May 12, 2022Keeping accessibility in mindEdit 27/12/22: this article was initially written for the Sopra Steria UK Design Team blog which doesn’t exist anymore. As Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is coming up on May 19th, it’s a good reminder that we should always keep accessibility in mind. I’m a service designer working on government…Accessibility6 min readAccessibility6 min read
Jan 18, 2022How can we remove barriers into design? Insights from the UCD Gathering 2021There are 4 authors for this post: Arooj Alim, Fionn Tynan-O’Mahony, Juliette Brelsford and Stéphanie Krus. In May 2021, Claudia Hopkins asked a question on Twitter: “Can anyone recommend non-profits or organisations that support underrepresented people to get into or be sustained within the design/research/tech industry?” …Design Community5 min readDesign Community5 min read
Oct 27, 2020Practitioner StoriesUpdate October 2020 — Reflections on the project itself This is a project I’m working on along with Angela F Orviz and Serena Nüsing. We are collecting stories of Service Design in Scotland. It started with a tweet in June and our last update was in August. Quick summary Since June we…Service Design6 min readService Design6 min read
Jan 19, 2020Creating my own blog site instead of using MediumCheck my blog Experience on Medium as a reader Medium has been really good for me when I started learning more about Design. There were a lot of good articles for beginners level. But lately, I find less and less interesting things there. You can highlight part of an article or make notes. I don’t use…Blog4 min readBlog4 min read
Nov 19, 2019Tube Map — Make your ownEdit 8/05/20: Read this on my blog (more up-to-date) A while ago, I saw Sanjay Poyzer’s journey to become a service designer. I decided to use the same idea to map my professional journey for LinkedIn. I didn’t have any fancy software, so I used draw.io as it’s free.Tutorial4 min readTutorial4 min read
Nov 14, 2019Making your social media posts accessibleTo reach your audience, make sure everyone can access your posts. (read it on my blog — it’s more up to date) Alt text All your pictures (including diagrams) should have an Alt text (alternative text) which will be read by a screen reader for users who can’t see them. Here how…Accessibility3 min readAccessibility3 min read
Nov 3, 2019Working with dataData terminology, resources, how to manage, interpret and visualise data. (you can read it on my blog) Data is everywhere So whether you like it or not, it’s probably best to understand the various aspects of it. This is what I’m trying to do here. “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer…Big Data8 min readBig Data8 min read
Oct 27, 2019Accessibility Scotland Conference — 2019 editionWhat I took back from it, plus this year: my experience as a volunteer, and lightning talk speaker. (Read it on my blog) If you can only go to one conference, this is the one to choose One day of talks with great speakers (single track event so you don’t have to worry about making the wrong choice when picking your talks), fully accessible…Accessiblity12 min readAccessiblity12 min read
Oct 13, 2019Should you have to ‘come out’ as disabled when you have an invisible disability?Read it on my blog — it’s more up to date there. What is an invisible disability? The Invisible Disabilities Association says: An invisible disability is a physical, mental or neurological condition that is not visible from the outside, yet can limit or challenge a person’s movements, senses, or activities. Symptoms can be debilitating pain…Disability9 min readDisability9 min read
Published inBecoming Human: Artificial Intelligence Magazine·Jul 3, 2019Resources about Artificial IntelligenceOver the years I read and saved a lot of articles about AI. Following a course at the Scottish Digital Academy recently about AI in Government, I have even more. So sharing back here. What’s AI? AI is a collection of different technologies. When they come together, they enable a machine to…Artificial Intelligence9 min readArtificial Intelligence9 min read
