Blog

  • UX Brighton: Advancing Research

    Earlier this month, a few of us from the user research team went on a seaside field trip for UX Brighton. The conference theme was ‘Advancing Research’, a topic very relevant to our work at dxw, so here are a few thoughts from the conference. 1. We need to go beyond user needs  Whilst the…

  • Q&A Fridays Recap: DevOps

    Last month we ran our second Twitter Q&A, with the topic of DevOps. Our in-house expert was our Senior Operations Engineer and co-organiser of DevOpsDays London, Bob Walker. Technical operations (ops) is responsible for the provisioning, deployment, and essential maintenance of digital services. The dxw ops team explains, “Having in-house operations at dxw as part…

  • Flying the flag for agile development

    The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is responsible for the UK ship register. You might know it if you have a yacht or a dingy. The register isn’t just for boats in the UK though. Large commercial vessels that sail around the world still have a home country for whom they “fly the flag”- and…

  • Local Government as a Platform

    Last week we were lucky enough to be able to talk at the Public Sector Digital Transformation Forum about Local Government as a Platform, and more specifically, using GOV.UK Pay in local government services. The phrase Government as a Platform is not universally understood, The Government Digital Service describes it as: … a new way…

  • Ada Lovelace all year round: Own your place in the digital world.

    I was fortunate enough to celebrate this year’s Ada Lovelace Day twice, and both events made me reflect on how Ada Lovelace and the community around her is a year-round inspiration. dxw started running a panel event last year, and we had another four inspiring women in tech (Stephanie Marsh, Coca Rivas, Olivia Campbell and…

  • Introducing Ming

    Hello everyone, my name is Ming. I started working at dxw as a designer two months ago. My background I was born and bred in Hong Kong. I started my career as a programmer in some banks in Hong Kong and then I moved on to become a web designer and engaged in a lot…