Blog
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A fond farewell
After nearly two years at dxw, the time has come for me to move on. I have not been particularly good at writing blog posts for dxw. In fact, writing blog posts used to be a big part of a previous job, and then I only wrote about two per year. So when I was…
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TiL: what we’ve been learning this summer…
Back in June, we introduced you to our ‘Today I learned’ channel. The channel has been buzzing with activity of late, so here are a few of the latest lessons we’ve been learning. Enjoy! Let it go… Life of (Raspberry) PI Learning Japanese… New feature in OpenSSH: Thanks, Deliveroo! The beauty of idioms… Mind-blowing Adobe XD!…
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2017 dxw annual retreat!
Retreat! (No, not that kind, come back….come baaaacccckkk!) As part of our Sisyphean task to continue to improve everything dxw, we headed off on our annual retreat at The Olde Bell in Hurley, Berks. Whilst the surroundings were familiar to those who attended the previous year, the format of the retreat was organised this year…
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XSS in WordPress: a tutorial
One of the most common vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins is cross site scripting – XSS for short. The basic premise of XSS is that an attacker is able to cause JavaScript to run in somebody else’s browser, while they’re on a website that the attacker shouldn’t be able to control. By the end of this,…
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Introducing Poss Apostolou
Hi, I’m Poss and the Head of Commercial Operations here at dxw. I provide guidance to both dxw and client teams to help them build better public services. This is my introductory post, it’s about 3 months’ late (sorry!) so it might also include some early reflections of my move from the public to private…
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Introducing Hilary
Hello, I’m Hilary, the newest user researcher to join dxw. Before joining dxw, I led the UX writing team and managed the digital help service for a global eReading company. I wore several hats during my tenure including product owner, editor-in-chief, and of course, user researcher. After years of working on product and content strategy…
