Best Practice in processes for forms design To paraphrase Antonio Carluccio on Italian food, 'there is no best practice, only good practice' 30 August 2024
10 Principles for Good LocalGovDigital Design In which I try to channel the spirit of Dieter Rams for the LocalGovDigital multiverse
What shall we do with the school year term dates? Why is managing school terms dates such a pain - for ourselves and our users? 15 April 2024
Gaining consent to do user research on forms Did the user find the form easy to use? Why did they get half way through and give up? Why don't we just ask them? 7 March 2024
Council Tax needn't be taxing! Do I owe the council money, or does the council owe me money? I think the council owes me money, but looking at the council tax online account portal it looks like I owe them so much money I should be expecting a knock on the door soon... 29 January 2024
Should the council have an online account? 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? 27 July 2026
I have a complaint! When is a complaint not a complaint? And why should anybody care anyway? 8 December 2023
News articles and blog posts News? Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely everything, when done right. 15 October 2023
A Content and User Experience Strategy for local government Updating my original content strategy first written in 2013. Still a work in progress, still subject to change and additions
