Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I’ve *literally* just finished setting up my DSIT laptop 😂 4293
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026To my knowledge… who knows what else is up there 😂 👾 031
Reposted by Laura YarrowNexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com · 08/01/2026It's always an exciting moment when we can say #CampDigital is happening THIS YEAR! 🎉 🎤 Our brilliant speakers for 7th May include: @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @himal.bsky.social @dasbarrett.bsky.social, @laurayarrow.bsky.social Early birds available till end of Jan at: tinyurl.com/2s35kfd9 0127
Reposted by Laura YarrowJoe Lanman @joelanman.com · 23/09/2025this is very good www.gov.uk/service-manu...gov.ukUsing artificial intelligence (AI) in servicesGuidance on using AI in public sector services, including when and when not to use it, considerations and where to find more information. 02613
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 01/03/2025So sorry to all those wonderful folks affected, you’ve done such amazing, important work ❤️ 150
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025White space isn’t empty—it’s powerful. ✨ In design, negative space isn’t just ‘blank’; it shapes how we see, feel, and understand the world - both on screen and off. www.laurayarrow.net/blog/whitesp...laurayarrow.netWhitespace isn't empty — Laura YarrowAs a designer, understanding the importance of whitespace as a visual tool is non-negotiable, but it’s an often fought-over topic in organisations. Often stakeholders will want to reduce whitespace an... 0161
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Businesses: "Our users will use our product exactly the way we think they will, and it will always work as we intended". Humans: Hold my beer.... youtube.com/shorts/CWE41...youtube.com#sing #singing #singers #monarch #shortsYouTube video by Youtube Shorts France 🇫🇷 082
Reposted by Laura YarrowAnn Kempster @annkempster.com · 07/02/2025Public sector has far surpassed private in UK for years now when it comes to digital services. #facts 1142
Reposted by Laura YarrowSeinfeldism @seinfeldism.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Serenity now! Serenity now! / S09E03 The Serenity Now seinfeldism.... 0164
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 26/01/2025This week I sat down and wrote some thoughts down on the Blueprint for Modern Digital Government. Tldr? : Exciting, bold, and hugely ambitious. Bring it on. www.laurayarrow.net/blog/theres-a-lot-to-be-excited-about-in-the-blueprint-for-modern-digital-governmentlaurayarrow.netThere’s a lot to be excited about in the blueprint for modern digital government — Laura YarrowLast week was quite the ride. We kicked the week off with our Secretary of State (SoS), Peter Kyle, announcing the new Digital Centre, and blueprint for modern digital gov at the GDS office in Londo... 2396
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I think I speak for us all when I say: What the hell am I doing up this early and why aren’t I in my pajamas anymore?! #firstdayback #january 0160
Reposted by Laura YarrowLisa Jeffery @lisajeffery.bsky.social · 19/12/2024#ServicesWeek to return for its seventh year ✨ Please share and save the date: 17 to 21 March 2025 This event series aims to grow service literacy and is open to all UK public servants. Take part if you can! #ServiceDesign #GovDesign #LocalGov #LocalDigital services.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/19/s...services.blog.gov.ukServices Week is back for 2025Services Week is an annual event hosted by the Government Digital and Data community, bringing together professionals from across the UK public sector. 01518
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Dan Saffer blocked me because he couldn’t stand being called out on the stupid thing he posted. Where is the accountability for leaders? 150
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I'd be interested to know what other designers think of this statement? 🤔 550
Reposted by Laura YarrowMartin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 06/12/2024Join us in April for the International #GovDesign conference in Amsterdam from April 9–11. The call for submissions remains open until December 15. international.gebruikercentraal.nl/conference20...international.gebruikercentraal.nlUser Needs First International Conference 2025 - User Needs FirstAmsterdam, the Netherlands - April 9, 10, 11. For anyone working on better government services. Here's all you need to know. 01412
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024This account brings me such joy 😂 watch out for those Christmas card envelopes folks 🤣 030
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Great work from Kuba and team, have a read!! 🤩 We’ve had some really interesting and positive results on GOV.UK Chat. It’s as always a team effort, but a big factor in its success has been the excellent design work that’s gone into it 👏 🎉 070
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Why do I get the feeling Silo on AppleTV is going the same way as Lost did? 🥱 #silo #appletv 220
Reposted by Laura YarrowCyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024first draft of a lil civic tech starter pack! focused on practitioners, might do another one on other parts of the ecosystem later. go.bsky.app/Dw5gEA1 1815244
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The transformation is complete - this place now feels like the old place! #Xodus 🎉 1100
Reposted by Laura YarrowBen Holliday @benholliday.com · 19/11/2024🗣️ Most things can be conquered … This a little post I wrote to share some Billy Connolly quotes -where he talks about living with Parkinson’s disease, depression, and his love of drawing. Something really stuck with me when I first heard these #keepgoing benholliday.com/2024/11/19/m...benholliday.comMost things can be conquered 094
Reposted by Laura YarrowDavid Darnes @darn.es · 19/11/2024I've put together an article for anyone you know who wants to join in on the #DesignSystems community on @bsky.appdesignsystems.wtfBluesky & Design Systems CommunitiesNow is a great time to join Bluesky if you're looking for likeminded folks to learn and share about design systems 24010
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Well this week can get in the bin! 🗑️ So glad to finally reach the weekend #TFIFmedia.tenor.coma dumpster with the word chicago on it is surrounded by waterAlt: a dumpster on fire floating through some water. 030
Reposted by Laura YarrowJukesie @jukes.ie · 15/11/2024Some BIG jobs in this weeks [slightly early] #jobs newsletter newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobsInternet of Public Service Jobs - 15/11/2024Internet of Public Service Jobs is a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie [01] Director of Product Open Univ... 2147
