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For those of you that are curious here is an excellent introduction to complexity and the public service https://markfoden.com/clockcat #fwd50 #Podcast @markfoden

It is a mistake to continue to engage in digital duality, between a “real world” & a virtual world.

I think Estonians grok this.

Far too many media, politicians, & civil servants still don’t.

Use offline & online.

Digital services & interactions are real.

Making them “other” is part of the problem.
https://x.com/digiphile/status/1510319386464296960?s=46

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“Even (as governments) if we can't trust people, in our core and in our policies, we can still make people feel trusted. That's really what matters – what people feel, when they're trying to access services, that will affect them or change their lives.” Martha Edwards #fwd50 @marthaedwards

Day 2 at #FWD50 2023 has wrapped!

From excellent keynotes in the morning to main stage takeovers (thank you Public Digital, the crew at RDGS, and the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation), to interactive workshops taking place in-person and online (shout out to Apolitical), we couldn't have asked for more inspiring content on digital government!

@sboots may not say GOSLINGS on the #FWD50 stage, but worth raising them. Nerds and Nachos is the current form. @russellmcormond @mcr314 @mirgray were a key part of keeping that fire for open source burning.

@digiphile It's really pretty good as a virtual conference too. The #FWD50 folks have done a great job of creating a hybrid event.

"I had to move the public service to deliver as quickly as possible." Minister Anita Anand on procuring PPE early in the pandemic #fwd50

Great points by Kris Lovejoy about the importance in data when it comes to AI. Love that she highlighted Augmented Intelligence, Another great speaker at #FWD50

What are we doing on addressing our legacy infrastructure?

https://www.fwd50.com/session/1166/tackling-tech-debt-for-a-cyber-resilient-canada

/c @fwd50

@sboots @anze3db This is very cool! Also did not know there were so many devs on Mastodon. It's fun following the #fwd50 hashtag, people are so excited to be there. I retired as a DND systems architect a decade ago, but it's still interesting to me to see what the government is up to.

Anita Anand mentions there are 30,000 vacancies for digital jobs in the GC. As a former GC-er who moved to the provincial ps, wonder how much flight there has been to other jurisdictions, and if there's any good learnings there... #fwd50

Resonant hits from @acroll’s @fwd50 #FWD50 opener: Salmon ladders of incremental progress beyond the meta-obstacle of systemic barriers to progress, the reminder that we’re all part of - and contributing to - that system and so have an opportunity to contribute to lifting others up, and this … love and have been practicing hacks for many years, celebrate hacking co-conspirators … and yet …

.@acroll referencing salmon ladders in his morning #fwd50 talk. The concrete salmon ladders down the street from my house in BC were recently removed - they'd been thrown up decades ago, and were recently replaced with a more natural envt. Extra metaphor?!

"Governments that abandon an 80-year old lonely man don't deserve our trust" - @acroll #fwd50 [abt blindly following scripts/process and notlearning from/ responding to the impact on real people]

You know, I’ve followed and read @sboots’s thought pieces for a long time, but I am not sure if I can truly pay close attention to his 12 hours and 25 minutes long talk today at #fwd50

@afhill Stuart Brand's Pace Layers are great.

I was looking at ways to apply his ideas to government https://codepen.io/mgifford-the-typescripter/pen/qBoYKoP

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Leaving YOW en route home from #FWD50, feeling equal parts physically drained & psychoemotionally re-invigorated. In particular, referring to one of the inimitable @honeygolightly’s slides, inviting us into a next phase, feeling motivated to contribute to cultivating what comes next.…

#teamhoney #Phase2 #beyonddelivery

.@sboots for Clerk. #FWD50

“If people are having a freak-out about technology, it's a good time to have a reflection on technology. Not just emerging technology, but also the technology already all around us.” Dr. Alexis Wichowski #fwd50 @fwd50

All morning everyone kept checking the time and saying I gotta go hear Sean speak! A full house for @sboots’s talk on “Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service delivery” at #FWD50

”We are all part of the solution, we can’t just stay stagnant and blame other people. We have to take action.” Xiaopu Fung #fwd50