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Weeknotes w/e 5th May 2023

I had some brilliant conversations this week

May 5, 2023

Embroidered portrait of an elderly white woman with a blue shirt and purple coat

May 5, 2023

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes w/e 29th April 2023

I don’t want to be Darth Vader

Apr 28, 2023

4 frame comic featuring lego IT manager (I think!) and darth vader
ITM: Our systems are a mess of our 8 previous IT projects
DV: We will build a new Death Star and learn the lessons of the past
ITM: Our systems are a mess of our 9 previous IT projects
DV: We will build a new Death Star and learn the lessons of the past

Apr 28, 2023

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes w/e 21st April 2023

Week 2 in my new role rushed past. I’ve made progress with:

Apr 23, 2023

A black grey hound wagging her tail happily in front of a ripped up sofa cushion

Apr 23, 2023

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes w/e 14th April 2023

This is a beautiful day, it is a new day. My first week in my new job!

Apr 18, 2023

Primal scream’s Screamadelic album cover art. Abstract Sun

Apr 18, 2023

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes w/c 29th March —Sunshine and Communities of Practice

Only 2.5 working days this week. Lovely.

Apr 7, 2021

A graph showing normal distribution of number of people against skills confidence levels. i.e. most people are in the middle of the range, with some at the low end and some at the high end.

Apr 7, 2021

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes 2. Week ending 26/3/21

In which I observe that people are not cows, language is interesting and full stops are optional

Mar 30, 2021

A farmer in a tractor, herding cows

Mar 30, 2021

Polly Thompson

Weeknotes 1. Week ending 19/3/21

I’m easing myself into weeknotes by starting with a week in which I had one working day…

Mar 22, 2021

Weeknotes 1. Week ending 19/3/21

Mar 22, 2021

Polly Thompson

A user manual for me (pandemic edition)

A guide to the care and keeping of @pollyrt, complete with some classic early noughties nostalgia — a word cloud!

Oct 4, 2020

A user manual for me (pandemic edition)

Oct 4, 2020

Polly Thompson

All the jobs I failed to get

No, really: all of them…

Sep 21, 2020

Julie Andrews admires the wide open expanse of an alpine meadow and says ‘look at all the jobs I failed to get’

Sep 21, 2020

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Valleys To Coast Design & Tech Blog

Testing our job advert against Juksie’s top tips

Yesterday @jukesie posted a summary of his investigation into effective job ads/descriptions as a set of 10 top tips. Today he’s posted an…

Aug 26, 2020

A C- grade in red pen

Aug 26, 2020

Polly Thompson

Polly Thompson

@pollyrt feminist, powerlifter, parent, #localgov tech person (formerly @citizensadvice), exiled londoner, adopted cardiffian, curious generalist

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