Exploring the Potential and Pitfalls of AI-Generated Images
Bianca and Claire want to share with you the potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI images in a work setting that was discovered during the recent AI Hackathon
accessibility
Testing essex.gov with blind and low vision users
Our User Research team detail the specifics on organising and conducting a round of study whilst developing an accessible website with individuals who are blind or partially sighted. They'll discuss some of the lessons learnt, the findings and what they signify for our digital services, and the Blue Badge that was prioritised during the study.
Intranet Beta - Sprint Notes
Our regular blog readers may remember at the start of last year we shared our exciting plans to replace Essex County Council’s (ECC) Intranet. We’re delighted to say we’re now advancing through our Beta Phase which will lead us ultimately …
One solution to help them all: Why designing for disabilities benefits everyone
Why designing for disability benefits everyone, Emma, Louise, Dani and Keelan explore what the answers could be.
Designing an accessible intranet
Working with users from the get go Helen, Caroline and Hannah show us how they are collaborating in designing our intranet with accessibility at the forefront.
Website Capability - Iterating the technology that powers our websites
Ben Unsworth, Director of Service Transformation here at Essex County Council, dives into how we are tackling the iteration of the technology that powers our websites, starting with essex.gov.uk.
Virtually I’mPossible: Creating a team away day, in a virtual world.
Find out how the Service Transformation delivered a successful team day online, during the Corona Virus pandemic
Accessibility awareness: just because it's not broken, doesn't mean it's working
We asked our front-end developers, Jack and Martin, to decode accessibility and give us their top 5 accessibility fails and how to fix them.
User-centred design, accessibility and matcha tea
Life is complicated and we all have different needs. Our LearnFest session looked at why it's so vital to tackle complexity and create beautifully simple services for all of our users.
Great outdoors, great accessibility
The outdoors are for everyone and so is the Essex Outdoors website. Dan Newton tells us how he ventured into the unknown, creating an engaging, commercial website, with accessibility as its guiding light.