@samdub

Lead Product Manager, https://xitter.cf/t.co/sJuV2pbyCg part of @GDSTeam Previously: @designcouncil @design_europe @southbankcentre Also on the other place πŸ™οΈ

 N5, London
Joined March 2007
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A new homepage for GOV.UK πŸ’₯
GDS@GDSTeam1 Nov 2023
The @GOVUK homepage helps people access essential UK government information and services, with over 1 million page visits each week. Today, we're revealing the most significant homepage design changes since 2014. Learn more: insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2023… #Design #Digital
GOV.UK homepage showing on mobile device

ALT GOV.UK homepage showing on mobile device

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OMG new crown logo’s gonna drop! πŸ’… #dsday23
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🚨 Exciting job klaxon 🚨 I'm hiring 2 lead designers to come and work on the GOV.UK programme at GDS. This is a really exciting time as you will be critical in implementing our new strategy. If you want to know more, get in touch! β™₯οΈπŸŽ‰πŸ™Œcivilservicejobs.service.gov…
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Last few days for this Manchester-based Senior Product Manager gig, working on GOV.UK with fine folks like ⁦@samdub⁩ - do please pass on to anyone suitable! gdscareers.tal.net/vx/mobile…
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We shipped v1 of GOV.UK's Coronavirus hub on 20 March 2020, 150M pageviews later, the GOV.UK team continue to iterate it based on changing user needs insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2023…
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Nice improvements to the GOV.UK browse experience based on sitewide A/B testing, from @thomashind, @JaneOLoughlin, @chao_xian, @tarastockford & team insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2022…
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πŸ₯Š A lean mean forming machine is coming to fix bad government forms
GDS@GDSTeam6 Oct 2022
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/m…

Making it easy to create and publish digital forms on GOV.UK

The Insolvency Service has published the first form made with GOV.UK Forms, our new digital form-building platform.

gds.blog.gov.uk
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<🧡1/4> TIL: The Switch has a usable web browser! So what site should I test it with? GOV.UK of course! Progressive enhancement for the win!
GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top.

ALT GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top.

GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top and the 'Topics' Navigation open and renders correctly!

ALT GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top and the 'Topics' Navigation open and renders correctly!

GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top and the 'Government Activity' Navigation open and renders correctly!

ALT GOV.UK Homepage displayed on my Switch renders correctly cookie banner seen at the top and the 'Government Activity' Navigation open and renders correctly!

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My team (part of @GDSTeam) just rolled out a big design change to how users browse GOV.UK – here's what we did and whyπŸ‘‡insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2022…
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How GOV.UK is used πŸ‘‡
Matt Hobbs (@[email protected])@TheRealNooshu2 Aug 2022
<🧡>1/26 GOV.UK stats for July‑ (1-31): - Chrome - 48.26% - Safari - 32.76% - Edge - 9.6% - Samsung Internet - 5.97% - Firefox - 1.31% - Android Webview - 0.7% - Safari (in-app) - 0.63% - Internet Explorer - 0.31% 100% = 111,159,503 #browser #browserstats
Overview stats of GOV.UK Users for the month of July.

ALT Overview stats of GOV.UK Users for the month of July.

GOV.UK Daily page views for the month of July.

ALT GOV.UK Daily page views for the month of July.

GOV.UK Web Performance metrics per browser for the month of July.

ALT GOV.UK Web Performance metrics per browser for the month of July.

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...and we're live! πŸš€
GDS@GDSTeam19 May 2022
From today, you might find that the topic pages on @GOVUK look a bit different. As we want to make it easier to navigate, we’ve started running an A/B test of our new topic page design. Learn more about our work here: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/03/01/p… #GovDesign
A graphic showing 2 mobiles phones. The two screens display the new topic page designs. Displaying the "Schools and education" topic.

ALT A graphic showing 2 mobiles phones. The two screens display the new topic page designs. Displaying the "Schools and education" topic.

Potentially the biggest user-facing change to browsing GOV.UK since 2014-ish, v excited to see how this performs in the A/B test
GDS@GDSTeam16 May 2022
In a few days time, the topic pages on @GOVUK will look a bit different for some of our users. We want to make the site easier to navigate, so we’re running an A/B test of our new topic page design. Learn more about our work here: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/03/01/p… #GovDesign
A graphic of a mobile phone showing GOV.UK on the screen with the new topic page design. Displaying the "Schools and education" topic.

ALT A graphic of a mobile phone showing GOV.UK on the screen with the new topic page design. Displaying the "Schools and education" topic.

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We now have three director roles advertised at @GDSTeam: - Chief Product & Technology Officer - Director of Publishing - Chief Operating Officer If you want to use your digital skills for good, and make a real difference to people's lives, get in touch. gds.gatenbysanderson.com/rol…
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Sam Dub retweeted
GDS@GDSTeam1 Mar 2022
🎧 Back in December, we talked about making changes to the GOV.UK homepage. In our latest #podcast episode @samdub and @MrsAudiac talk about the main improvements made to the navigation on @GOVUK. Listen here: gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/03/01/p…
Government Digital Service Podcast with Jenn, Sam & Vanessa.

ALT Government Digital Service Podcast with Jenn, Sam & Vanessa.

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Congratulations to the dashboard team for rolling this out so quickly. #StormEunice @Pouriaaa @statsgeekclare
UK Summary The official UK government website for data and insights on Storm Eunice. See the simple summary for the UK. Wheely Bins Put into sheds Up to and including 16 February 2022 All wheely bin data

ALT UK Summary The official UK government website for data and insights on Storm Eunice. See the simple summary for the UK. Wheely Bins Put into sheds Up to and including 16 February 2022 All wheely bin data

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The GOV.UK homepage is used more than 2M times each week. Today we updated it, with changes bringing: πŸ“± better mobile experience ⚑️ improved accessibility πŸ” easier routes to find things insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2021…
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My team (part of @GDSTeam) has just built a new menu bar for 0.5M+ pages of GOV.UK The 2nd iteration went live this week, here's what we changed and why: insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2021…
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We knew the @GOVUK Design System has influenced design systems around the world, but being cited as "heavily influencing" W3C's is amazing. Testament to the team and everyone who has contributed, and great to see the love for them in this thread 😍
Simon Jones@simonrjones14 Sep 2021
Replying to @annso_
Our approach to the design system docs was heavily influenced by the excellent @GOVUK design system. We really like the way they mix code examples in clear documentation. We also follow some of their patterns, it's good to learn from others!
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⚑️GOV.UK had a rare and brief outage on Tuesday, as part of a wider incident that affected lots of other big online services like the BBC, Amazon and Spotify. Our team's response was super impressive to watch πŸ‘‡ xitter.cf/RichardTowers/status/1…
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