Robin Carswell

Now on Bluesky and Linkedin. Find me there.

Founder at Director at RYV Labs, MBA @LBS, math/econ @uwaterloo, launch team @GOVUK.

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

I'm now ex-twitter. Find me on Bluesky.

https://t.co/AwnK4DtKFe

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

Hey @VirginAtlantic - log-in for your app is broken, and has been for about a week. Any timelines for a fix?

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

This is a great summary of the problem at local level. Keep it coming.

[Dave Briggs @davebriggs]

Just brain-farted this bad boy: A framework for council technology planning https://t.co/HgXQ4lB5Ft #localdigital

[Chris Parsons @chrismdp]

The newsletters I'm still going to read in 2023:

• https://t.co/upvTgCXuNz (great summary of tech news)
• Beautiful Mess by @johncutlefish (useful product tips)
• @ctocraft (tech leader resources)
• @benedictevans (brilliant tech insight & analysis)

What else should I read?

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

tech-for-good

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Two tickets going spare for @allpointseastuk Tomorrow, Fri 26 Aug. £150 for the pair, obo. @mogwaiband @TheNational -- digital delivery, can transact first thing in the AM. #ticketsforsale

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

Generation X is weird.

These 42-57 year-olds are so strange it presents golden opportunities.

Here are 10 mind hacks to use with Gen X:

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Who could have predicted that Twitter accounts ending in several random numbers which have been pumping out anti vaccine disinformation for 2 years would suddenly pivot to pro Russian messaging.

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@hnshah @LinkedIn Start over. Happy to have conversations about how.

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@rgarner The fact that you’re interested in the underlying tech and not the flash-in-the-pan makes you one of the best (and most employable) gurus to have on one’s side.

I mean, who’s going to keep the roads rolling over the next 30 years?

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@Amy_Hupe That meme is consistent but not uniform

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@richardjpope There is an entire third sector waiting for someone with your skills — pick a social problem, there is a need for a long term social venture to solve it. Perhaps we talk?

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IDK feeling cute, trying out a new app — might delete it later https://t.co/7z1uehYJVo

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

@rgarner Sabbatical, screens off, exercise, community. Here for you, if you want to work on a project or catch up doing something, anything. Some inspiration: https://t.co/nS99hSkWBl

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@JanetHughes @neillyneil @yahoo_pete @rossferg @dgheath21 Happy birthday @GOVUK! I’ve done some big projects, but that was an amazing experience of eating the elephant one bite at a time.

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@marxculture Not joking, I’ve done one of those

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@Rchards Org design with an understanding of the metric that matters for each team and how they combine to meet the metric that matters for the org.

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@hkanji What are your thoughts on EIRs?

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@rgarner

[Robin Carswell @robincarswell]

@Emmastace 1. 1 and 5 year “false certainty in exchange for funding” driven by budget process, leads to big failed projects
2. Regulatory capture of IT estates, IT depts and IT skills promotes status quo reinforcement
3. Microeconomics of CS techs not competitive to private sector