Say what you see – the way we write chart titles is changing
What’s the idea? Currently, most of the chart titles used across the ONS are purely statistical, signposting the data within…
Read more What is a Product Owner?
When I tell people I’m a Product Owner, I’m often met with confused faces and a few questions – “a…
Read moreThe Digital Publishing technology stack – Part 3: Our frontend systems
In part one we looked at our hosting platform and how we build, deploy and manage services in our test…
Read moreHow can we use explorers to make better statistics, better decisions?
It’s tempting to think that if only we allow users to explore our data, they’ll understand it better. Build an…
Read moreA year in social: increasing traffic from our social media posts
I thought I’d share news of work the social media team have been helping coordinate over the past year. This…
Read moreThe Digital Publishing technology stack – Part 2: Our backend systems
The Digital Publishing technology stack – Part 2: Our backend systems In part one we looked at our hosting platform…
Read moreThe Digital Publishing technology stack – Part 1: Our platform
In Digital Publishing we use a lot of technologies – some are industry standard, others not so much. Since we…
Read moreWho wants to be a millionaire?
“Who wants to be a millionaire” is the name of a popular ITV quiz show being reintroduced to our screens…
Read moreProduct People West & South: Product for APIs, what’s the difference?
My talk at Product People West & South 14 Nov 2018 Rob Chambers, Product manager, ONS website and APIs As…
Read moreThings we learnt when we hired six designers at the same time
This year we’ve interviewed, hired and welcomed six new interaction and graphic designers to the Digital Publishing team at ONS…
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