The first GovCamp Cymru took place this weekend in Cardiff. Rose and I went along to see what public sector challenges face our neighbours to the West. There were a few familiar faces but for the majority of attendees this was their first unconference. It was a varied group encompassing everyone from citizens to civil […]

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We are very excited to begin the first sprint for the new data storytelling platform for ONS this week. Matt Jukes has written a great blogpost about it, which explains how the project has come into being. As Matt says, the focus during this project will be on fulfilling the needs of Inquiring Citizen persona. […]

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 […]

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? […]

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