‘Putting digital at the core of everything we do’. Our Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer, Rob Thompson, sets out how our name change and rebrand reflects our purpose and ambition for the future.
...look after live services, as well as building new services. My team will initially be building the new firearms licensing services, while Paul’s team will be focusing on the UK...
...anything ‘wrong’. But for some it was too much of a leap. One participant managed to avoid touching or interacting with the cards for the whole session. However, this still...
...long-term, but my brief foray has taught me a lot. I think it can do the same for most people working in digital. Care about the message, not the words...
...good code as part of a team, not to win a popularity contest. Some offices are better than others Developers, male or female, are in demand. And that’s a fact...
...than software owned by an individual or a company (also known as proprietary software). Where we are today Today we use a lot of open source software in government projects....
If you are not careful you can antagonise users before they have even started testing your service.
...Print it out Reading comprehension is lower on screens than on paper. Printing out your content and reading it line by line will help you focus on finding mistakes. Wait...
...should be available as text-only. That means alt tags for images, audio and video. Be careful with colour Avoid using only colour to convey meaning. Screen readers won’t communicate colour,...
...I think it’s helpful for designers to be able to code, is that it helps this relationship. I can build relationships by doing a bit of pair-developing on a part...
It’s a really exciting time to work in Home Office Digital. We work on really important services, which affect people across the UK and beyond.
