Nikola Goger

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

That was a fun session catching up with the German Justizministerium and digital team! Would love to do more sessions like this with other countries.

YouTube video by TPXimpact Building better public services with the Ministry of Justice | TPXimpact

‘Building better public services with the Ministry of Justice’

Thanks, @tpximpact.com, for recording this fab #ServicesWeek session on #ServicePatterns and making it available for those who missed it

Excellent exchange between @nikolagoger.bsky.social, @jaskang.bsky.social & co.

Senior Service Designer:National

We are looking for several Senior Service Designers for teams working on super interesting things all across the Ministry of Justice! Please share with your network!
Closing date: 21/04/2025 www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

UK Ministry of Defence enlists sci-fi writers to prepare for dystopian futures Imaginations of science fiction community used to help policymakers prepare for potential crises in Britain

Glad that the the MoD is seeing the value of arts, humanities and social science insight in a fast changing world www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Interaction Designer:National

We also have some midlevel Interaction Design roles going! www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

Seeeee! It was a good idea!

Lead Interaction Designer :National

We are looking for another Interaction Design Lead! Come and do important work with a fantastic community and incredibly talented people! www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

Updating design skills in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework How and why heads of design across government came together to update the design skills in the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework.

One of my favourite piece of work this year went live: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/03/u...

It was fantastic teaming up with @karakane-kk.bsky.social @andyjones.bsky.social @pjmoran.bsky.social and @tonytoners.bsky.social and getting a new version over the line! Well done, team!

Oh hey, as a service designer I also do a great cover of "I see you're trying to apply a technical solution to a social problem."

Gabriel (@theseus_85) on Threads This is English with German grammar

This is fascinating www.threads.net/@theseus_85/...

Do you have potatoes?

2 books: Failed State and The Super Computer With A God Complex

Light weekend reading

I feel specifically targeted by this ad.

Oh, another victim of the horrors of the flying freehold. Bane of my life.

It feels like 2004 again. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

There's a line that keeps coming up in so many conversations I'm in these days: It feels like 2004 on the internet again. And that's a good thing, because it means all of today's incumbents won't make it to the next era of the internet. www.anildash.com/2024/10/15/i...

When you watch Psych on TV and catch your office building moonlighting as "New Scotland Yard".

a bloodline

The call it "No Nonsense Cardigan" and then it turns into a shrug for an octopus 🤨

I recently - even with a pattern for the cardigan I've been knitting - had to dig through the deep ends of the internet to find a video of a nice polish lady demoing it to make sure i hadn't lost my mind.

Ai-generated from the text of customer reviews: - Difficult yto put down

Amazon's AI thinks it's a negative thing if a book is difficult to put down...

In person at MoJ or online!

I really want to give that a shot and see how we can crack the contribution issue!

Ada Lovelace and standing on the shoulders of giantesses For Ada Day, I’ve been thinking about my career and my life, and who the female giants are on whose shoulders I’m standing? I want to tell…

Did a short talk for Ada Lovelace Day about giantesses, collective nouns and weird career pathways. medium.com/@nikolagoger...

Maybe you can join our's! Seriously though, that sounds like a great opportunity to think about how we can work collaboratively on the departmental DS layer.

Why do we need a design system? Having the GOV.UK Design System negates the need for any other UK Government design systems. Or does it?

After spending the last 6-12 months successfully making the case for a central team to improve, grow, and maintain the MoJ Design System, I've now written about why I think we need one even though we have the GOV.UK Design System.

medium.com/share-reuse/...

Share + Reuse – Medium Reuse by Design — Making the Case for a Share + Reuse Infrastructure in Government and how to implement Reuse by Design.

The writing is part of the Reuse by Design series where @nikolagoger.bsky.social and @mforddownes.bsky.social are making a case for a share + reuse infrastructure in government and how to implement reuse by design.

medium.com/share-reuse

Oh that's fantastic, love it. Always happy yo have a chat if you are interested in my strong opinions on this!

Oh, 100%! That sounds so relevant.