Photos on Richard Pope

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:09:48 +0100

Elderflower lemonade

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:08:16 +0100

Popped in to see Larry

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:13:29 +0100

Given generative AI is all about predicting next words, when do I get a better spell check!? (I regularly have to Google words because my dyslexia induced misspellings are so bad my computer just shrugs).

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:37:11 +0100

Kingsdown, Kent

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:20:42 +0100

At the British Academy for a day long policy lab

Noted on the way in: the dedicated Champaign cork recycling box

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:43:41 +0100

Positioning AI

https://www.rpp.works/ways-of-doing/positioning-ai/

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:33:00 +0100

Captcha aesthetics are getting weird

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:59:12 +0100

In September, I was asked to give some thoughts about the NHS 10-year plan based on some of the principles in Platformland. Here are the slides and speaker notes:

rpp.works/ways-of-doing/talk-transforming-health-and-delivering-the-nhs-10-year-plan/

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:46:38 +0100

Confirmation from Apple that they have, somehow, despite being quite good at creating software, apparently created a system unable to create VAT invoices for AppStore purchases that include a company name. The best they do is manually add a VAT number and manually send. It takes several phone calls, callbacks and navigating chat support to get to stage of their process for each purchase. It’s hard not to feel like the friction is intentional.

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:25:02 +0100

I saw House Above The Sun. Lovely sound and stage presencence. Would definitely recommend.

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:12:14 +0100

Noting that there are a couple of weeks left for people to apply for a digital job that could be make or break for the NHS: Director General for Technology, Digital and Data Department of Health and Social Care

Here’s a screenshot as I’m pretty sure no one clicks past the ‘I’m not a robot’ page.

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:43:23 +0100

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:20:52 +0100

Using ChatGPT to write an Obsidian addon * and had to tell it to rewrite the code to 00’s era javascript so I could understand / edit it.

it displays an ‘add to journal’ button for each date it spots on the historic crufty old notes and bookmarks I’ve imported recently

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:38:48 +0100

From this weeks Beno. I’m sure it will be a useful metaphor for something at some point.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:47:18 +0100

Musing on what’s different about digital bookings

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:02:10 +0100

First visit in years to the common land where I grew up. Hard to describe quite how much it is a part of me. The colour of the sand, the details of the small handful of types of plants that grow there are beyond familiar. Recognising individual trees from 40 years ago everywhere. Cheesy but true.