2026 in Review

January

Fun / Social

• A great hike with my friend Neel Mistry and the Weekend Walkers crew
• Paying my taxes 😄

Meetups

• The Feeling of Computing and Second Renaissance meetups at Newspeak House
• Deepening my involvement in the London? Live? Coding? community and pastagang including guest hosting the the January meetup

Art

• Ryoji Ikeda’s data-cosm [n°1] - My brain is still pulsing
• Theatre Picasso at Tate Modern - A truly vibrant “staging” of Picasso’s work where visitors are invited into the performance
• Second visit to Lee Miller and first visit to Turner & Constable at Tate Britain

Work

• I’m helping a government department to build their own contact & event management tool. This month we received external validation of our team’s proposed engineering & data-standards – now we just need to follow them!
• I’m now three months into the quest for approval to use Playwright or Selenium to do BDD, spec-by-example, and test-automation.
• I got interviewed as part of an effort to create a wider organisational digital playbook
• I continue to be frustrated by the failed promises and major limitations of Microsoft Power Platform. Want a taste? Ask ChatGPT how to create a customised reusable navbar component in a Canvas App.
• In my latest contract with the Government Digital Service, I’m helping to establish an editorial pipeline and a central place for emerging policy and guidance on AI in the public sector. Standing on the shoulders of giants, I’m able to leverage the network of 70+ experts across government, industry, and academia and material from the AI Playbook established by the brilliant Tommaso Spignelli.

February

Gigs

• Fatboy Slim at Ally Pally - Excited for this one!

Photos!