Lead frontend developer for Digital Service Platforms / https://teapawt.net/t.co/2FrA1TTtoK Design System at @gdsteam. Dabbles in climbing, photography and technical theatre. (He/him)
Leighton Buzzard, UK
Joined December 2008
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Oliver Byford retweeted
Today is the start of Design System Day ‘23! For the next 2 days we’re gathering as a community to learn and share information about design systems that make the best public services.
🧵 Stay tuned as we'll be posting updates on this thread! If you’re attending, use #DSDay23
ALT 'Welcome to Design System Day 2023' stand up banner at the venue.
ALT 'Design System Day 2023' branded paper
Oliver Byford retweeted
In the meantime, I am looking for a new role. I'm an engineer with >10 years experience, with particular strengths in infrastructure and security engineering. I'm available from March onwards. Let me know what you have!
Oliver Byford retweeted
Personal news: after 10 years, I'm leaving GDS. I've had a brilliant time here and am proud of what I and we have achieved. I'm planning to write a personal retrospective on my time here.
Oliver Byford retweeted
Now in private beta, @GOVUK Forms will enable any government team to create simple, accessible digital forms in a few minutes.
For insight, read more on how we've worked with @involvencygovuk on the new forms platform: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/10/06/m…
Oliver Byford retweeted
Many TV guides / EPGs say that Channel 4 will be airing an episode of Naked Attraction at 10pm this evening.
However, this is not the case. Channel 4 will show a documentary called "The Queen: Mother and Monarch."
Oliver Byford retweeted
The last 2 years have been tough for us all. During this period, the GDS coronavirus team responded to changing circumstances, policies, and user needs.
Learn about the challenges we faced and the successes the team achieved: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/25/2…
Oliver Byford retweeted
We wrote down how we test for #WCAG (and #accessibility in general). We've shared it as #OpenSource at github.com/alphagov/wcag-pri…
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Oliver Byford retweeted
This article is very good; from someone who was originally strongly anti-abortion and some things she learned patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfem…
Oliver Byford retweeted
Just noting with astonishment the amount of men who, faced with this little thought-experiment, have replied with "This is brutal!" or "This is unfair!" or "You sound abusive!" I KNOW, RIGHT? IT SOUNDS REALLY FUCKING WEIRD AND CREEPY TO FUCK WITH MENS' BODIES AND CHOICES.
Oliver Byford retweeted
I've had a blog post published today about an important thing we have learned from the use of @SpeedCurve RUM over the past year: insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2022… #webperf
Oliver Byford retweeted
Want to know more about how we do #accessibility in UK government? I will be doing an AMA on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD 19 May) at 12 noon BST for 24 hours. #a11y reddit.com/r/accessibility/c…
Oliver Byford retweeted
Another week, another FE community blog post. What's the point of a feedback component if there are folks who simply can't use it? Well now they can!
The post is about making the GOV.UK feedback component more accessible for everyone.
insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2022…
Oliver Byford retweeted
Some pretty amazing news for GOV.UK today, as of 11am all of the GOV.UK Frontend apps no longer have jQuery as a dependency!
That's a 32 KB reduction in JS size across all 13 FE apps (or between 31% and 49%) depending on the app 🚀❤️ #webperf
ALT Drop in JS size for the info frontend application today.
ALT Lots of drops in JS size across all 13 apps.
Oliver Byford retweeted
The @GOVUK Design System has helped teams across the public sector deliver better services. And thanks to community feedback, the team have been able to improve it along the way.
If your team uses the Design System, here's how you can contribute: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2022…
Oliver Byford retweeted
This may be the biggest scandal in #AIEthics or #ComputerEthics history. For 20 years, people with long histories of good, basic public service were prosecuted for computer errors, even though they had excellent reputations and had reported errors from the beginning. 1/3
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Oliver Byford retweeted
What the Hell is this person playing at? You know there’s no k in it. You know R isn’t the second letter. How did you get on BBC website? Try farms next.
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We’ve published our findings from the last few years of monitoring the accessibility of UK public sector websites - gov.uk/government/publicatio… - there’s also a blog post - accessibility.blog.gov.uk/20…
Oliver Byford retweeted
Hey y’all! I compiled my best and favorite reloads! No robot voice and now widescreen format! Enjoy!! :)
