Neil Williams

OMG Weapons is a pile of timewasting piffle

No way! Sorry I didn't see you. Esp given there were so few of us there.

Yeah me and Joel snuck off, we only came for Rob and I had a date with son 1 and Love Island.

What did you think of Rob? I liked it when he was at his weirdest and most surprising, but overall felt he lacked commitment

yep - if you hate your handwiriting now, you'll hate it even more thanks to the Remarkable 2

Fortnight notes: 14 – 26 July 2025 | Neil Williams These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. What went down in Neilly land these past 2 we...

Notes on my past fortnight's endeavours and experiences while alive on the same planet as you. Hope you find something useful or interesting in it! Thanks for reading, if you do. neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no...

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Whatever today throws at me, I think "at least I'm not on a school sports day like my 2 kids are"

Neil Williams (BFI) on transforming organisations through digital, comparisons between the civil service and the cultural sector, working in the open, and intentionally not empire-building - Digital W... A conversation recorded in-person (hurray!) with the BFI's Exec Director of Technology and Digital Transformation, Neil Williams.

Me on a pod. Saying the things I say. digitalworkspodcast.buzzsprout.com/841957/episo...

Thanks kindly!

Fortnight notes: 30 June – 13 July | Neil Williams These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. I feel like I'm just getting through it at th...

Daniel Bhuddafield, a quantification of surprise, déformation professionnelle. My latest #weeknote contains those words and more: neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

I had a bad day at Croydon Council once where I found myself sobbing in the loos, and I felt a lot like how Rachel Reeves looked today. Sometimes shit builds up and gets on top of you. Whatever your politics or views on welfare reforms, the emotional toil of a cabinet job warrants empathy imo.

“We’re an antidote to the algorithm,” says BFI Player director as platform goes international BFI Player director Paul Lewis on growing the service's international footprint and addressing tech issues to make it more accessible.

Stop doomscrolling through the same old film lists. BFI Player is where the off-the-beaten-track film culture is at! www.screendaily.com/news/were-an...

This is a solid Wednesday night watch on BFI Player. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

Gov.uk smartphone app to launch with limited functionality First version steers users to existing webpages, with AI chatbot, notifications and digital driving licences to follow

25 years of agile software development and the media still can't grasp the basics of launching products early so they can be iterated to meet real user needs. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Fortnight notes: 16 – 29 June | Neil Williams These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. Hello. Today's fortnightly note was typed on ...

Happy but knackered after a busy work fortnight and a mad trip to Belgium to see 100s of people recreate the battle of Waterloo. Read all about it... neilojwilliams.net/fortnight-no... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social #weeknotes

Enjoyed this. Grateful to your hubby for pointing out my AI use is also like dev rubberducking

If I was asked to guess which people I know already have a 3D printer, you'd be high on the list.

Aw thanks Ellie. Will pass this love on to the gang

BFI Player’s July 2025 line-up Plunge into July’s BFI Player line-up, which once again gathers the greatest in world cinema, white-hot and riveting.

Come for the July line-up on BFI Player. Stay for 100s of gems in our library. July includes a celebration of Moviedrome, BBC2’s Sunday-night film school that gathered brilliant cult cinema for a new audience – a mission that BFI Player is proud to continue. www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...

Book! Believe it or not.

Maybe Toby mugs are the IP to look at for a Barbie-style movie deal

I smell a franchise

Oooh that's solid

Misheard my wife and thought she said a particular film was "based on a mug" (look, she was in a different room and has a Burnley accent).

But now I wish there WAS a film based on a mug!

Pitch me!

"Snog the islander who has the crinkliest bottom"

Why is this Noel Edmonds comeback being tolerated? Aren't things bad enough?

Can't overstate how much joy Love Island is bringing us this year, with added bonus of our 17 yo watching with us as youth correspondent.

What the heck are you lot reading, I'm not seeing any of this. But I don't doubt it exists and is worsening

perfect thanks!

Thanks - this is more a case of needing help with filtering than trying to get the most applications possible! Junior sense of the word. Agile with a small a.

"some guys ask" - I love the use of guys here, we all know these guys!

Looking for recommendations for a good recruitment agency to help fill an Associate Delivery Manager role in my IT department - a new role, in a department that hasn't had any such role - but is well up for scrum/kanban to eat the elephant and improve as a team. GDS flavour, ITIL aware. Thoughts?