Weeknote 37
Breadnotes, Tech Freedom, saying no, starting a couple of new bits of work, learning about Ice Breaker One and Free Ice Cream, resilience in practice, redesigning my website.
Tom Watson
Bridging the Data Gap: A Semantic Translation Layer for UK Poverty Data
Ponderings on how to bridge the data gap. Exploring questions, semantic layers, TRE's and feedback loops.
Weeknote 36
A busy week of travel. Organisational resilience, poverty data gaps, Just in time digital services, a theory of change in 10 minutes, the f*ck it matrix, american big tech is the biggest risk not on your risk register, and interesting things!
The Interface: Building Blocks for Just-in-Time Software
The second of my 8 ideas to explore in 2026 in AI and technology. In this one I'm exploring just in time software, like lego blocks we pull together when we need them.
Weeknote 35
Another week, another note. Getting stuff done, structuring workshops for information output, llmstxt.socal write up, sharing garden of ideas, meeting several people, LOTS of interesting links.
Building LLMs.txt for the social sector
Another blog on the ins and outs of something I built, what it's all about, and why it might be a useful tool and/or concept. A llms.txt tool designed for specific use cases.
The Garden of Ideas
The Garden Ideas, a simple facilitation tool for individuals and groups. Seeds, soil, seasons, pruning and composting as a way of making intentional choices
Building Open Recommendations
A full breakdown of how I built Open Recommendations, the inner workings, the choices I made, including provider agnostic AI, strict data structures, deciding whats a recommendation and whats just an observation, RAG, and weighting community feedback.
Weeknote 34
The garden of ideas, self permission slips, llms.txt generator, open recommendations, Organisational Resilience, tech resilience, modes of thinking. It's been a busy but good week!
Weeknote 33
A fair bit of travelling, a fair bit of building. Creating a tiny boring tool, a nice end to a project, and sometimes just listening.