Want to know how the new digital ID system will work? Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

Thanks everyone who came to listen to our talk about "Share & Reuse by Design" at @sdingov.bsky.social ! It's great to start conversations with people from other departments who are as dedicated to normalising and enabling reuse as we are. <3 @robjmccarthy.bsky.social #sdingov

Great update on the Public Design Review by @karakane-kk.bsky.social @jallen300.bsky.social

“Everything shareable across government in one place – to support the delivery of digital services” @nikolagoger.bsky.social sharing their cross-gov Reuse Library work at #SDinGov: reuselibrary-dev.apps.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk

Reminding us of the scale of the civil service, and the value of looking outside of silos @nikolagoger.bsky.social #sdingov

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.

‘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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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!

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

Light weekend reading

I feel specifically targeted by this ad.

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".

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

In person at MoJ or online!

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

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/...

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

I found an old newspaper from the 70s in the chimney at my new place. The house prices are mindblowing.

Happy Friday! We are recruiting midlevel Service Designers! Are you looking for a new exciting role in a department where you can really make a difference? We'd love to see your application. www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

For anyone that's interested, mine and @kazhufton.bsky.social 's Agile on the Beach talk 'Wading through treacle: why bother being a product manager in the public sector?' is now up on YouTube youtu.be/RgdFz90Kduc?... - obviously I can't bear to watch it back, so no idea if it's any good! #AotB2024

Digital transformation #SDinGov

Massive MOJ attendance at #SDinGov !

Next blog in the Reuse by Design series, pondering components, collaboration and culture... CHAPTER 1: A greenfield Utopia — How would government work and deliver if we built it from scratch? Mentioning @richardpope.org @mforddownes.bsky.social Rob McCarthy medium.com/share-reuse/...

ICYMI. Switzerland federal government requires releasing its software as open source www.zdnet.com/article/swit...

Very excited about reading @richardpope.org 's new book #Platformland and to see how it overlaps with Reuse by Design medium.com/share-reuse/...

Morning moor walk

My blog posts on Rocketships are all here if you want to catch up. We also have some exciting updates soon! medium.com/rocketships

I'm starting a series of blog posts and lots of great contributors to discuss the topic of Reuse by Design. We want to make the case for a Share + Reuse Infrastructure across government and how we can enable real collaboration. Get in touch if you are working on similar! medium.com/@nikolagoger...

Starter packs are up to 150 people now so I've turned my list into one for convenience. go.bsky.app/5jYvLgu