For a while now I’ve wanted to write a blog post on what I consider to be GDS’s biggest failings and how it’s not too late to start addressing those issues. However, for balance, before I write that blog post I want to highlight the very…

David Durant

Apr 20, 2019

Digital gov exam questions :-)

It’d be fun to see what other folks would put.

On 18th April there was a meet up that evening for a 10 year anniversary for National Hack the Government Day hosted by James Darling and Richard Pope.

David Durant

Mar 21, 2019

Public sector staff access to cloud based productivity tools

ICO Openness by Design (FOI)

My personal consultation response

In general I’m impressed by the thoughts behind the consultation and the questions being asked. They fit in well with the presentation and Q&A the Commissioner recently participated in at the Institute for Government.

David Durant

Mar 18, 2018

An open letter to Intelligence Squared

I’m a big fan of Intelligence Squared. They describe themselves as:

“… the world’s premier forum for debate and intelligent discussion. Live and online we take you to the heart of the issues that matter, in the company of some of the…

David Durant

Nov 10, 2017

Kill your d̶a̶r̶l̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ slacks

Frustrations with the UK civic technology scene

Let’s start with me saying that I love slack. Sure, it’s just a tarted up pseudo-IRC with delusions of grandeur and an impressive integration platform but it’s by far the best way we have at the…