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Weekend links: Choosing checklists, checking content, customer companies and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 31 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
Ever wondered what your social accounts would look like if they were Lego figures? Of course you have. (Image courtesy of Jeremy Waite)

...what makes it onto GOV.UK. This post from Jeremy Waite about how to build a truly social business is worth a look. Data nerds - here are over 100 weird...

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Weekend links: vCloud, Darwin database, proof of concept and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 24 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
What is the user need?

...this week - find out why on the data blog. Reviewing design work is never easy - but these ten questions are a pretty good start. Last week marked the...

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Weekend links: Instagram, filtered search, cyclotrons and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 17 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
DfID on Instagram

...work. https://instagram.com/p/nvsdtFyo4p/#   Filtered search is changing the way we can use GOV.UK - meet our first finders on Inside GOV.UK. The GDS content designers and writers were inspired by...

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Weekend links: International Space Station, more hackathons, GDS Technology, and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 10 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
International Space Station - image courtesy of NASA

...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...

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Weekend links: more Lego, lessons learned, DVSA and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 3 May 2014 - Categories: GDS team
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...it comes to sharing code between projects. We liked this post about using graphic design to make learning maths easier. The guys from FutureGov have written about their local government...

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Weekend links: hackathons, time travel, glow-in-the-dark motorways and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 26 April 2014 - Categories: GDS team
Google Street Map time machine of Aviation House

...busy helping anglers report their catch to the government - and they've been using agile to do it. Some clever folks in the Netherlands have developed light-absorbing glow-in-the-dark road markings...

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Weekend links: Next Generation Testing, UK Trade and Investment, and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 19 April 2014 - Categories: GDS team
GDS Digital Marketplace

...interesting speakers at the Data Storytelling event at the National Audit Office this week. The BIS Internal Communications team were in attendance. Don't forget to sign up to email alerts....

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Weekend links: Environment Agency blog, weeknotes, interning at FCO and more

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 5 April 2014 - Categories: GDS team

If you find a link you think we'd like, message us @GDSTeam Take a look at the recently launched Environment Agency blog. Learn about work experience opportunities at the Foreign...

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Weekend links: Royal Messengers, betas, social media and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 29 March 2014 - Categories: GDS team
GDS weekend links

...blog. The DVLA digital team are getting excited about their move to a public beta. Want to find out more about betas on GOV.UK? GDS design notes has the answers....

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Weekend links: JavaScript, code-breaking, Twitter and more

Posted by: Carrie Barclay, Posted on: 22 March 2014 - Categories: GDS team
Image of Alan Turing courtesy of Michael Dales under a Creative Commons licence

...creating a world-class research institute specialising in data science dedicated to British WW2 code-breaker Alan Turing. Want to find out more about the budget? You can download all the documents...

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