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Do citizens really want to check the progress of their pothole report, so should we spend a lot of time, effort, and money enabling them to?

It's coming up to 1 April and the prices we charge for everything are about to go up. Here's how I make life easier on myself.

Some further thinking about content which involves dates, and the introduction of a tool to help you make calendar files

We have (roughly) 350 local councils all doing more or less the same things in the same way. Is there a better way to do this?

Most council digital strategies say don't replicate content or functionality provided elsewhere. I think we should however be running our own e-petitions services

Why is managing school terms dates such a pain - for ourselves and our users?

You get home at the end of a busy day away from home. You see the flamin' council never collected your bins today

You're adding alt text / attributes to your social media posts and your website images - that's great! But are you adding the right alt text?

In which I channel the spirit of Dieter Rams.

If you make it accessible, you make it better for everybody