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What is a design system?

Caroline Jarrett 2 December 2020 1 December 2020
What is a design system?

Recently, Amy Hupe asked this question on Twitter: Who’s got a really clear and concise explanation of what design systems are, that would make sense to someone who’s never come across one before? We had a good discussion and IContinue reading… What is a design system?

“Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

Caroline Jarrett 23 November 2020 23 November 2020
“Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

Someone asked me about writing good questions for forms. As usual I recommended the NHS Digital service manual page as a favourite resource – and then I thought “have I put that on my website?”. And I hadn’t. So hereContinue reading… “Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

Caroline Jarrett 26 October 2020 2 October 2020
A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

If you’ve tried to code digital forms entirely by hand then you’ll know why we value form builders so much – digital tools that help with the process of getting the right questions into the right order. But even theContinue reading… A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

Five ways to choose which form to fix

Caroline Jarrett 15 September 2020 31 August 2020
Five ways to choose which form to fix

It was all going so well. I was running a forms workshop and we’d found lots of things to think about in the selected form. Then one participant said, sadly: “But we’ve got hundreds of forms like this”. Which ledContinue reading… Five ways to choose which form to fix

Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

Caroline Jarrett 15 September 2020 15 August 2020
Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

I was delighted that the team at UX Podcast chose an episode with me to rebroadcast in August 2020. UXPodcast on forms and surveys with Per Axbom and James Royal-Lawson Originally made in 2014, Per, James and I discuss aContinue reading… Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Caroline Jarrett 12 March 2020 10 April 2019
Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

If you’re working on improving a form, especially a government one, what advice do you need? In April 2019, I discussed a topic map that might help to answer that question in a webinar for Digital.GOV. To find out moreContinue reading… Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Draft curriculum for ‘How to Design a Form’

Caroline Jarrett 12 March 2020 4 March 2019
Draft curriculum for ‘How to Design a Form’

In March 2019, I started working mostly with the NHS digital standards and redesign teams on their advice about patterns.  This post: gives the background to the work, explains about the draft curriculum for advice about ‘how to design aContinue reading… Draft curriculum for ‘How to Design a Form’

Forms, surveys and the need to be brave: UX Insider interview

Caroline Jarrett 7 November 2019 15 March 2017
Forms, surveys and the need to be brave: UX Insider interview

I’ve always really enjoyed reading the ‘UX Insider’ interviews conducted by Damian Rees of experienceux. The one with Tara Land about her work at GDS is a particular favourite. So I felt very honoured when Damian contacted me to allow me toContinue reading… Forms, surveys and the need to be brave: UX Insider interview

Government services are for people, not for the government

Caroline Jarrett 17 June 2017 20 October 2016
Government services are for people, not for the government

During my recent visit to the Czech Republic, Běla Beránková interviewed me on behalf of  Lupa.cz – the country’s internet host. For the original Czech: Aby bylo jasno. Úředníci tu nejsou pro vládu, ale pro lidi My thanks to Lupa for permission toContinue reading… Government services are for people, not for the government

Honoured by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian

Caroline Jarrett 7 November 2019 30 September 2016
Honoured by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian

Back in 2012, a Kickstarter launched to create a series of ‘Field Guides for Voter Intent’, some little books to help election officials to create better ballots. Ever since the 2000 ‘Butterfly Ballot’ controversy, this has been a cause I supported soContinue reading… Honoured by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
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In today's episode of "Fix the forms, one at a time", @janereid73's thread is a very useful round-up about how to ask about sex and gender on forms (UK specific - other countries will vary)

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1. Sex and gender on forms, was a topic looked at by a cross-gov working group in 2018. If you are using this to help you design a more inclusive question pattern on forms then you need to look at what's been done since by @ONS @NatRecordsScot

https://blogs.gov.scot/digital/2018/07/05/sex-and-or-gender-working-together-to-get-the-question-right/

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Today’s garden photo had feature daffodils in honour of #Welsh #StDavidsDay #SignsOfSpring

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frome_maudeMaude Frome@frome_maude·
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Lambs and #Daffodils, by Lucy Grossmith. #March1st #StDavidsDay
#magical #landscape

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mrmjpriceMJP@mrmjprice·
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New blog about design systems from our team! Published for #ServicesWeek https://medium.com/wmca-digital-and-data/5-things-you-might-want-to-routinely-consider-for-your-design-system-95c6d309919

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marxcultureMark O'Neill@marxculture·
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BitCoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are planet killing technologies with have no use beyond grift, crime and badly and pointlessly reimplementing existing perfectly workable systems for tracking, tracing and recording.

Time for government action.

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