UX and product lead
Sheffield, England
Joined November 2006
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An obituary of my mum.
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RIP. I miss you every day.
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Matthew Prince shared these stats:
📊 10 years ago: Google crawled 2 pages per visitor
📊 6 months ago: Google 6:1, OpenAI 250:1, Anthropic 6,000:1
📊 Now: Google 18:1, OpenAI 1,500:1, Anthropic 60,000:1
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Tickets are going fast for our September social. It’s our first event back and it’s going to be a fun one!! ☺️
Tickets have been out less than a week and half are already gone! Don’t miss out, get your ticket today to join us at Roxy Ball Room on the 13th September. We’ll cover the games and some drinks, you just need a free ticket. What’re you waiting for? 🎟 -> eventbrite.com/e/ladies-that…
ALT Photo of a pool table in the background with the ladies that UX Manchester logo and Roxy Ball Room logo in the forefront.
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Such important roles! 👇 Brilliant opportunities to lead & develop communities of practice with some amazing people in them. DM if you want to have a chat about what it’s like to work here.
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In today's @PublicDigitalHQ newsletter:
Privacy, surveillance and war ▪️ How to prioritise in gov by @jamesb 👏🏻 Useful post from @claragt @KaraKane_kk 📊Data proof of concept from @itsallgonewrong via @cdps_cymru Also, we're back in🇺🇸 with @aaronsnow
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"It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money." (PJ O'Rourke, RIP)
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Are there any UK-based user researchers on my timeline looking for a 4-week engagement with me at GDS?
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Today is 10 years at @BurnleyOfficial for me. Very proud to have represented this club for so long. I want to take this opportunity to shout out a few of the brilliant people behind the scenes who have been at the club longer than me…
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Here it is! Our very special and immensely lovely Christmas film - 58 seconds of handmade joy to celebrate all our wonderful makers on the #12DaysofFolksy.
We hope you love it as much as we do.
Created by the fantastically brilliant Leanne Warren @LEAPUP1
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We're designing a new identity product for central government. As well as meeting end-user needs it also *has* to meet the needs of service teams
If you work in a service that does identity checks can you help us with our user research? 🙏🏻
bit.ly/gds-identityresearch
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World class from @root66 - a privilege to watch his powers in these last two Test matches. I took this picture as he was coming off the field in Galle tonight after his epic 186. #pureclass
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Nobody should feel alone during what is another difficult time. If any #twitterclarets are feeling low or you know anybody who needs support, my DMs are open. Drop me a message with as many details as possible and I'll help in anyway I can. Let's all look after each other. #UTC
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We launched our ‘Get or offer support’ service in 9 days. @jo_scho explains what made it possible for us to change direction and respond to emerging user needs quickly. digitalblog.coop.co.uk/2020/…
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This is the most interesting and impactful thing I've worked on in my career so far. We're improving existing services and working with staff and prisoners to develop all new ones to improve daily life inside. Our teams need your help so come and join us!
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We are looking for a permanent Head of Prisons Digital Services. If you are:
✅Passionate about building public services
✅Brilliant at digital delivery
✅Committed to building brilliant, inclusive teams
Then come and join us 🙏
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The script of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which got the film financed didn't have any description of the fight scenes.
Just this:
'While I fail to explain the fight scenes, I can assure you that they will be the greatest fight scenes ever written in cinema history. Period'
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Interesting research role going in the international team at GDS. Spend time understanding digital government practices around the world and get to work with the inimitable @annagoss jobs.jobvite.com/careers/gds…
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#bookinggo hosting a #product event in #manchester come along! We have the esteemed @jamesb, our very own published author @georgeberkowski and we are also flying over a speaker for Amsterdam.
Come join us!
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Innovation is easier in an industry that has traditionally ignored its users.
Organizations can become market leaders by knowing more than their competitors about how their products and services are experienced.
UX then becomes the competitive advantage.
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A small group of us #Sheffield product folk are looking to get a regular meetup organised under the Product Tank Sheffield banner. Product people please shout up if you are interested in attending/speaking/helping. Please share widely.