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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 2d

Daily note for Monday, 6 October 2025: da.vebrig.gs/2025/10/06/%...

📅 Daily Note: October 6, 2025 – Dave Briggs

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 2d

This is really good: "Most of What We Call a ‘Service’ Isn’t One (and Why That Matters for Product People)" productinservice.substack.com/p/most-of-wh... by Scott Colfer (who I can't find on here)

Most of What We Call a ‘Service’ Isn’t One

Product in Service October 2025

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 2d

I can't help myself, it's like a sickness.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 2d

I knew I shouldn't have upgraded to Tahoe.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 8d

Daily note for Tuesday, 30 September 2025: da.vebrig.gs/2025/09/30/%...

📅 Daily Note: September 30, 2025 – Dave Briggs

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 13d

Now this looks interesting! Telex Turns Everyone into a WordPress Block Developer: wordpress.com/blog/2025/09...

Telex Turns Everyone into a WordPress Block Developer

WordPress block development usually requires advanced technical expertise. Telex changes that by letting you describe what you want and get a working block plugin instantly with prompts.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 14d

I tend to host my WordPress in one place, and use Google to host my email. Unless you mean the sending of Wordpress emails? For that I use Sendlayer.

My WordPress host of choice is to use DigitalOcean in combination with SpinupWP - happy to discuss, but as a non-techie it works for me.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 14d

Ouch www.theregister.com/2025/09/24/u...

Mega city council delays fix to disaster Oracle system again

: System meant to go live in 2021 costing £20M awaits reimplementation with new £170M price tag

www.theregister.com

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 14d

Great memories: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Nottingham Forest’s last European adventure: ‘Klinsmann knows my name!’

Steve Stone, Ian Woan, Mark Crossley, Jason Lee and co reminisce about Forest’s 1995-96 Uefa Cup campaign

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 15d

Daily note for Tuesday, 23 September 2025: da.vebrig.gs/2025/09/23/%...

📅 Daily Note: September 23, 2025 – Dave Briggs

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 15d

"Why WordPress Lost the Cool Kids (And How to Win Them Back)"

iconick.io/cool-kids/

Why WordPress Lost the Cool Kids (And How to Win Them Back) » iconick

WordPress runs 43% of the internet, but try mentioning it in a design Discord and watch the cringe reactions. While WordPress quietly powers The New York

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 15d

If you like the look of it, sign up here: localise.eo.page/newsletter

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 15d

Newsletter published: eomail5.com/web-version?...

👨🏻‍🏫 A simple user centred design workshop exercise

How I reminded myself last week about the joys of face to face learning

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 16d

Endel – via Matt Mullenweg – is an interesting idea, offering “[p]ersonalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience.”

I definitely work better when I have the right music playing – but... da.vebrig.gs/micropost/23...

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 16d

"Foundational Specification to support the procurement of social care Case Management Systems" da.vebrig.gs/micropost/23...

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 20d

Daily note for Thursday, 18 September 2025: da.vebrig.gs/2025/09/18/%...

(a bumper edition due to forgetting to hit the button a few times this week!)

📅 Daily Note: September 18, 2025 – Dave Briggs

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 26d

Never! He's one of the few still taking this stuff seriously 😀

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 26d

literally just bookmarked that for later pondering! Another that mentioned simplicity that caught my eye the other day: scripting.com/2025/09/11/1...

It's really simple

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 26d

Abolsutely - even when people make us click the damn things 😉

Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 27d

Key learnings from GOV.UK One Login discovery research for local government: www.localdigital.gov.uk/news/key-lea...

Key learnings from GOV.UK One Login discovery research for local government | Local Digital

In this blog, we share key findings and insights from our research, based on conversations with councils and suppliers.

www.localdigital.gov.uk

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 27d

Interesting from @gilestur.bsky.social on strategy: gilest.org/notes/strate...

gilest.org: The strategy is enquiry

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 28d

I’d sooner have Pereira than Ange, to be honest!

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 28d

Have just hit send on my first newsletter of the year! It's been replatformed and rebranded - but otherwise the same mix of animals, chuntering, and helping links: eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

No more Daveslist - welcome to the Localise newsletter!

I've ditched Substack and rebranded the newsletter. Hope you don't mind.

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 29d

Daily note for Tuesday, 9 September 2025: da.vebrig.gs/2025/09/09/%...

📅 Daily Note: September 9, 2025 – Dave Briggs

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 29d

Oh, bloody hell www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Ange Postecoglou agrees to replace Nuno Espírito Santo at Nottingham Forest

Ange Postecoglou has agreed to replace Nuno Espírito Santo as the Nottingham Forest head coach, after the Portuguese was relieved of his duties

www.theguardian.com

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