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Other Canadian governments should do the same.", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2025/06/09/the-yukon-government-switched-from-x-to-bluesky-other-canadian-governments-should-do-the-same/", "published_at": "2025-06-09T18:58:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397a3f7658", "title": "18F’s profound legacy of procurement reform", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2025/05/30/18fs-profound-legacy-of-procurement-reform/", "published_at": "2025-05-31T04:27:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397a70ba29", "title": "Things that are happening", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2025/03/04/things-that-are-happening/", "published_at": "2025-03-05T05:25:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397ab9ba23", "title": "Published in Canadian Public Administration: “Breaking All the Rules: Information Technology Procurement in the Government of Canada”", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2024/10/03/published-in-canadian-public-administration-breaking-all-the-rules-information-technology-procurement-in-the-government-of-canada/", "published_at": "2024-10-04T03:47:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397abbcac2", "title": "Speaking at the Government Operations committee this Wednesday", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2024/07/19/speaking-at-the-government-operations-committee-this-wednesday/", "published_at": "2024-07-20T05:25:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397b17241f", "title": "Why we became public servants", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2024/07/03/why-we-became-public-servants/", "published_at": "2024-07-03T16:48:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397c0e8a3c", "title": "Speaking at Civic Tech Toronto", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2024/06/24/speaking-at-civic-tech-toronto/", "published_at": "2024-06-24T17:45:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397d0c5e60", "title": "To the Clerk, and friends", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/11/06/to-the-clerk-and-friends/", "published_at": "2023-11-06T23:14:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397d33eaec", "title": "Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service delivery", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/11/06/revolution-not-evolution-for-federal-public-service-delivery/", "published_at": "2023-11-06T23:10:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397dcf0a39", "title": "Twitter is dead. Let’s start live-tweeting conferences on Mastodon instead.", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/10/27/twitter-is-dead-lets-start-live-tweeting-conferences-on-mastodon-instead/", "published_at": "2023-10-27T17:40:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397e45aefc", "title": "Coasian hecks, or, when the people in charge can’t change things either", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/09/26/coasian-hecks-or-when-the-people-in-charge-cant-change-things-either/", "published_at": "2023-09-26T18:30:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397e7a0d1e", "title": "Thinking of NWT and BC wildfire evacuees", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/08/18/thinking-of-nwt-and-bc-wildfire-evacuees/", "published_at": "2023-08-18T18:15:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-63397f6116cb", "title": "Hellos and goodbyes", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/08/15/hellos-and-goodbyes/", "published_at": "2023-08-16T04:20:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-6339805803ca", "title": "Public service tech tip: Get yourself some good audio gear", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/06/26/public-service-tech-tip-get-yourself-some-good-audio-gear/", "published_at": "2023-06-26T19:52:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-6339805e5ac6", "title": "Public service heroes: Deepika Grover", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/05/04/public-service-heroes-deepika-grover/", "published_at": "2023-05-04T17:25:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-633980a23593", "title": "Solidarity with PSAC workers", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/04/19/solidarity-with-psac-workers/", "published_at": "2023-04-19T04:05:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-633980cc4c9b", "title": "Public service heroes: Nick Wise", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2023/03/21/public-service-heroes-nick-wise/", "published_at": "2023-03-21T15:58:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-6339811a6eec", "title": "Public service heroes: Shannah Segal & Sheena Samuel", "url": 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Loops” and government IT contracting", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/10/12/charbonneau-loops-and-government-it-contracting/", "published_at": "2022-10-13T00:12:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-633984e66a9c", "title": "Public service heroes: Christopher Scipio", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/10/04/public-service-heroes-christopher-scipio/", "published_at": "2022-10-04T15:05:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3054-7284-a84e-633984e730b2", "title": "How much does the Canadian government spend on IT contracts each year?", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/08/31/how-much-does-the-canadian-government-spend-on-it-contracts-each-year/", "published_at": "2022-09-01T03:42:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94df7e9b3c", "title": "Public service heroes: Aubrie McGibbon", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/08/26/public-service-heroes-aubrie-mcgibbon/", "published_at": "2022-08-26T14:21:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94df8c2dcf", "title": "If you use project gating, you’re not agile", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/08/24/if-you-use-project-gating-youre-not-agile/", "published_at": "2022-08-24T14:30:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94df98f7b9", "title": "Public service heroes: Chris Allison", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/08/12/public-service-heroes-chris-allison/", "published_at": "2022-08-12T14:39:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e0611a69", "title": "Shrink projects to fit leadership turnover rates", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/08/09/shrink-projects-to-fit-leadership-turnover-rates/", "published_at": "2022-08-09T20:15:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e073adda", "title": "Worth reading: Government from home & A Shared Future of Work", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/07/30/worth-reading-government-from-home-a-shared-future-of-work/", "published_at": "2022-07-30T14:01:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e0c12c8b", "title": "Public service heroes: Madelaine Saginur & Melissa Toutloff", 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"01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e6207749", "title": "Small hopes for the future of digital ID in Canada", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/04/21/small-hopes-for-the-future-of-digital-id-in-canada/", "published_at": "2022-04-21T17:18:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e715e108", "title": "Three suggestions for the next President of SSC", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/04/06/three-suggestions-for-the-next-president-of-ssc/", "published_at": "2022-04-06T17:21:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e80de785", "title": "Digital Accelerator Demo Day", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/03/31/digital-accelerator-demo-day/", "published_at": "2022-03-31T17:20:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e8a9ce3c", "title": "Why IT vendors?", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2022/03/18/why-it-vendors/", "published_at": "2022-03-18T15:27:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94e960d697", "title": "Joining Carleton University as a Public Servant-in-Residence", "url": 