Freelance UX consultant. Mum. @cxpartners alumna. Sporadic knitter. Co-author 'Smashing UX Design' book. Not a suburb of Newcastle.
Bristol, UK
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Jesmond Allen retweeted
Happy birthday to British typographer & graphic designer Margaret Calvert 🎈🎂
Calvert’s work in transforming the UK’s road signage system, to the wayfinding at railway stations & airports, has been central in shaping much of our national visual identity.
ALT A black and white photo of a sign at Glasgow Airport designed by Calvert
ALT A black and white poster showing the British Rail Alphabet typography by Margaret Calvert
ALT A road sign with white and yellow laminated lettering and graphics against a green background
ALT A black and white photo of the Calvert typeface being used to promote the new Tyne and Wear Metro in the 70s
Jesmond Allen retweeted
Have a look at the rigorous work of @jms_wright on care robots in Japan. I did a blog piece on it here: nicolarossi.com/the-robot-re…
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Do you know a musician with a small-but-committed worldwide following they can't easily tour? We're doing our first wave of @CastRoomsHQ shows with musicians 🎙️
People we work with get free access and hands-on support for their show 💪🏼
More info ⬇️
castrooms.com/#musicians
Jesmond Allen retweeted
The escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and inequity caused by some commercial actors demand a commensurate response.
Making the cover this week, a new Lancet Series on commercial determinants of health. hubs.li/Q01KFz8Y0
ALT Cover of The Lancet, 8 April 2023 issue. Quote: "The shift towards market fundamentalism and increasingly powerful transnational corporations has created a pathological system in which commercial actors are increasingly enable to cause harm and externalise the costs of doing so."
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The NHS website has a new public roadmap, and I've written a thing about how we created it: jiggott.medium.com/creating-…
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Hi, currently exploring a potential PhD project in self-management and menstrual cycles in #cysticfibrosis - currently looking for an academic which might be suitable for supervision. I am a digital health CDT student which is EPSRC funded at Uni of Bristol
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You’ve a few days left to submit a talk or workshop for this year’s Service Design in Government Conference @sdingov #SDinGov. Here’s a blog post and 🧵 on what we’re looking for at this year’s conference linkedin.com/pulse/submit-ta… 1/15
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OK, Twitter friends, I'm looking for help! 🙏🏻
@CastRoomsHQ - the startup that @mimooks and me founded - is now raising money for our seed round which closes in summer 2023 💰
We need your help with investor intros 👩🏿👨🏼👩🏽🧑🏻🦰🧑🏾🦱👩🏻🦱
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We’ve published our @TheKingsFund findings on digital inclusion!
1-the public’s experience
2-what NHS & social care can change
3-how national changes can help
We spoke with the public & ran workshops with NHS, social care, charities & local councils.
kingsfund.org.uk/projects/di…
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We’ve just extended the deadline for submission to 20th March so you’ve got a couple more weeks. HMU if you want to chat about possible sessions and topics in my role as Conference Chair
Time is running out.. our #SDinGov (10th Edition) call for speakers closes on Monday 6 March 2023. Find out about what we're looking for, explore the topics of interest, & submit your session via our CfS page: bit.ly/3Yu1ODc
ALT 20-22 September 2023 govservicedesign.net Our call for speakers is open! Picture of a workshop session at SDinGov 2022 3 people looking at a whiteboard.
Jesmond Allen retweeted
Good post from @ruskin147 and I too am surprised how little news coverage the Nature piece about the Covid app got. It saved *thousands* of lives, and despite the slow start and the general fuckwittage around it, it was by any definition a big success. rorycellanjones.substack.com…
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Does anyone know any great user research freelancer based in the U.K. who are available in March/April and might be interested in a research project?
#research #freelance #uk
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Creative subjects are disappearing from the curriculum, and GCSE uptake is plummeting - that's why we fully support #SaveOurSubjects.
The campaign by @ISM_music and @ukEdge aims to protect arts and technology subjects in secondary schools.
Learn more: eu1.hubs.ly/H02DN_p0
I’m doing this Digital Health MSc at the moment. It’s a challenge, but I’m learning so much! Happy to answer questions if anyone has any
Applications are open for our MSc Digital Health and Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care. Apply here for 2023 entry: bristol.ac.uk/engineering/re…
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Interested in a fully-funded PhD? Applications are still open for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care. Apply now for September 2023 entry: bristol.ac.uk/cdt/digital-he…
ALT Students and staff on the CDT Digital Health and Care.
Jesmond Allen retweeted
If you’re not eligible for a free flu vaccination you can get an appointment at most big pharmacies for about £10.
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