“While we are thinking about the future, the present is still happening”

Julian Thompson in his keynote #SDinGov

I may have to get this tattooed on my forehead

Especially for use whenever I hear the words “to-be operating model”

https://www.rootedbydesign.co.uk/

Read this, by policy and privacy expert Heather Burns, to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of 9/11

https://webdevlaw.uk/2023/09/11/the-things-i-learned-under-the-bluest-sky/

I did a talk today where one of the questions was about drop-downs. This prompted me to update my 2001 blog post “Should I use a drop-down?”

Tl;dr 2023 version: No, don’t use a drop-down

https://www.effortmark.co.uk/should-i-use-a-drop-down/

Today’s #flower photo.

I splashed £1 on a pot of lilies from a supermarket bargain section last year. They flowered nicely in their pot at the front of our house last year, but this year they are spectacular. Maybe lilies like four weeks with almost no rain.