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"id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f194092b", "title": "“Onerous levels of oversight”", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2021/01/12/onerous-levels-of-oversight/", "published_at": "2021-01-13T05:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f2809f91", "title": "Is this blocked in my department: a year in review", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2021/01/04/is-this-blocked-in-my-department-a-year-in-review/", "published_at": "2021-01-05T01:41:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f327ddb6", "title": "Tools that work", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/12/27/tools-that-work/", "published_at": "2020-12-28T01:26:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f3957761", "title": "“Government is actually a big tech company, they just don’t know it yet.”", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/11/16/government-is-actually-a-big-tech-company/", "published_at": "2020-11-17T03:50:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f41649f1", "title": "“Working in the open” firsts for COVID Alert", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/10/30/working-in-the-open-firsts-for-covid-alert/", "published_at": "2020-10-30T22:27:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f4c7c6de", "title": "Interfaces, data, and math", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/10/19/interfaces-data-and-math/", "published_at": "2020-10-20T05:13:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f4ec5f39", "title": "“It’s more an approval of an approach” for the win", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/10/13/an-approval-of-an-approach/", "published_at": "2020-10-13T23:46:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f538eeda", "title": "Public service tech tip: Paste without fonts and formatting", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/09/18/public-service-tech-tip-paste-without-fonts-and-formatting/", "published_at": "2020-09-19T04:46:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f53b419a", "title": "“Fake COTS” and the one-day rule", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/09/16/fake-cots-and-the-one-day-rule/", "published_at": "2020-09-17T01:38:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f5c04a54", "title": "Make things open source, it makes things better", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/08/20/make-things-open-source-it-makes-things-better/", "published_at": "2020-08-20T23:50:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f6879718", "title": "A busy couple months", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/07/29/a-busy-couple-months/", "published_at": "2020-07-29T22:10:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f6d1f58d", "title": "A short introduction to building digital services in the Canadian government", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/06/16/building-digital-services-in-the-canadian-government/", "published_at": "2020-06-16T23:30:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f7bc15eb", "title": "Listen, read, donate, give space", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/06/09/listen-read-donate-give-space/", "published_at": "2020-06-10T01:12:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f8b9a231", "title": "Blockers versus enablers", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/06/02/blockers-versus-enablers/", "published_at": "2020-06-02T22:22:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f95fd857", "title": "Why are there so few senior developers in government?", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/05/26/why-are-there-so-few-senior-developers-in-government/", "published_at": "2020-05-27T01:48:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94f9da7f8b", "title": "Crisis, bureaucracies, and change", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/05/22/crisis-bureaucracies-and-change/", "published_at": "2020-05-23T03:33:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fa4dd858", "title": "The cycle of bad government software", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/05/20/the-cycle-of-bad-government-software/", "published_at": "2020-05-21T02:15:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fb4aa8e8", "title": "Corporate networks are not the future", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/04/15/corporate-networks-are-not-the-future/", "published_at": "2020-04-16T05:40:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fb5007ac", "title": "Sharing is caring", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/04/07/sharing-is-caring/", "published_at": "2020-04-08T04:40:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fbd4c97c", "title": "Data residency is security theatre", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/03/29/data-residency-is-security-theatre/", "published_at": "2020-03-30T05:11:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fc862e6d", "title": "Look out for one another", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/03/25/look-out-for-one-another/", "published_at": "2020-03-26T04:22:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fd47c3a2", "title": "Find the truth. Tell the truth.", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/03/03/find-the-truth-tell-the-truth/", "published_at": "2020-03-04T06:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fddc42b2", "title": "User needs, not government needs", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/02/27/user-needs-not-government-needs/", "published_at": "2020-02-28T01:50:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fe143bc7", "title": "Our services aren’t working", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/02/25/our-services-arent-working/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T05:48:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fe750bf6", "title": "Perils of standardization", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/02/04/perils-of-standardization/", "published_at": "2020-02-05T02:34:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fedcecc7", "title": "Introducing agile to large organizations is a subtractive process, not an additive one", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/01/28/introducing-agile-to-large-organizations-is-a-subtractive-process-not-an-additive-one/", "published_at": "2020-01-28T23:16:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94fee90721", "title": "Principles for blogging as a public servant", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/01/21/principles-for-blogging-as-a-public-servant/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T02:43:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b94ffdcf820", "title": "Public service tech tip: Please use headings", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/01/14/public-service-tech-tip-please-use-headings/", "published_at": "2020-01-15T02:06:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b95003201f8", "title": "Shipping", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/01/10/shipping/", "published_at": "2020-01-11T04:02:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b9500963dc2", "title": "Bridging the technology-policy gap", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2020/01/02/bridging-the-technology-policy-gap/", "published_at": "2020-01-03T04:18:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b950164edf5", "title": "Suggestions for the next GC CIO", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2019/12/26/suggestions-for-the-next-gc-cio/", "published_at": "2019-12-27T02:32:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b9501edb9a7", "title": "Moving to the Yukon", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2019/12/17/moving-to-the-yukon/", "published_at": "2019-12-17T17:50:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087dc-3055-703c-ba72-4b9502445617", "title": "Hello, world!", "url": "https://sboots.ca/2019/11/05/hello-world/", "published_at": "2019-11-06T00:35:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Generative AI vegetarianismoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026

