Making the PSN better
In his first post since becoming the Chief Technology Officer for the Public Services Network, James Duncan outlines the plans for improving the PSN.
James A. Duncan
James Duncan is the Chief Technical Officer for PSN and a Senior Technical Advisor in the Government Digital Service, part of the Cabinet Office.
Public Services Network: a foundation for change
Since Andy Beale’s last post about management changes in the Public Services Network (PSN) team in July, we’ve been working hard to deliver the government’s high performance network.
This week in tech links: make-up from a 3D printer and a re-designed axe
For various reasons it’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote up the various tech news that has caught my eye. That doesn’t mean I’ve not been looking though! I really love new solutions to old problems, and …
This week in tech links: Augmented Reality helmets and electricity-generating graphene
In the future, firefighters will use Augmented Reality to help them with their dangerous jobs. I don’t know about anybody else, but I’d probably walk around with one of these fancy hats before I walked around in Google glasses. Google …
Remediating legacy technology: a success story from the Department for Work & Pensions
The VME (Virtual Machine Environment) operating system was created by the company ICL in the 1970s. In many ways, it is a great story about British technology.
This week in tech links: slime mold, a 128 GB RAM module and a 30 second phone charger
Last week we saw news that changing fonts would save a lot of money, but this week there is news of a split at the heart of what is one of the most successful typeface teams ever. Slimey, but kinda …
This week in tech links: ink-saving typefaces, Cloudera and robotic kangaroos
This week we learned about a science fair project that identified millions in potential savings by simply switching fonts. Swapping from Times New Roman to Garamond would save the U.S. federal government $400 million in the cost of ink. Make …
This week in tech links: Google Glass, graphene and geneticat
Facebook have disappointed begoggled kickstarter backers of the company Oculus VR, makers of the Rift virtual reality goggles. $2 billion dollars was probably hard to say no to, though. http://time.com/37842/facebook-oculus-rift/ You’ll never look cool with Oculus Rift goggles strapped to …