In 2025, I’m focusing on error rates and data quality. My plan is to update this post through the year. Most recent update, 12 May 2025: added Service Design in Government, September 2025 Martin Jordan reminded me about error ratesContinue reading… Error rates and data quality – my 2025 topic
Category: Forms
Getting forms right: how better words lead to better results
Content design is crucial for good forms, so I was thrilled when Content Club in London asked me to talk about forms for their September 2024 meeting. They chose a rich variety of topics about forms. We started on theContinue reading… Getting forms right: how better words lead to better results
Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024
Many thanks to Vicky Teinaki for collaborating on our workshop – Creating truly accessible forms – at the Service Design in Government conference in Edinburgh, 2024. We used the session to encourage participants to consider running similiar workshops in theirContinue reading… Creating truly accessible forms: workshop at SD in Government 2024
Ladies that UX Seattle – Creating truly accessible forms
When the Ladies that UX Seattle group approached me to do a talk, I knew immediately that we’d have fun working with the ideas originally developed by their sister Ladies that UX chapter in Brighton. As I expected, the folksContinue reading… Ladies that UX Seattle – Creating truly accessible forms
Chicago Camps Tent Talk: Who cares about forms? You should – and here’s why
Do you ever feel that everything you try to do, especially online, means getting through some form or another? I certainly do. But also, why are so many of them full of problems? I was thrilled when Russ Unger –Continue reading… Chicago Camps Tent Talk: Who cares about forms? You should – and here’s why
New training course: Content design for forms
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve teamed up with Crocstar Training School to offer a new course: Content design for forms. This course will help you to create better questions, hints, help, and error messages Asking questions in the rightContinue reading… New training course: Content design for forms
Creating truly accessible forms, SDinGov Virtual March 2024
In service design, we often aim to replace an outdated set of paper forms with an easy-to-use digital service. How can we make sure that our new digital forms are accessible? In this workshop, co-presented with Bukola (Kiki) Jolugbo andContinue reading… Creating truly accessible forms, SDinGov Virtual March 2024
FormFest2023 – The future of forms: what’s ahead?
What do you do when you get an invitation to talk on your favourite topic with some of your favourite people? Say “yes”, of course. I was thrilled to be part of the Closing Keynote at FormFest2023 organised by CodeContinue reading… FormFest2023 – The future of forms: what’s ahead?
The Phylogenetic Tree in forms design: making forms work for complex applications
What do we know about designing really complex forms? When I first started discussing the world of grant applications with Karen Fernandes, Senior Product Manager at Cambridge University, I realised that we we now have plenty of good options forContinue reading… The Phylogenetic Tree in forms design: making forms work for complex applications
How to save money by fixing forms, presentation to WebExpo 2023
I was delighted to be invited to the WebExpo conference in Prague, and even more delighted to have a chance to talk about my favourite topic: better forms. Specifically, this time I decided to focus on how to save moneyContinue reading… How to save money by fixing forms, presentation to WebExpo 2023