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I love that the Bluesky starter pack for local authorities has a wheelie bin as its icon! Always the hottest topic 🚮🗑️ 080
Reposted by Laura YarrowRob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 13/11/2024“[A] study, conducted by Samsung UK and OnePoll, surveyed 1,000 UK adults with invisible and visible #Disabilities and reveals that over two-thirds (68%) have felt #Excluded from #Products or #Services due to #Accessibility issues.” news.samsung.com/uk/inaccessi...news.samsung.comInaccessible Designs Leave Two-Thirds of UK Adults Feeling Excluded● Over two-thirds (68%) have felt excluded from products or services due to accessibility issues ● Over half of the respondents (55%) don’t believe mainstream brands are invested enough in making prod... 132
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I wondered why I wasn’t getting added to any packs, it’s this isn’t it?! 😂 040
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Most of my life is spent sat on trains next to someone creating the most awful slide deck, and I want to intervene SO MUCH TO ALIGN IT ALL PROPERLY 🤣 1220
Reposted by Laura YarrowImran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 23/10/2024All the talks from Design System Day 2024 events have just gone live on the GDS YouTube. Check out the playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DSDay24youtube.comDesign System Day 2024 - YouTubeKeynotes from our Design System Day 2024 events. Find out more about the GOV.UK Design System: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/ Sign up to get update em... 12212
Reposted by Laura YarrowAnna Hepburn @annahepburn.bsky.social · 23/10/2024I finally got round to writing a blog for the first time in ages inspired by @jenitennison.com's questions about a digital centre of government and the many brilliant responses from to name just a few @timpaul.co.uk @cathydutton.bsky.social and @escmum.bsky.social medium.com/@annavhepbur...medium.comWhy the digital centre mustn’t forget about contentContent design is essential for delivering excellent public services. I need to say this because I think there’s a risk of content being… 1154
Reposted by Laura YarrowSharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 23/10/2024Great post about SEND provision “What is wrong with our education system? Well I can answer that. It is built for one type of person and anyone who does not fit in with this idea of “normality” is just forgotten about“ howtobeme59.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/t...howtobeme59.wordpress.comThe System is Broken…and it almost broke mePhoto by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash Ever since I started this blog, I knew I would write this article at some point. And I haven’t yet because it was too personal, too close to home. But now I… 021
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 20/10/2024“In life the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.” - Kwame Anthony Appiah 170
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 10/10/2024Ah yes the difference is quite obvious when you think about it 😂 151
Reposted by Laura YarrowJeni Tennison @jenitennison.com · 07/10/2024Trying to pull all/most of the responses to this together, I've put together some of my own reflections on the big questions around the "digital centre" here: connectedbydata.org/blog/2024/10...connectedbydata.orgDigital Centre of Government: first reflectionsI’ve been appointed to an external advisory panel to support the design of the “digital centre” in DSIT (currently a smooched together combination of GDS, CDDO and i.AI). I put out a call on Bluesky f... 105528
Reposted by Laura YarrowKuba Bartwicki @kubabartwicki.bsky.social · 08/10/2024There’s been a lot of talks about tensions and dichotomies and juxtapositions as a way of guiding conversations about the future of digital government. I wrote about one of them, which is the balance between user-facing delivery and work on enabling platforms: www.kubabartwicki.com/posts/user-f...kubabartwicki.comUser-facing services vs enabling platformsHere is a dichotomy that has been on my mind recently: user-facing services, or enabling platforms? What’s an ideal relationship between these two? It’s not some grand plea nor is it directed at anyth... 264
Reposted by Laura YarrowJukesie @jukes.ie · 08/10/2024Tickets are now available for Product for the People 6 - the Mild, Mild West! Taking place on the 28th November in Bristol. productforthepeople.xyz/product-for-...productforthepeople.xyzProduct for the People 6 — West is BestHola! 31010
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 07/10/2024This is an excellent summary, I love the addition of “Things to avoid”. Calling out what we shouldn’t do is just as important to understand and agree on 👏 030
Reposted by Laura YarrowAda Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 07/10/2024Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by tweeting your fave women in STEM #ALD24! 01610
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2024Awesome words from Janet as always! 🎉 🤩 #bebold 160
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2024Am bored of “lol”, can we change it to “chol”? (Chuckle out loud) 🤭 2100
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2024Finally finished the Decameron on Netflix last night and for the most part loved it. Something of the Monty Python about it?! BUT it had a weird ending, anyone else think the same?media.tenor.coma woman wearing a crown says oh myAlt: a woman wearing a hat saying "Oh my". 000
Reposted by Laura YarrowNia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2024You need to know why you are asking questions, and communicate it to the user. If you don't know why you're asking, you probably shouldn't be collecting that info. Try using these questions (a question protocol) before you start designing: www.gov.uk/service-manu...gov.uk Structuring forms - Service Manual - GOV.UK GOV.UKHow to structure online forms. 0147
Reposted by Laura YarrowNeil Tamplin @neiltamplin.bsky.social · 19/09/2024GovCamp Cymru is back! 🥳 Early bird tickets are available later today. 158
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2024We’re glad to be of service 😁 (On a serious note, hope nobody was seriously harmed, Owch!) 061
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2024Please don’t forget to turn on mandatory alt text for posts with images. 01910
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2024😂😂😂 Even funnier if it was a vaccination given in the, ahem, rear….! 😅 030