I never know how to start these things.
This is a blog post about me, and what I'm doing, just because it seems an efficient way to let people know. Not because I really expect most of you to care.
I'm no longer working for R/GA. I haven't been there, really, since Christmas. They were extraordinarily nice and smart people. Jim, particularly, was a proper gent, and we did some fun things, but it was just bad timing. Various personal circumstances meant I didn't really give it a proper shot. (Those circumstances are, better now, in case you're worrying.)
I'm glad though that we managed to do the Make Day, that was good. And I did a bit of strategic hoo-hah on Getty Images which, hopefully, paved the way a little for the rethinking of the watermark, which was very smart and was mostly nothing to do with me.
I left with the intention of having more time at home and doing more freelancing, but almost instantly got drawn into working for the Government Digital Service - and this turns out to be thoroughly rewarding and brilliant. I started alongside Ben, have been doing some strategic gubbins and, as a welcome bonus, some writing. The most visible thing so far, was probably the Design Principles project - writing that, with a bunch of very smart designers, was incredibly satisfying.
Anyway, I'm hoping to be here for a while. It's good people, meaningful work, interesting problems, stuff I don't know how to do. It's fantastic.