Show them it’s here already
September 4, 2024
My proposals and invoices now include carbon emissions data, because even the smallest public acts might encourage others to take action too. My
Rams: The time of thoughtless design for thoughtless consumption is over
June 3, 2024
3 June 2024 These screengrabs are from Gary Hustwit’s documentary Rams and its trailer video. If the video is paywalled, there are a couple of clips
9.79 tonnes CO2e per year
May 17, 2024
17 May 2024, updated 3 September 2024. My company’s total carbon emissions are 9.79 tonnes CO2e per year, for the year 1 March 2023 - 29 February
The leap from experience to trust
April 18, 2024
18 April 2024 You used to be able to confidently predict that the future would look more or less like today: many things getting a bit better, some
Switching bank account to reduce company carbon emissions
April 9, 2024
8 April 2024 (last updated 17 May 2024) Tl;dr: Santander bank provided my business current account but they have high carbon emissions. I looked at
Climate change is an engineering challenge
March 27, 2024
27 March 2024 Generative Engineering reduces the time and cost of engineering individual parts or full systems by generating and testing thousands
Dirty internet: carbon aware websites
March 11, 2024
11 March 2024, updated 26 September 2024. Two ways websites become more aware of their emissions: Some websites that react to the current carbon
How to play the LinkedIn blogging game
January 31, 2024
31 January 2024 Writing this down because I can never remember. This seems to be how to publish on LinkedIn to get better engagement, comments,
3 stories to complete the Co-op Digital newsletter
October 28, 2023
28 Oct 2023 The Co-op Digital newsletter occasionally had stories in it, tiny fictions to explore what retail and the world might look like as
Words that work for digital + climate transformation
September 26, 2023
Hello, I’m Rod McLaren. I’m a writer. If you thought digital transformation was spiky and disruptive, wait til you see climate transformation. It is
When is something ready to publish?
September 15, 2023
15 Sep 2023 Honestly, it’s never ready. Publishing the new website - or even just a blog post - often feels like an uncomfortable step. It’s
Technology eating retail: stories
August 19, 2022
19 Aug 2022 The Co-op Digital newsletter occasionally has some fiction in it, tiny story fragments to explore what retail might look like as
(Fr)agile
June 9, 2022
2 Jun 2022 I helped Stripe Partners write a couple of provocations about how “agile” works today, now that it has evolved from a test-iterate
Writing questions
December 16, 2021
16 Dec 2021 These are some of the questions I ask myself when writing pieces to unpack tech news, explain ideas, persuade a reader, present an idea
Carbon transformation
November 8, 2021
5 Nov 2021 These days it feels like many consultancies say they do “digital transformation”. Partly this is a marketing thing - it has been a useful
How to become a digital writer or content designer
October 13, 2021
13 Oct 2021 A friend messages, asking for some advice on how you become a writer/content designer in tech. This is a good question. I think writing
Public Digital’s website
December 16, 2020
Public Digital’s new website, Oct 2020 I wrote the words for the new Public Digital website. Public Digital (PD) works with governments and
How to find your books
October 30, 2020
30 Oct 2020 Matt Webb wrote about using an app called Memos to make his bookshelves searchable: find where that book is by searching your photos.
Data is a material for building with
October 16, 2019
I believe that architects and engineers must think of data as a material. Start with visibility: disclose data collection in a way that makes it
Why Co-op Digital writes a newsletter
June 12, 2019
I wrote a bit about the Co-op Digital newsletter for the Co-op blog, how it started and how it’s put together etc. The clever Amy McNichol did the
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