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Accessibility overlays used by councils in UK and Ireland

4 days 2 hours ago

Back in late 2023 I reviewed the number of councils using accessibility overlays (also known as accessibility or assistive toolbars). At that time I was aware that concerns have been raised about this technology, so I decided to find out which councils are using them and try to explore a little about why they choose […]

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AI is not a strategy

5 days 4 hours ago
AI is not a strategy, it’s a tactic. Once all the fuss has settled down, we will be in a position where specific AI tools are useful in specific circumstances – it won’t have “transformed” anything. We had exactly this conversation about robotic process automation a few years back. And before that, cloud. And before […]
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Accessibility Statements – how well are councils in the UK and Ireland doing with keeping them updated?

5 days 6 hours ago

This blog post considers how well council websites in the UK and Ireland are meeting legal requirements to review their accessibility statements. How many councils have an Accessibility Statement? The majority of councils in the UK and Ireland (398 – 97.1%) publish an accessibility statement on their main websites. 12 councils (2.9%) currently don’t publish […]

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📅 Daily Note: December 2, 2025

1 month 1 week ago
Gavin Beckett – Harnessing the changing landscape of local government to create internet era organisations: Effective responses to complex, long-standing social challenges need to be co-designed and co-produced with people and community organisations that grow from the ground up. Modern councils need new capabilities that enable them to work well with a constellation of partners, […]
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📅 Daily Note: November 25, 2025

1 month 2 weeks ago
Richard Pope – Preventative healthcare: designing for the service loop: # – micropost 23148 Katherine Wastell – Every organisation has some madness: If everyone spots the problems but no one takes responsibility, things will only get worse. Accountability is the difference between taking a step forward and staying stuck. It takes one brave team to […]
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Weeknote: week ending 14 November 2025

1 month 4 weeks ago
Tired but wired after LocalGovCamp North - great sharing, collaboration, conversations and a reminder that great stuff is happening in the sector despite the tough times
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📅 Daily Note: November 10, 2025

2 months ago
Dafydd Singleton – User needs for data standards. # – micropost 23142 Dafydd Vaughan – The bridge to nowhere: Why your ‘Target Architecture’ won’t ever deliver: I’ve lost count of the number of Technical Design Authority meetings I’ve sat in, watching smart people tie themselves in knots over a diagram. We’d debate whether a proposed […]
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📅 Daily Note: November 7, 2025

2 months ago
Ash Mann – The discipline of focus, what makes a digital strategy work: Good digital strategies aren’t long documents or laundry lists. They’re about ruthless focus – choosing a clear direction and sticking to it, even if that means letting go of attractive ideas. (via Neilly) # – micropost 23134 Digital identity and the UK […]
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