Tom watson
@tomcw.xyz
Digital | Data | Creator |
Doing good or at least trying to
The Good Ship and Data for Action
Crap runner. Awesome eater.
Bio: https://tomcw.xyz
Doing good or at least trying to
The Good Ship and Data for Action
Crap runner. Awesome eater.
Bio: https://tomcw.xyz
Oh hello again Microsoft.
"So I can share this thing with people outside my organisation right?"
"Oh yes, of course, super simple, anyone can access it!"
Ha, just joking
"So I can share this thing with people outside my organisation right?"
"Oh yes, of course, super simple, anyone can access it!"
Ha, just joking
Instead of all these evals on AI productivity in the public sector I want evals on how simple Microsoft stuff kills productivity.
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh hello again Microsoft.
"So I can share this thing with people outside my organisation right?"
"Oh yes, of course, super simple, anyone can access it!"
Ha, just joking
"So I can share this thing with people outside my organisation right?"
"Oh yes, of course, super simple, anyone can access it!"
Ha, just joking
Decided to actually map where I've been cold/open water dipping this year (and therefore give me an excuse to some some updates on Map My Patch!)
www.mapmypatch.co.uk/survey/29OGT...
www.mapmypatch.co.uk/survey/29OGT...
Tom's Dips 2025 - Responses
Where Tom went swimming and dipping in 2025 as part of his "wild swim/dip somewhere new at least once a month" View public responses, maps, and insights for this survey.
www.mapmypatch.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Decided to actually map where I've been cold/open water dipping this year (and therefore give me an excuse to some some updates on Map My Patch!)
www.mapmypatch.co.uk/survey/29OGT...
www.mapmypatch.co.uk/survey/29OGT...
November dip ✅
Touch chilly but bloody look at it.
Loch Venachar
Touch chilly but bloody look at it.
Loch Venachar
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
November dip ✅
Touch chilly but bloody look at it.
Loch Venachar
Touch chilly but bloody look at it.
Loch Venachar
Start the day as you mean to go on.
Umm, cold, with wet feet, avoiding Christmas songs? 💯
Umm, cold, with wet feet, avoiding Christmas songs? 💯
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Start the day as you mean to go on.
Umm, cold, with wet feet, avoiding Christmas songs? 💯
Umm, cold, with wet feet, avoiding Christmas songs? 💯
tomcw.xyz/weeknote/wee...
Modes of problem solving, the great unsettling, a bit of crap situation, rants about microsoft, some interesting things.
Modes of problem solving, the great unsettling, a bit of crap situation, rants about microsoft, some interesting things.
Weeknote 28
Modes of problem solving, the great unsettling, a bit of crap situation, rants about microsoft, some interesting things.
tomcw.xyz
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
tomcw.xyz/weeknote/wee...
Modes of problem solving, the great unsettling, a bit of crap situation, rants about microsoft, some interesting things.
Modes of problem solving, the great unsettling, a bit of crap situation, rants about microsoft, some interesting things.
Ah, memories of font. Must go back next year.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ah, memories of font. Must go back next year.
Reposted by Tom watson
What about Oracle?
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. "
We shall not name them.
But we shall continue to pay them, for eternity.
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. "
We shall not name them.
But we shall continue to pay them, for eternity.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled wasn't convincing people he didn't exist, it was convincing procurement teams that Microsoft was the right choice
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What about Oracle?
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. "
We shall not name them.
But we shall continue to pay them, for eternity.
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. "
We shall not name them.
But we shall continue to pay them, for eternity.
Instead of all these evals on AI productivity in the public sector I want evals on how simple Microsoft stuff kills productivity.
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Instead of all these evals on AI productivity in the public sector I want evals on how simple Microsoft stuff kills productivity.
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
Like the inability to move something from one place to another.
"Ah yes there is a work around..."
"It's recreating it in the other place isn't it?"
"😉"
Homemade potato waffles with eggs, cheese and chives 👌
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Homemade potato waffles with eggs, cheese and chives 👌
Maybe I could pizza AND coffee if I give it all up work wise?
And long walks in the mountains.
Wait, this sounds increasingly like a lonely hearts ad. Just look at the coffee, it's not shit yeah?
And long walks in the mountains.
Wait, this sounds increasingly like a lonely hearts ad. Just look at the coffee, it's not shit yeah?
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Maybe I could pizza AND coffee if I give it all up work wise?
And long walks in the mountains.
Wait, this sounds increasingly like a lonely hearts ad. Just look at the coffee, it's not shit yeah?
And long walks in the mountains.
Wait, this sounds increasingly like a lonely hearts ad. Just look at the coffee, it's not shit yeah?
Pizza, muffins and bake off...
Muffins need work, first time. Pizza, well, it is my fall back plan for work 👌
Muffins need work, first time. Pizza, well, it is my fall back plan for work 👌
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pizza, muffins and bake off...
Muffins need work, first time. Pizza, well, it is my fall back plan for work 👌
Muffins need work, first time. Pizza, well, it is my fall back plan for work 👌
Reposted by Tom watson
If Labour is continuing to lose votes, just got 11% in a by-election in a seat they've held for 100 years and in a few recent polls is equal to or just behind the Greens maybe we should stop suggesting they're the only thing that can defeat Reform.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If Labour is continuing to lose votes, just got 11% in a by-election in a seat they've held for 100 years and in a few recent polls is equal to or just behind the Greens maybe we should stop suggesting they're the only thing that can defeat Reform.
🙌
Q: I don’t get/I still get an ESU enrollment prompt in the settings app! Did it work??
The settings app is _totally not_ a bundle of sticks and glue (buggy).
If you open the script, press 6 and see the words ESU appear in the output, then you have the ESU.
Microsoft is just good at making UIs. 🙄
The settings app is _totally not_ a bundle of sticks and glue (buggy).
If you open the script, press 6 and see the words ESU appear in the output, then you have the ESU.
Microsoft is just good at making UIs. 🙄
October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🙌
No, you were gargling whiskey at 2am because it was the only thing you could think of or find to sooth your throat full of razor blades
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
No, you were gargling whiskey at 2am because it was the only thing you could think of or find to sooth your throat full of razor blades
Mushroom season in the forest.
Some for dinner, some for party, some for umm death? Choose your own adventure
Some for dinner, some for party, some for umm death? Choose your own adventure
October 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mushroom season in the forest.
Some for dinner, some for party, some for umm death? Choose your own adventure
Some for dinner, some for party, some for umm death? Choose your own adventure