Sick of *sitting* on zoom all day? We are building an app for walking meetings Looking for alpha testers to give us honest thoughts and feedback Want to try it? 👇comment below

How many times a day do you refer to groups of people as 'guys'? Inclusive language matters: words have the power to include, or exclude. Why not #ChooseToChallenge gendered language by using these great inclusive alternatives (courtesy the GDS Women's Network)? #IWD2021

We’ve launched a 10-week consultation on our new code of practice and we want to hear from those running and providing professional services to pension schemes. Read and have your say. ow.ly/S6Fr50E0iPf

So, if you're interested in making <gesticulates at the internet> all of this a bit nicer, you might want to know that there's a whole bunch of new roles coming up in our amazing DCMS Online Harms Directorate. Details follow...

Tell you what though, loving this sunshine ☀️

Gutted about this, just done 20k in the heat in preparedness 😭. First world problems mind, obvs does needs to happen...

At last theguardian.com/business/2021/…

Any service designers interested in working in innovation? I’m looking for 2x designers to join my team who have an interest in speculative/generative design research (6mo. contract) at a big old bank

A long news item about some short lessons... been a while in coming but I’ve finally blogged about why I decided to sell my user-centred design and content knowledge at £4 a pop. 😊 cakeconsultancy.com/2021/07/30/cak… #DesignLearning #LearnAtLunch #Upskill #UserCentredDesign #ContentDesign

Goodnight Charlie Watts. Light on the sticks and double strong on the backbeat. Kept 'em in line. Genius drummer. RIP #CharlieWatts

“Release things fast and learn at scale” isn’t a default process or your only option. Often it’s disruptive for users, and teams rarely account for (or have capacity to) *actually* learn and iterate post-release. Stop using it as an excuse to skip proper pre-release research.

Today was a good day. We’ve removed almost 1,000 inaccessible PDFs from our health information pages and converted the most used to webpages. Now the work begins to audit, consolidate, rewrite and recreate the 1,000 as beautiful, simple pages. Here we goooo… #a11y #ContentDesign

People doing research (PMs, Designers, Researchers) – "Users liked the feature" isn't a useful research finding. Why did they like it? What problem does it solve? How do they go about it currently? That's where you'll get meaningful and useful data. Dig deeper.

📢 We’re looking for a #WebEditor to join our communications team! F/T, permanent, c£30k. Closes 7 Nov. Skill set: writing for the web & campaigns, good use of imagery, analytics, accessibility, SEO. 👉 ow.ly/e0XS50GBH18 Please retweet. #jobs #EastSussex #Job #Hiring

Old enough to remember when this was just an experiment from a strange new inside gov startup disrupting everything 😮. Quite the decade.

Do you do #contentdesign in local government? The Royal Borough of Greenwich & @ECC_SD content teams are planning a virtual meet-up on 25 Nov. All welcome, let me know if you're like to join.

🚨Planners and #localgov folk in England 🚨- We've just launched two new funding opportunities to support #digitalplanning & #PlanTech. Whether you want to develop something new or work with your existing providers, this might be the thing you're looking for! 👇

This absolute ✨gem✨ I ran into on LinkedIn. 🤣

As we go live with an exciting programme of work in 2022, we’re looking for 2 creative minds to help shape our programme and deliver on our big ambitions. Part a brand new team, you’ll be helping to spark imagination and inventiveness that truly transforms public services. 🧵👇