2025

Introducing Vote YES Yukon!original ↗
6 Oct 2025
In support of the Yukon electoral reform plebisciteoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2025
The Yukon government switched from X to Bluesky. Other Canadian governments should do the same.original ↗
9 Jun 2025
18F’s profound legacy of procurement reformoriginal ↗
31 May 2025
Things that are happeningoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2025

2024

Published in Canadian Public Administration: “Breaking All the Rules: Information Technology Procurement in the Government of Canada”original ↗
4 Oct 2024
Speaking at the Government Operations committee this Wednesdayoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2024
Why we became public servantsoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
Speaking at Civic Tech Torontooriginal ↗
24 Jun 2024

2023

To the Clerk, and friendsoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2023
Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service deliveryoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2023
Twitter is dead. Let’s start live-tweeting conferences on Mastodon instead.original ↗
27 Oct 2023
Coasian hecks, or, when the people in charge can’t change things eitheroriginal ↗
26 Sept 2023
Thinking of NWT and BC wildfire evacueesoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2023
Hellos and goodbyesoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
Public service tech tip: Get yourself some good audio gearoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2023
Public service heroes: Deepika Groveroriginal ↗
4 May 2023
Solidarity with PSAC workersoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2023
Public service heroes: Nick Wiseoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2023
Public service heroes: Shannah Segal & Sheena Samueloriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023

