Lizzie Bruce

Location Location & Accessibility Whether you are coming from within the M25, from the South East, North or West of England or from mainland Europe, Bakers' Hall is a highly accessible venue.Just a few minutes...

And the other way round, The Worshipful Company of Bakers, with its 800 year history and still going since 1155, has rather modern premises and typeface:

"...the dot is a guiding hand, for life."
"We call this the ‘inform to inspire’ scale"

Jayus.

TwentyTwelve meets The Prisoner.

Two young men, one wearing a sleeping bag, playing chess on the pavement: Strand, London. A third man is watching intently.

this one did me in: 15 years ago in the The Strand

Sadly it's not on the IFI Player, but a lot of other rare home and local community-generated footage is:

I enjoyed watching this documentary a couple of decades ago... chess really seemed to make a difference to the young people featured's whole outlook. Some of them were in the audience at the IFI, we turned and looked at them like they were celebrities which added to their pride, a joy to see!

Agree 100%!

The only reason for global warming at this point is to fatten the wallets of a small but powerful group of people who would rather kill the planet than be less wealthy.

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The WITCH Simulator Computer Conservation Society

Free, next Thurs, 2.30pm to 5pm, at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, EC2R, Moorgate tube. I'm going!

A talk given by TNMoC volunteer Jerry McCarthy, describing the hardware and exploring the intricacies of programming on the world’s oldest working original digital computer.

#Digital #Computing

I very rarely have direct contact on newsroom projects anymore, but this is cool because I did work with folks to help with the original collection protocol to make sure this information was handled and stored privately and wouldn't leave us with a re-identifiable dataset.

GDS has given a wealth of support for digital design through its Design System, Writing guidelines, GOV Pay, GOV Notify etc.

But the money and (very) high up support for end to end UCD was an integral part of roll out. Organisations and design teams that don't recognise that are in for a hard time.

I do agree tho that many designers start from an idealistic "clean slate" point rather than pragmatically understanding real world constraints like archaic tech and long IT contracts.

GDS employed legal experts during transition to break some contracts, localgov isn't likely to have that resource.

Also overeggs things a bit – no one is saying a whole website is a service!

He's a Product Leader with a book out on product management; the article is not as objective as it could be, lacking awareness of SD, or the insight that done well it improves systems for backend users as well as citizens.

Agree, he makes some valid points in his article but yes a misstep on the crucial definitions.

I'd edit to:

Policies (was Services): the mountains, the big promises an organisation makes.

Services (was Experiences): the paths people need to step along to access service provision, inc. awareness.

Thanks Dominika! Much appreciated. Think I'll make a more basic version of the basic version of my CV. 😂

Listening to sports commentary on local radio:

"Sometimes you're there doing things unseen that allow others to score."

Couldn't help thinking how much this resonates for #ContentDesign!!

just had a customer call and ask me why their outlook calendar doesn't work anymore.

"what do you mean?"
"i'm trying that New Outlook and my cal-"
"ah. i think i see the problem."
"what do *you* mean?"
"i mean 'New' doesn't mean 'Functional'."
"why would they release it if it doesn't work?!"
"yes."

It's terribly annoying when you apply for a low-stress, very p-t (but regular) role to supplement your freelancing, only to be told "this will be too mundane for you".

No it won't, that's what I wanted... and why I applied.

The list of banned countries is those “considered to have high-risk conditions based on information from the UK Foreign Office and the European Commission adequacy decision as to whether a country offers an adequate level of data protection”.

Could be zero people opted for “less threat than I expected”.

I truly don't understand what people thought was going to happen

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Content design pathway course, Cake Design Studio Learn to frame your content around user needs and customer journeys. Design content that matches online behaviour, and make your content more accessible, readable, inclusive and findable. Use your …

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“If anyone out there is looking for some top quality, super clear content design training I recommend Lizzie's Content Design Pathway course. It’s excellent and amazingly good value.”

“Thanks to Lizzie Bruce who brilliantly lays out the pros and cons of many different user research methods.”

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The Autumn pricing for my e-learning pathway courses is £60! This offer ends 30 November.

Some past student feedback:

“It covered so much but in good bitesize chunks and was great for me to dip in and out of when I had time.”

#DigitalTransformation #UCD #ContentDesign #UR #Inclusivity

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Just set up 5 new students on my user-centred design and content design e-learning courses. It was fun choosing their temporary passwords, with help from @merriam-webster.com!

#ContentDesign #UCD #Training #Couses #OnlineLearning

News from the farm: Rewilding the croquet lawn After a visit to an ambitious rewilding project, Guy Singh-Watson reflects on how humility and ecology go hand-in-hand…

A sweet, short, balanced take. (How refreshing!)

"Perhaps the lesson to us all is one of accepting an outcome dictated by ecology rather than the owner’s master plan."

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#nature #ecology #conservation

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This registers on the Dystopiameter!