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Opening up
Twenty years ago, before regular people had the web, I was a 13 year old discovering a hybrid database/scripting application called HyperCard. One of my early projects was a random number generator for the newly-launched National Lottery, which incredibly, made … Continue reading
Engagement on a shoestring
You could probably do more digital engagement around a series of stakeholder seminars, but it would be a tall order. For the last month or so, DCMS have been running a little site we helped build for them on our Read+Comment … Continue reading
Making WordPress accessible to AAA
At Simon’s recent WordUp Whitehall event, I presented on the process I went through on a project with BIS/DCMS to create a discussion platform for the eAccessibility Forum. The site went live yesterday, thanks to the sterling efforts of the … Continue reading
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Whitehall in WordPress
The clue was in the 150pt slide Simon put up at the start of the day, but actually I think he was just catalysing a conclusion most of the participants in Whitehall’s second WordUp event came to independently: we’re on the … Continue reading
A very British election
Just a quick post to flag a little site launched last month for a modest and little-known public figure, reported to be the first Briton to give £1bn to charitable causes, and the third longest-serving minister of the New Labour … Continue reading
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Tagged cambridge chancellor, election, html5, lord sainsbury, WordPress
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Professional doesn’t have to be boring
About 60% of my work these days is for the public sector, which is great, as it reflects my main experience and expertise, but which means 40% comes from elsewhere, which I find really helpful. I’m not quite sure where … Continue reading
A new website for Involve
One of the nice things about my new life is that I get to work with and for people from outside government, as well as those inside. Our latest non-gov project went live late last week, replacing the website for … Continue reading
The Problem with WordPress
Linus’ Law says that, given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. It’s one of the paradoxes of open source, community-driven software that we can know it is good on the strength of how much is known about its frailties. Simon … Continue reading
Reloading commentable documents: introducing Read+Comment
At TeaCamp today, I’m taking the Campers through one of my new projects, Read+Comment, designed to offer hassle-free publishing of commentable documents online. Introducing Read+Comment View more presentations from Steph Gray. It’s based on some work I’ve done recently for … Continue reading
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Introducing CommentariatGOVUK
It’s almost Christmas, we skipped the 24tips this year, so I thought I’d release a cheeky little mince pie of a WordPress theme in case others find it useful. Today’s seen the launch of the latest little site on our … Continue reading →