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Most of the week I’ve been at a kick off in Bulgaria. Our whole product team got together to talk about 2026 and to get our hands dirty vibe coding. It’s been so much fun. The travel back was less fun. There aren’t so many flights from Sofia, or at least not yesterday, so it…

So much has been going on this week. I’ve been packing things in to free up some time for an afternoon off to go to The Great Escape in Brighton. I go every year now. It’s so much fun to have the city you call home filled with music – and still sleep in your…

Focus time (and my patience, as much as I don’t like admitting so) has been in short supply this week. I always have focus time planned in, but this week didn’t go to plan.  I’ve found this frustrating. And I’ve been questioning myself about why it’s been frustrating. From quizzing myself I realised that I’ve…

Hello Friday, you lovely sunny thing. I hope it’s warm where you are too. Here’s a quick run down of how this week has unfolded. Creating a RACI. Between new babies and new starters our business has gone through quite a bit of change on the staff front. Some handovers were light (or didn’t exist).…

Whooooossshhh! This week went FAST. Here’s a quick update on Aligning on processes. Documenting how we’re working with PMMs and sharing it for feedback. Design review of our adding a user journey. Some of it wasn’t making sense so 4 of us got together to pin-point what we need to iterate on. Finished auditing a…

Thursday today is technically Friday for lots of us here in the UK thanks to Easter. I’m looking forward to a few days off and some family time. Before that, here’s a summary of the last 4 days. Content auditing, again. It is a large part of my job and this week was no different.…

At the end of January, I mentioned that I could see Spring on its way. Fast-forward to now and there are lots of crocuses popping up in my local park. I can’t tell you how much I love seeing this. My dog, also on the walks, couldn’t care less. Presenting a content audit at our…

Every week, I try to stick to writing my Weeknotes in 30 mins. I went through a phase of taking quite a bit of time on them, and then one week writing them took forevvvvver. My boss sent me Giles Turnbull’s Doing Weeknotes and it inspired me to limit how long I spend on Weeknotes.…

It’s been a sweet week. I’ve not had a whole heap of on my plate, which is a welcome change. Although I’m the one that plans my work and decides how much to do each sprint, I do have a habit of overloading myself. This sprint was different. Good different. This, then, should make for…

It’s been a week of workshops. Preparing them, facilitating them, and participating in them. They’ve been both productive and enjoyable. Finalising and facilitating tone of voice training. I’ve been putting this together over the last week or so. We ran the session yesterday and we ended on a quiz, which folks seemed to enjoy. I’ve…

I saw someone describe how long this month has felt as the “Four years of January.” I robbed this depiction at speed and have sinced used it several times. This week? Paaaaacked. I’m glad it’s Friyay, pay day, and time to wave a happy goodbye to the first month of the year. And, Spring… I…

Friday, woo! (I must get more creative with my openers for these Weeknotes). Let’s get straight into some of the stuff I’ve wrangled over the last 5 days. Reviewing content. Making the language simpler and less robotic e.g. switching “override” to “replace”. Enjoying seeing others succeed. How good is this?! It’s a huge high when…

We can always do more. We can. But, should we? This though have been top of mind this week. The universe (not that I believe in this as such) has been telling me to take on less. I’m pretty sure Lauren Pope’s 2024 Button talk was on a similar vibe – doing less, but doing…

The first week back at work is complete. It’s been nice to get stuck into things again. Here are a few of the things that have kept me busy… Aligning terminology between products. This has involved something of a messy, complicated audit. It’s been messy as it’s meant I’ve had to log in to two…

Woo, Christmas is almost here. It’s been noticeably quieter on Slack (I’m loving it) so I’ve had decent focus time this week. Here are some of the things I’ve crossed off my to-dos. Tying up loose ends. With a designer to make sure we’ve wrapped up certain projects. Also, adding copy testing results to our…