Tom Byers

If you have time, and are interested in the history of tech in the UK, today might be a good day to read this: logicmag.io/05-how-to-kill…

It’s Emergency Alert Day 🚨 If you’re curious to know the history of the UK #EmergencyAlert service, here’s a three-part blog on how it came about. #EmergencyAlerts @frazer_HX/a-history-of-emergency-alerts-in-the-uk-part-1-the-early-d%CC%B6a%CC%B6y%CC%B6s%CC%B6-years-2012-2018-fcd5f28cad88" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@frazer_HX/a-h…

Reminder that if you are in the UK and are struggling with broadband prices, many ISP's have a cheaper "social tariff" that can save you money. It's not been promoted very well 😭 #CostOfLivingCrises theguardian.com/money/2022/oct…

Now in private beta, @GOVUK Forms will enable any government team to create simple, accessible digital forms in a few minutes. For insight, read more on how we've worked with @involvencygovuk on the new forms platform: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/10/06/mak…

@superroz 😭

My “fourth book of the compelling tv series Neighbours.” It’s a sad day for a #Neighbours superfan.

Today, thanks to @timpaul and @TheRealNooshu I got this. 10 years of great people and interesting work. Thanks @GDSTeam :)

@TheRealNooshu It's been like that for a while now so no surprises tbh 🤷🏻‍♂️. Great run of blog posts Matt. Fascinating and really helpful 👏🏻.

This is something GDS still does with our Notify service. Even though GOV.UK shows a very small percentage of IE11 users over a month (~0.5%). Notify shows ~10% usage, so IE11 will still be on their browser support list for a while! Sorry @tombaromba! 😬

My 2nd blog post this week! 😱 We've changed the testing requirements for IE11 in the Service manual*: technology.blog.gov.uk/2022/06/16/ser… *FYI: please read the small print!

Do you know what a scroll tracker is? We've made some changes on the @GOVUK one. Read more on how it works and some of the complexities involved: insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2022/03/17/rep…

📣 We're hiring! @GDSTeam is looking for Mid-level and Senior Frontend Developers in roles across GOV.UK, Government as a Platform and Digital Identity! 🎉 📄 Find all the details here: gdscareers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/… Please help us get the word out 🙌

A three-week paid work experience opportunity in the Civil Service is being offered to 60 autistic young people. Closing date is 14 December. @AmbitiousAutism ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/what-we-do/emp…

Exciting news – @GDSTeam is hiring frontend developers to work on GOV.UK, GaaP and Digital Identity! 🎉 Looking for folks based in London (£54.7k - £64.5k) or Bristol / Manchester (£49.7k - £57k) Find all the details here: gdscareers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/… Please RT 🙌

The GOV.UK Design System team are looking to hire an accessibility specialist based in Manchester (or London for existing Civil Servants). Join us, and help make government services work better for everyone. Closes July 12. Please RT 🙌 gdscareers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/…

We rolled out capturing Real User Monitoring (RUM) data on GOV.UK today. Genuinely looking forward to seeing what insights it will bring regarding the web performance users actually see "in the wild", and improvements we can make insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2021/06/16/how… #webperf

Designing for accessibility: Defra Digital Interaction Designer Dan Leech shares his experience of designing accessible maps for the check for flooding service #digitalservices #accessibility defradigital.blog.gov.uk/2021/05/20/des…

The Emergency Alerts page is now live at gov.uk/alerts Huge thanks to the Notify team @GDSTeam #emergencyalerts #cellbroadcast

How we made GOV.UK more accessible, and it is not just about the #AccessibilityRegulations - with more than 5 million visits a day it needs to be accessible to the largest possible audience accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2020/12/17/how… #accessibility #a11y

I chose 'Prefer not to say' for the 'title' field of my application for parking permits. Got this letter.

A massive amount of work went into this. So happy our discipline is finally recognised and represented in government.

GDS are looking for developers & senior developers - some working with my team to automate our accessibility monitoring process. If this sounds interesting, apply! jobs.jobvite.com/gds/job/oPesdf… + jobs.jobvite.com/gds/job/oVesdf… . Roles open in London, Bristol and Manchester (still remote atm)

Today’s a big day for the web - all public sector websites, across the EU and the UK, now have to be accessible. You should be able to use the sites however you want or need, eg if you’re on a mobile, or using a screen reader, or zooming in to see the webpage. 🧑🏽‍💻📱⌨️