops all over fuddy MIT Review newsletters sorry. Current one is a classic: newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e...
p.s. I have coined "cul-de-sac singularity" and just want to pop it here
February 9, 2024 at 12:58 PM
p.s. I have coined "cul-de-sac singularity" and just want to pop it here
Minor update to demotive.com my sporadic at best presence on the web.
February 9, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Minor update to demotive.com my sporadic at best presence on the web.
Have I already reposted this? Basically hard agree. There's a point not _that_ far in the future where Shiny Feature will simply be undeliverable due to the lack of attention to the plumbing.
In the coming election year I think we'll hear lots of views on where the future of the NHS App lies. If there was one piece of advice I'd have it's "choose wisely". A seemingly simple could well require fundamental changes to infra, service design, and op models across thousands of orgs...
February 5, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Have I already reposted this? Basically hard agree. There's a point not _that_ far in the future where Shiny Feature will simply be undeliverable due to the lack of attention to the plumbing.
2024 and I blasted my inbox with the annual “unsubscribe” from everything. Back down to two, which are dead good:
@danhon.bsky.social with “things that caught my attention”: newsletter.danhon.com
@undermanager.bsky.social with “afternoon slow”: buttondown.email/russell
These are both really good
@danhon.bsky.social with “things that caught my attention”: newsletter.danhon.com
@undermanager.bsky.social with “afternoon slow”: buttondown.email/russell
These are both really good
February 5, 2024 at 9:27 AM
2024 and I blasted my inbox with the annual “unsubscribe” from everything. Back down to two, which are dead good:
@danhon.bsky.social with “things that caught my attention”: newsletter.danhon.com
@undermanager.bsky.social with “afternoon slow”: buttondown.email/russell
These are both really good
@danhon.bsky.social with “things that caught my attention”: newsletter.danhon.com
@undermanager.bsky.social with “afternoon slow”: buttondown.email/russell
These are both really good
Reposted by Mat Johnson
"The business model is often the design constraint now" - Erika Hall.
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Things That Caught My Attention
Things That Caught My Attention is a newsletter about the internet and life that I’ve been writing since January 2014. I’ve been writing online since 1998. I write about a lot: artificial intellig...
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February 1, 2024 at 5:59 PM
"The business model is often the design constraint now" - Erika Hall.
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Happy Unsubscribe From All The Bloody Emails Day 🎁
December 26, 2023 at 11:58 AM
Happy Unsubscribe From All The Bloody Emails Day 🎁
Watched a couple of Yes Ministers to relax and I don't know if it's end of year running on empty, but oh god it's infinity
December 18, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Watched a couple of Yes Ministers to relax and I don't know if it's end of year running on empty, but oh god it's infinity