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  • Bye… It’s been amazing!

    After having much of my public sector digital expertise forged in dxw it’s time to go out and use what I have learned to help other digital teams deliver user focused essential services. I arrived at dxw as an anthropologist and was thrown into a world of quick moving design, creativity and solutions. Department of…

  • Introducing Chris

    Hi I’m Chris, dxw’s new Systems Administrator! I’m very excited to be part of the team, where I will be maintaining and enriching the hosting systems behind all the services we provide. Before joining dxw, I worked within the British Army as a Systems Engineer to deploy and maintain various communication systems in challenging environments.…

  • User needs and campaign sites: some principles

    This morning at UK GovCamp 2016 we had a great session on government campaign sites, and how well user needs and user stories work for them as a mechanism to capture the things they need to do. We’ve done quite a lot of campaigns, and often, we struggle to express the user needs that they…

  • Introducing Stacey Phillips

    Hi I’m Stacey and I’ve just joined dxw as a Delivery Manager. I’ll be responsible for managing the delivery of our projects, so I’ll be working closely with development teams and our clients to help them build and launch great digital services. A big part of this involves applying agile and user-centred methodologies to ensure…

  • An introductory goodbye

    After a decision to make some changes in my life, and with a dash of pedantry, I’m finishing at dxw two years to the day since I joined. If you’ve ever visited dxw, you might remember me as the loud guy trying to explain why linux containers should change the way we think about releasing…

  • Exporting is GREAT: from a prototype to a national campaign for UKTI

    So over the last few days you may have seen the launch of the new Exporting is GREAT campaign from UKTI. Here at dxw we’ve been working with UKTI to build the new service exportingisgreat.gov.uk allowing users to find and explore the huge range of exporting opportunities out there for British companies. This project actually…