Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
Weekend links: Instagram, filtered search, cyclotrons and more
...student Khyati Trehan. User research is a massive part of our work at GDS, and this week the cabinet office technology blog is talking about user testing with cabinet office...
Over 50 million visits and other data stories
Posted by:
Peter Jordan - former Head of Performance Analysis, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data
...are clearly less inclined to interact with government. February dips, of course, since it is a short month. GOV.UK now ranks in the top 40 websites in the UK Experian...
Releasing all the things: a good day for the Performance Platform
Yesterday we released 83 dashboards. We wouldn’t normally plan to release like this.
Weekend links: International Space Station, more hackathons, GDS Technology, and more
...website transition over to GOV.UK. And finally, one of our favourite things this week is the NASA live stream from the International Space Station. Don't forget to sign up...
Using A/B testing to make things better
...Ricky on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts. Transcript My name's Ricky Morris. I've been looking at how we can improve our processes around feedback on...
Updated assisted digital guidance in the Government Service Design Manual
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Ben Carpenter - former Assisted Digital & Digital Take Up Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Service design
...specific needs, barriers, and challenges of assisted digital users, and how researching them differs from research into digital service users. Requirements of services With the Service Standard now in full...
Weekend links: more Lego, lessons learned, DVSA and more
...fun for the bank holiday weekend - Lego Ideas (an open platform for user-designed playsets) moves from beta to live! Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign...
When to use caps around GOV.UK
Why do we write GOV.UK in capitals? And why is the URL written lower-case? You may well have heard the reasons, but we've never actually written them down. Let's fix that now.
Just doodling: telling the story with a few pen strokes
One thing visitors to the GDS office can't help noticing is the colourful selection of cartoons and doodles stuck on the walls.
Weekend links: hackathons, time travel, glow-in-the-dark motorways and more
Got a link you think we'll like? Share it with us on Twitter - @gdsteam Google Street Map "time machine" of Aviation House Forget Back to the Future - Google...
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