alphagov

The next step

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Steph

In May last year, alpha.gov.uk emerged blinking into the limelight. It was the product of a true skunkworks operation – a few guys (and they were mainly guys) – tucked away on a disused floor of a government building in … Continue reading →

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Towards a Global Experience Language for the Single Domain

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Steph

As someone on the fringes of the Single Domain project (AKA Alphagov), conversations in recent months have often turned to the ‘global experience language’ in development, as in: “well, X will need to fit with the GEL…” The GEL is … Continue reading →

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The New Boy

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Steph

So Mike Bracken, former digital boss at Guardian Media Group is the new Executive Director for Digital for the UK government. Welcome, Mike. In times as tough as these for the public sector, it’s a real coup to have recruited … Continue reading →

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10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 2)

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Steph

So recently I blogged the first part of my charge-sheet against the (otherwise jolly decent) alpha.gov.uk. Here’s where they really boobed… 6. UX of a website is nice, but that’s 5% of the problem It’s great that a team of … Continue reading →

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10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 1)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Steph

People have been very nice about Alpha.gov.uk, the new prototype of the single domain for government since its launch last week. Simon Dickson, a man who pulls few punches, highlighted ten things Alphagov gets right. I agree with all of … Continue reading →

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