{"id":8275,"date":"2021-04-30T21:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2021-05-16T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T20:04:53","slug":"weeknote-17-2021-not-yet-digitally-transformed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/04\/weeknote-17-2021-not-yet-digitally-transformed.htm","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote 17\/2021: Not yet digitally transformed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week I&#8217;ve been struggling to focus but still moved a few things forwards. I also kept bumping up against some bizarre (non) efforts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/12\/digital-transformation-its-not-about-the-technology.htm\">&#8220;digital transformation&#8221;<\/a>, courtesy of Standard Life (abrdn), Costco and the UK Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adapting David Clark and Sophie Marshall&#8217;s &#8220;Simple Stack&#8221; diagram for the purposes of my team at risual. I hope to republish soon in blog format as it&#8217;s licenced under Creative Commons.<\/li><li>Discovering a blog post in which Oliver Burkeman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverburkeman\">@OliverBurkeman<\/a>) explains that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverburkeman.com\/so\/14NZw7Z67#\/main\">it&#8217;s OK to just get 3-4 hours of solid work done, and &#8220;don&#8217;t worry id the the rest of the day  is characterised by the usual scattered chaos&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li><li>Reading this post by Corey Quinn (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuinnyPig\">@QuinnyPig<\/a>) about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastweekinaws.com\/blog\/multi-cloud-is-the-worst-practice\/\">multi-cloud strategies and why they are generally not a great idea<\/a>.<\/li><li>Changing my display name to remove all the vowels because apparently that&#8217;s how digital transformation is done these days:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh god please hire some people who understand that digital is just how most people live their lives now and not removal of vowels <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rnoTDWYA4u\">https:\/\/t.co\/rnoTDWYA4u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jess Brammar (@jessbrammar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessbrammar\/status\/1386615524835090433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Getting back on the Microsoft certification wagon and booking <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/learn\/certifications\/exams\/dp-900\">exam DP-900 (Microsoft Azure data fundamentals)<\/a> for next week.<\/li><li>Joining the Environmental Sustainability group at risual.<\/li><li>Despairing over school communications:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only a school could communicate like this: message sent to parents&#39; email (using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IRISParentMail?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IRISParentMail<\/a>) with a .DOCX (Microsoft Word) attachment which, assuming you have the necessary software to read it, is a letter informing that the school will be posting an FAQ on its website ????<\/p>&mdash; mrk wlsn dgtl (@markwilsonit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\/status\/1388133957632409604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Feeling about a hundred and four years old as I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/archive\/tomorrows_world_information_superhighway\/zjg7mfr\">this BBC Archive footage about &#8220;The Information Superhighway&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li><li>Visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centremk.com\/\">a shopping centre<\/a>! I picked my moment: 18:30 on a Friday is a) quiet and b) free parking in Central Milton Keynes. I was quickly in and out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.next.co.uk\/\">Next<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/\">John Lewis<\/a> with minimal human contact&#8230;<\/li><li>Discovering that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge\/shopping\">Microsoft Edge can automatically detect coupon codes for websites<\/a>.<\/li><li>Buying myself <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.keepcup.com\/\">a Keep Cup<\/a>, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milton-keynes.gov.uk\/\">Milton Keynes Council<\/a> keep rejecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegware.com\/uk\/\">Vegware<\/a> ones when I drop them in the compost waste:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a &quot;completely compostable&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vegware?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vegware<\/a> cup&#8230; yet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkcouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MKCouncil<\/a> have started pulling them out of my garden\/food waste and leaving them behind&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xbIDBG2tT\">pic.twitter.com\/0xbIDBG2tT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; mrk wlsn dgtl (@markwilsonit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\/status\/1384452918451970053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Realising that digital transformation hasn&#8217;t reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costco.co.uk\/\">Costco UK<\/a> yet &#8211; and no membership card means no entry and no shopping:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost all transactions I make these days use a digital wallet (one exception is the local market). Unfortunately, I just went to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CostcoUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CostcoUK<\/a> and only had my phone with me ????. No membership card ? and no ID to get a replacement card means no shopping ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DigitalTransformation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DigitalTransformation<\/a><\/p>&mdash; mrk wlsn dgtl (@markwilsonit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\/status\/1388200935252545536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To be fair, it&#8217;s not reached parts of UK Government either <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballantine70\/status\/1387638018127843329\">if this is their idea of digital signatures<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead to the (long) weekend, I have no races to take the eldest teenager to and the weather ins&#8217;t looking wonderful. So, just the usual Youth Cycle Coaching on Saturday and, hopefully, some relaxing and pottering at &#8220;geek stuff&#8221; in the Man Cave&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week in photos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No Insta&#8217; from me yet this week (maybe there will be over the long weekend) so here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00yzlr0\">Line of Duty<\/a> meme instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just putting this here so I know where it is next time I need to use it in a group chat ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jesusmaryandjosephandtheweedonkey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jesusmaryandjosephandtheweedonkey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5AeljOy7Q0\">pic.twitter.com\/5AeljOy7Q0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rich Bishop ? 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