FEDIDEVS

New blog post! 🐘 “Twitter is dead. Let’s start live-tweeting conferences on Mastodon instead.”

If you’re at @fwd50 this year either in person or virtually, I’d love to see you on Mastodon! https://sboots.ca/2023/10/27/twitter-is-dead-lets-start-live-tweeting-conferences-on-mastodon-instead/ #fwd50 #GCdigital #mastodon

New blog post! “Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service delivery”

Big thanks to @acroll and the whole @fwd50 for the chance to be part of this week’s conference! https://sboots.ca/2023/11/06/revolution-not-evolution-for-federal-public-service-delivery/ #fwd50

“Public services aren't complicated, they're complex. In a complex system, it is literally impossible to predict an outcome from the inputs. … Most complex systems are not knowable upfront, and our toolset is wrong.” @tomski #fwd50

“SSHRC just got their first application in Cree, and at first they didn't know what to do. They asked, uh, can you just re-send this in English or French? And the applicant said, nope! That would change its meaning. And they got funded!

Knowledge and language goes hand-in-hand, this could be a real strength of the whole country if we could embrace it.” Brad Greyeyes-Brant #fwd50 @fwd50

If you'd like to catch up on #fwd50 Mastodon posts from the past few days, check out https://fedidevs.com/fwd50 ! You can filter by date and account as well. Thanks to everyone posting here! 🎉 @fwd50

"At the end of the day, empowering our teams is really just about confronting and dismantling the structural things that disempower them." @honeygolightly #fwd50 @fwd50

”The right of First Nations communities to control access and ownership of their data is a fundamental part of self-determination and the protection and development of their culture.” From the First Nations Information Governance Centre https://fnigc.ca/ #fwd50

"There is a direct correlation between the quality of service delivery and people's trust in government." Minister Anita Anand #fwd50

Stoked to be at #fwd50 this morning! You can follow the event at https://fedidevs.com/fwd50 - thanks to @anze3db for setting this up! 🙌

“The question we have to keep asking ourselves is: are we asking too much of people? Is this a reasonable amount of rigour? Do we care more about keeping the wrong people out, or about letting the right people in?” Martha Edwards #fwd50 @marthaedwards