In the Spirit of Openness

On Saturday  27th September I attended Gov Camp Cymru and was kindly given a "laptop upgrade" by Dafyd Vaughan of the UK's Government Digital Service.

GDS Laptop Upgrade

After leaving the power cable for my MacBook at the Gov Camp venue in Cardiff and receiving it back here in North Wales yesterday (thanks to my wonderful WEA Cymru colleagues for rescuing it for me), I'm now back in front of my computer and constantly reminded of the GDS mantra.

I've been using Twitter to log our day-to-day project activities since day 1 in this job, and I'll keep doing so. But in the spirit of openness I'm resolving to blog regularly about the progress that DigiSkills Cymru is making towards our goal of helping people working in Welsh public services to gain the digital skills they need in the 21st century.

So, this blog is now up and running. It doesn't in any replace the website, www.digiskillscymru.org.uk, which is still the go-to place for general information about the project.

Instead, this is where those interested enough can come to get the inside story on the par-baked ideas, unfinished products, new connections and big questions that keep me as Project Manager awake at night.

I'll be sharing the best bits from around the web relating to digital learning, banging on about Mozilla Open Badges, wondering how we upskill an entire workforce in the context of swinging spending cuts, challenging Welsh public services to think big and differently about digital transformations, asking trade unions to consider their future in the digital world and much, more.

You lucky people.