Photos on Richard Pope

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:59:12 +0000

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 21:46:38 +0000

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 20:25:02 +0000

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

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:12:14 +0000

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 11:43:23 +0000

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:20:52 +0000

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 21:38:48 +0000

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

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:47:18 +0000

Musing on what’s different about digital bookings

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:02:10 +0000

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.