Christine Lau

I liked it too

View of highway with pine trees on each side of the road and an orange sun coming up in the horizon

On our way to Tremblant (on highway 5) and the sun was like an egg yolk. #outaouais #gatineau

Two ribbed aluminum cylinders with cut outs for payphone. One is illuminated and has a sign that reads Bell and a handset pictograph. In the background is a large waiting room and train arrival and departure board. Steamers of lights are hanging down as Christmas decorations.

Montreal's distinctive circular payphone booths live on at Central Station although they have been purged from the airport (Hasselblad SWC, Zeiss 38mm f4.5 Biogon, Kodak Tri X)

Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books

Healthcare dot gov Time magazine cover. The cover is all red with the words code red written in all caps as a subtitle. The caption underneath the subtitle reads "Inside the nightmare launch of healthcare.gov and the team that figured out how to fix it." Below that is a photograph of us digital service founders, including Mikey Dickerson.

Pour one out for the US Digital Service.

This amazing team was founded during the Obama administration. They convinced some of the best and brightest minds in tech, to give up wealth and RSUs and free lattes, to dedicate their professional lives to service.♥️👍🏿

It just got renamed to DOGE.

Muting all the bad words

Crème brûlée stout from Beau's

Crème brûlée stout from Beau's. I don't drink beer but this seems interesting. #beer #food #Ontario

Un petit -18°C à Gatineau ce matin. Bonne journée.

#ottawa #gatineau #photography #weather #stormhour #shareyourweather #sunrise

Forgot the ALT text: it is a 1000 pieces Ravensburger puzzle composed of only faces of Mickey Mouse.

Level: very hard

Born in Vancouver, the Peter Principle explains why your boss is incompetent. Here’s why it still resonates | RCI Principle named after B.C. educator was created as satire but has long been part of business lexicon

Interesting.

"Some organizations, she says, have tried to tackle the Peter Principle problem by focusing less on a worker's past performance and more on their potential. " #leadership

ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

1.5 rows of ham sandwiches and 1.4 row of egg sandwiches

I made a lot of sandwiches for NYE!

Whiteness is a credential.

But these folks have used propaganda and force to convince lots of people that this result is "meritocracy."

Digital talent and precariousness in government Digital talent and precariousness in government - Richard Pope

Good stuff in the Pat McFadden speech about public sector reform. Test and learn / accepting uncertainty in particular.

But 'tour of duty' construct is deeply unhelpful for anyone looking to build a career in government, as I wrote pre-election about my experience:

richardpope.org/blog/2024/03...

We are so behind in supporting women in the workplace www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jordan Hatch on LinkedIn: New trial to allow Aussies to prove identity without handing over… Last week, we held our first user research sessions to test verifiable credentials in the myGov app, at a real medical practice in Brisbane. Proud of Aaron…

Australia government trials verifiable credentials.

www.linkedin.com/posts/jordan...

I love a good #Christmas market.

#Ottawa #Lansdowne

As Above, So Garage Hermetic tinkering in unstable times

Been thinking a lot about material theories of technological change in govt of late. Going to dig more into this. via @vgr.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrapt...

'It explains why our ability to focus has gone to hell': Screens are assaulting our Stone Age brains with more information than we can handle Modern technology has fundamentally changed how our ancient minds work.

This explains a lot. I used to have great memory but it can only do so much www.livescience.com/technology/i...

It should adopt editing from Mastodon.

A card that says: You are essential. I mean, to me. Not to the government.

This can only be sold in #Ottawa 🤣 #GC

Bottle of Chateau Teyssier, Montagne Saint-Énillion, 2020

This is very good. Highly recommend. #vino

Graffiti in black spray paint on a white wall that says EQUALITY with a heart

Morning #graffiti #Ottawa

Accidental picture looks like an action pic. Hanoi bun at Queen Street Market fare.
#Ottawa #OttawaFoodies

It is exhausting having to research and figure out everything from black plastics to best ventilation practices to COVID vaccine schedules, I know this is a wild idea but have we thought about creating publicly funded government bodies that could manage and regulate this stuff on our behalf

Beer

C’est sombre en bébitte ce matin. Feels like December!

Bon dimanche.

#ottawa #gatineau #weather #photography

Lol good morning!

Hello! First post here. I am on #mastodon as clau@mstdn.ca which I like for its lack of drama. Initially hesitant to join another media but hearing some of you #GCDigital folks are hanging out here.