Start somewhere: Key findings from an exploratory study into making technology imaginable and usable for small voluntary organisations

Roger on 07/06/2020

Many small voluntary organisations feel technology could support them to become more accessible, relevant and efficient – but they don’t have time to properly research and test different approaches or to implement and maintain them. Study findings include tips and advice from small voluntary organisations on overcoming the barriers to using technology; pointers for support organisations; and things for funders to think about – such as how they can support infrastructure, training and experimentation costs associated with ‘digital transformation’.

Safety and accidents in complex systems

Roger on 05/06/2020

Crashes always occur in complex systems.

Improving safety on a small scale increases complexity in the system which increases the chances of big accidents.

Small inputs can lead to very large outputs.

Tightly coupled systems produce unexpected results.

People with an internal locus of control turn accidents into opportunities.

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De-googling your website analytics

Roger on 05/06/2020

Plausible creators Uku Täht and Marko Saric join the show to talk about their open source, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. We talk through the backstory of the project, why it’s open source, the details behind a few viral blog posts Marko shared to bring in a ton of new interest to the project, why privacy matters in web analytics, how they prioritize building new features, the technical details behind their no cookie light-weight JavaScript approach, and their thoughts on a server-side option.

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