Moving from user research to product
After observing my first usability testing session in a lab in 2014, I was certain I wanted to be a…
Read more Tackling Product into a thing
I’m really proud of what I’ve achieved so far and who I’ve been privileged to work with. Taking that and…
Read moreGetting hands-on with content design
Last week we were lucky to have Content Design London lead a training course tailored to ONS content and our…
Read moreThe statisticians who tweet
“Oh, you work in social media at ONS. Does that mean you just tweet out the statistics?” That’s the typical…
Read moreGetting the COGS moving
Connected Open Government Statistics (COGS), formerly referred to as the GSS Data project, is something our community has been working…
Read moreDueling with axis: the problems with dual axis charts
Charts with two different y-axis are often used in the reporting of statistics. They can display two or more related…
Read moreOffice for National Statistics Geography Linked Data: Update
We have recently updated the ONS Geography Linked Data site, statistics.data.gov.uk with the aim of making it easier to find…
Read moreDigital Leaders retro
It’s official: Digital Leaders week is over for 2019! From the 17 to 21 June we hosted 6 events on…
Read moreCardiff Met Hackathon
On 18 June 2019, we held a Hackathon in partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University at their Llandaff campus. 50 students,…
Read moreGDS Delivery Manager training
A few weeks ago I went to Leeds to do the GDS Working Level for Delivery Manager course. It’s a…
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