2022

Saying goodbye to Twitteroriginal ↗
21 Nov 2022
Public service heroes: Sameer Vastaoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2022
An updateoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2022
Public service heroes: Ryan Humoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2022
“Charbonneau Loops” and government IT contractingoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2022
Public service heroes: Christopher Scipiooriginal ↗
4 Oct 2022
How much does the Canadian government spend on IT contracts each year?original ↗
1 Sept 2022
Public service heroes: Aubrie McGibbonoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2022
If you use project gating, you’re not agileoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2022
Public service heroes: Chris Allisonoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2022
Shrink projects to fit leadership turnover ratesoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2022
Worth reading: Government from home & A Shared Future of Workoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2022
Public service heroes: Madelaine Saginur & Melissa Toutlofforiginal ↗
11 Jul 2022
Public service heroes: Beth Foxoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2022
Enterprise architecture is deadoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2022
A quick follow-up on digital identityoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2022
Public service heroes: Honey Dacanayoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2022
“FYN Unscripted” podcast with Sidra Mahmood and Brittaney Lewisoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2022
Public service heroes: Rumon Carteroriginal ↗
25 May 2022
A small series: Public service heroesoriginal ↗
22 May 2022
Everything is broken and no one seems to mindoriginal ↗
18 May 2022
Small hopes for the future of digital ID in Canadaoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2022
Three suggestions for the next President of SSCoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2022
Digital Accelerator Demo Dayoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2022
Why IT vendors?original ↗
18 Mar 2022
Joining Carleton University as a Public Servant-in-Residenceoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2022
Public service tech tip: Get better home wi-fi routersoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2022
Things I’d like to see in upcoming EC collective agreement negotiationsoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2022
FWD50 guest post: Conversations for the year aheadoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2022
Reflections on the Ottawa protest, but mostly on Ottawaoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2022
Is this blocked in my department: 2021 year in revieworiginal ↗
1 Jan 2022

2021

Public service tech tip: If you create “vanity URLs”, expect people to spell them wrongoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2021
A bleak outlook for public sector techoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2021
The “missing middle” in software procurementoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2021
Rebranding “shadow IT”original ↗
31 Oct 2021
If it’s not public, does it even matter?original ↗
25 Oct 2021
How many Government of Canada services are online from start to finish?original ↗
13 Oct 2021
“If your technology leadership is more into blockchain than user needs, you’re doomed.”original ↗
5 Oct 2021
Suggestions for the next Minister of Digital Governmentoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2021
Installing Jekyll locally on MacOS Big Suroriginal ↗
21 Jul 2021
Paying for low-cost cloud services on a departmental credit cardoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2021
Rule number one: Avoid vendor lock-inoriginal ↗
12 May 2021
Yukon stopped doing seasonal time changes and it’s… really greatoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2021
If you want enterprise services to be good, make them optionaloriginal ↗
15 Feb 2021
A year’s worth of IBM adsoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2021
“Onerous levels of oversight”original ↗
13 Jan 2021
Is this blocked in my department: a year in revieworiginal ↗
5 Jan 2021

2020

Tools that workoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2020
“Government is actually a big tech company, they just don’t know it yet.”original ↗
17 Nov 2020
“Working in the open” firsts for COVID Alertoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2020
Interfaces, data, and mathoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2020
“It’s more an approval of an approach” for the winoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2020
Public service tech tip: Paste without fonts and formattingoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2020
“Fake COTS” and the one-day ruleoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2020
Make things open source, it makes things betteroriginal ↗
20 Aug 2020
A busy couple monthsoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
A short introduction to building digital services in the Canadian governmentoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2020
Listen, read, donate, give spaceoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2020
Blockers versus enablersoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2020
Why are there so few senior developers in government?original ↗
27 May 2020
Crisis, bureaucracies, and changeoriginal ↗
23 May 2020
The cycle of bad government softwareoriginal ↗
21 May 2020
Corporate networks are not the futureoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2020
Sharing is caringoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2020
Data residency is security theatreoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2020
Look out for one anotheroriginal ↗
26 Mar 2020
Find the truth. Tell the truth.original ↗
4 Mar 2020
User needs, not government needsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2020
Our services aren’t workingoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2020
Perils of standardizationoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2020
Introducing agile to large organizations is a subtractive process, not an additive oneoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2020
Principles for blogging as a public servantoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
Public service tech tip: Please use headingsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2020
Shippingoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2020
Bridging the technology-policy gaporiginal ↗
3 Jan 2020

2019

Suggestions for the next GC CIOoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2019
Moving to the Yukonoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2019
Hello, world!original ↗
6 Nov 2019