Many thanks to Vicky Teinaki for collaborating on our workshop – Creating truly accessible forms – at the Service Design in Government conference in Edinburgh, 2024. We used the session to encourage participants to consider running similiar workshops in theirContinue reading… Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024
Category: Design
New training course: Content design for forms
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve teamed up with Crocstar Training School to offer a new course: Content design for forms. This course will help you to create better questions, hints, help, and error messages Asking questions in the rightContinue reading… New training course: Content design for forms
Coffee and content: Using surveys to uncover audience insights
Content design is crucial for surveys, so it was fun to turn that around and think about surveys for content design for a change, as part of the Coffee and Content webinar series. My theme was ‘Using surveys to uncoverContinue reading… Coffee and content: Using surveys to uncover audience insights
UX Writers Africa Conference 2023: Beyond Words
It was a pleasure to be able to support the UX Writers Africa Conference in Lagos, Nigeria in November 2023. The one day event featured presentations, a panel session, networking and a keynote. Congratulations to the founders Joynels Ogbogu andContinue reading… UX Writers Africa Conference 2023: Beyond Words
Book review: The View From Down Here by Lucy Webster
What is life like when you’re young, female, and disabled? Lucy Webster is a journalist who is herself disabled, and she’s a powerful accessibility advocate. Now she’s brought together her experiences in her memoir: The View from down here: LifeContinue reading… Book review: The View From Down Here by Lucy Webster
How design systems manage contributions: panel at Design System Day 2023
After enjoying the virtual-only Design Systems Day organised by the GOV.UK Design systems team in 2022, I was thrilled when they announced that the 2023 version would be two days: one in-person in Edinburgh, and one virtual. I was evenContinue reading… How design systems manage contributions: panel at Design System Day 2023
The Phylogenetic Tree in forms design: making forms work for complex applications
What do we know about designing really complex forms? When I first started discussing the world of grant applications with Karen Fernandes, Senior Product Manager at Cambridge University, I realised that we we now have plenty of good options forContinue reading… The Phylogenetic Tree in forms design: making forms work for complex applications
Lightning talks at Service Design in Government conference 2023
Thank you to everyone who suggested a lightning talk for the 2023 Service Design in Government conference. As usual I learned a huge amount and enjoyed hearing from all the speakers. We had so many proposals that the organisers managedContinue reading… Lightning talks at Service Design in Government conference 2023
Content design in practice May 2023
“Content design in practice” is the latest version of a training course on writing and editing that I present with Jane Matthews. This course started in 2004 Back in 2004, Lesley Twitchen from HM Revenue and Customs asked me toContinue reading… Content design in practice May 2023
Four books to consider for presents
It’s the middle of December, and a time when many of us are looking for a last-minute gift. Or possibly you have a bit of leftover budget to use up this year. So I’d like to tell you about fourContinue reading… Four books to consider for presents