32-hour week

It’s a 4-day week for me but I just couldn’t leave without a a baby-weeknote.

What happened

• Sign off on our service blueprint — a huge milestone that marries the work across different agency teams: tech, business, service SMEs, research, leadership etc…!

• This officially kicks off UX, where we start to think about the external flows on the gov site (from guidance pages to the application process)

• Last minute tweaks to some internal sketches of a prototype

• Welcomed our new UX Lead with a lovely handover gift (UXer #3 of the project!) 

• Finally finished organising my note-taking model on Obsidian

• aaaand I’m off to Tokyo!

I read a lot this week

How I Cried in 2022: An Analysis of 365 Days of Personal Data, Yennie Jun

The Cost of Personalization, Humane by Design

Five Future Roles for Designers, Jorge Arango

Play at work, Dave Rupert

How Forrester used Ashby's ideas, Graham Berrisford

So you want an internet of things strategy?, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

In defense of sometimes starting with solutions, Kuba Bartwicki

My last note of my 30s, Molly Wright Steenson

Improving pace of delivery, Steve Messer