Patrick Dinnen

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

Looking out into a blustery Yorkshire night and hatching schemes for recreating hill forms in land art scale light writing.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@PassportCan your potentially useful online wait time indicator doesn't mention the line is closed because the office's max. capacity for the day was reached before 11am. #worsethanuseless #kafkaservicedesign

[george davey smith @mendel_random]

Now I have seen many twitterers who tweeted the shocking news of how there were short term covid-19 reinfections ... I wonder how many of them will tweet the retraction? 🤔

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@tdsb 6/6 I know times are tough @tdsb. This needs some work though. And @thoughtxchng you should be embarrased if this is a typical deployment of your service.

End rant.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

I just completed a questionnaire from our school board @tdsb. They want to know how the remote teaching has been so far. My short answer: shambolic, well intentioned with way too much cognitive overhead.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@tdsb 5/6 It asked me for my agree/disagree level on multiple thoughts. These included some of my own. Hint: you can go ahead and assume I will strongly agree with what I typed ten minutes ago.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

[1] Donut Tutorial by @andrewpprice https://t.co/0QDalOsg8j

[2] Portal Economics by @angushervey https://t.co/bexqAvBhjA

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

Exploring 3D modelling yesterday I started modelling a donut.

Today I began reading about the intriguing “donut economy” theories of @KateRaworth.

Auspicious synchronicity? Donut obsession? Random chance? Who can say.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@__m_pereira True, everyone’s doing badly. There are important gradations of badly though. From really, really badly all the way to not nearly as badly as I could be.

[Code for Canada 🇨🇦 @code4ca]

👋 Introducing #OpenCall, a new catalogue of digital tools that are easy for governments to use (and reuse) during #COVID19.

Code for Canada is offering free tech support to government teams to help them deploy the #opensource solutions they need!

https://t.co/yCsoamB6gL

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

Dad: "what's this guck in the bathroom sink?"

Son: "Um, I washed my pizza."

#familylifeinapandemic

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

If you’re in Toronto and need reading materials check out @typebooks. Great bookseller, helpful and contactless. I have two kids so reading time ≈ zero. My mum however is a voracious reader.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

A great example of why journalism is so essential to society. Shining light on crucial, complex systems and their problems.

[Rukmini Callimachi @rcallimachi]

1. Last month, I was about to get on a flight to Africa for an ISIS story when our world fell apart. Now I've been asked to cover another kind of war - the one on COVID. My first story looks at the backlog in testing which in some parts of the country is getting worse not better:

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

If you complete any 1min survey for Canadian syndromic surveillance today it should be this one: https://t.co/pcLNKmJIxo

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@Instacart order now received. Thank you for your work and stay safe.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@Instacart I've been on hold waiting for chat help for 40 minutes. Delivery to my mum is complete according to your app. Except it never arrived. I'm sure things are crazy busy but could I get a little help when someone has a minute please

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

@PearlChen Chickpeas. Chickpeas are the best bean.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

Photo by Christopher Martyn, found on @unsplash.

[Patrick Dinnen @pdinnen]

Feeling helpless in the face of it all? Today and tomorrow @Pikto are printing 4 postcards per (Canadian) person free of charge. I’m ordering four with spring flowers. Will send with best wishes to randomly selected old folks homes. You might too.