Blog

  • James Cattell helps you to keep up to date with the .gov.uk blogs

    One of our favourite projects at dxw is working with the GDS folks on the .gov.uk blog platform, which supports the blogging efforts of many different departments and individuals across government. There are all sorts of reasons why blogging is a good idea for people working in government: Having a single platform for all the…

  • LocalGovCamp 14

    Being the newest dxwer it was my first visit to LocalGovCamp, and indeed my first unconference. The whole event was a blast, you could not wish for a nicer bunch of friendly and passionate people. It was also a good chance to put faces to many of the regulars in my twitter feed, including our…

  • Central? Local? Usable.

    One of the discussions we keep having in the office is about the idea of repeatability, especially outside of central government. How often are the user needs so different that each circumstance needs a different system? How often is it actually just bad IT and empire building that gets in the way of unified user experience?…

  • Weekly roundup 20/6/14

    Here is what your friendly dxwers have been reading and sharing this week.

  • The joy of /feed/

    RSS is a bit of the web’s plumbing that often is reported as dead or dying. It won’t go anywhere soon though because it’s just too useful. In short, RSS (usually read to stand for ‘really simple syndication’ although holy wars have been fought over this) provides a way of delivering the latest content from…

  • The award winning MyTVH

    We’re stoked to hear that MyTVH won Digital Innovation of the Year at HouseParty yesterday. We’ve been working with Jayne Hilditch and the team at Thames Valley Housing Association over the past year to create a user-centered customer service platform for TVH’s residents. “MyTVH is Thames Valley’s online customer services platform. It’s not a big vendor out…