Skip to main content
GOV.UK

Blog Government Digital Service

Organisations:
Government Digital Service, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

GOV.UK Wallet Building momentum, working in partnership

GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

An update about GOV.UK Wallet and our engagement with the technology sector.

Read more of GOV.UK Wallet: Building momentum, working in partnership 

Storytelling through blogging: everyone has a part to play

Posted by: Amy McNichol, Posted on: 9 June 2016 - Categories: Content design
Amy McNichol and colleague sitting at a computer writing a piece of content together. Featuring a sign on the table that reads 'creative writing'.

...that: ‘If you know enough to say it's correct, you know too much to say it's clear.’ And it’s true. GDS creative writers and content designers work with this idea...

Read more of Storytelling through blogging: everyone has a part to play - 2 comments

About the GDS Women’s group

Posted by: Zara Farrar - former Senior Content Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 2 June 2016 - Categories: GDS team
A collage of four photos representing the GDS Women's group

...plan to do next. It’s not just for women The Women’s group is for everyone, irrespective of gender, who cares about having an equal and diverse workplace – but that’s...

Read more of About the GDS Women’s group - 7 comments

Why showing the thing to everyone is important

Posted by: Kate Towsey, Posted on: 31 May 2016 - Categories: GDS team, User research
illustration of two heads - one with the word "show" and lots of colourful activity appearing to spill from the brain, the other saying "don't tell" with a closed cramium and a sad expression. Representing the notion of 'show, don't tell' - of being open and transparent.

...why. We’d left them in the dark and expected them to accept and understand all the details. We could have shown them a prototype. We should have done. Keep it...

Read more of Why showing the thing to everyone is important - 3 comments

It's ok to say what's ok

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 25 May 2016 - Categories: GDS team
It's ok - photo of the list of what's ok at GDS featured as bullet points in this post

We're hiring quite a lot of new people at GDS, and that's brilliant because there are so many new brains and new skills and new faces to get to know. It's also difficult. It's difficult for those newcomers to know …

Read more of It's ok to say what's ok - 12 comments

Guest post: my fortnight in GDS

Posted by: Sally King, Posted on: 24 May 2016 - Categories: GDS team
lots of post it notes on a wall

...early to improve them. Perhaps one day all operations staff will be known as user researchers ... Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email...

Read more of Guest post: my fortnight in GDS - 2 comments

Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple

Posted by: Alistair Duggin - former Head of Accessibility, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 19 May 2016 - Categories: Accessibility
Photo of Alistair Duggin speaking at a GDS all staff event - slide reads "My job is to make sure GOV.UK is accessible"

...your service and include them in the design and testing of it. This is all too rarely done. A better approach to accessibility A better approach is to help people...

Read more of Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple - 7 comments

Guest post - The other side of the table: leading service standard assessments

Posted by: Kit Collingwood, Posted on: 16 May 2016 - Categories: Service design
Screen Shot of service assessment page on GOV.UK

...a service manager and have represented teams in around a dozen service standard assessments; this post is about what I’ve learned from sitting on the other side of the table....

Read more of Guest post - The other side of the table: leading service standard assessments - 1 comment

What government might look like in 2030

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 11 May 2016 - Categories: Digital Service Platforms, Digital strategy, GDS team, GOV.UK, People and skills

...we have today that let us collaborate with colleagues or connect with customers in real-time didn’t exist. Back then, you still bought your music on CDs. Even the most visionary...

Read more of What government might look like in 2030 - 1 comment

Doing the hard work to make talks readable

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 10 May 2016 - Categories: Accessibility, Content design, Events
Crowd of people in an auditorium (taken at Sprint 16 event) with laptop in the foreground with a presentation loaded onto it.

The slides aren't the thing. They're what make you pay attention to the thing.

Read more of Doing the hard work to make talks readable - 4 comments

Thank you, Advisory Board

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 29 April 2016 - Categories: GDS team
Members of the advisory board around a boardroom table

...Ltd Saul Klein – CEO and Founder of LoveFilm Baroness Lane-Fox – Co-Founder of lastminute.com Brian McBride – Chairman of ASOS and former UK Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk Herman Narula...

Read more of Thank you, Advisory Board - 1 comment
Previous page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 38
  • Page 39
  • Page 40
  • …
  • Page 115
Next page

Related content and links

Government Digital Service

We are the digital centre of government. We serve the public, central government departments and the wider public sector.

Find out more.

Sign up and manage updates

  • Email
  • Atom

Be part of the transformation

The unit of delivery is the team

If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.

Follow us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • GDS Podcasts

Leading Government Digital and Data

Leading Government Digital & Data

Useful links

  • All GOV.UK blogs
  • All GOV.UK blog posts
  • GOV.UK
  • All departments
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated
© Crown copyright