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Reflecting on setting up a User Centred Design Community of Practice (COP) for a small team at Defra’s Warrington digital hub

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Job titles seem to come and go, what remains constant is the blurred lines of responsibility. Where does one job end and another begin?

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My latest site redesign and why I left out Sass and media queries in favour of native CSS grid, calc, viewport units and custom properties.

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Digital transformation provides organisations with the perfect opportunity to redesign legacy paper forms making it quicker and simpler for users to achieve their goal. However, as well as opportunity, creating a digital experience can also introduce new problems, after all paper forms do have some advantages over their digital replacements.

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This post discusses potential issues introduced by the use of design patterns from small interaction design patterns, to larger full service patterns.

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A look at CSS custom properties and how they can be utilised to build accessible websites and apps.

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Common misconceptions of CSS - CSS gets a lot of stick, the internet is full of articles describing ways to fix one, or all of it's so called failings. Most of the time however, these criticisms are unfair, untrue or both

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Designing new products or services can be a daunting or even intimidating process at times. Accepting failure can be key to designing without fear

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Notes from UpFront 2016 conference in Manchester

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How to get started with PostCSS

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