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Joe Lanman

@joelanman

Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit

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Joe Lanman@joelanman· 23d

bees are so funny looking

slightly blurry close up of a bee in flight over a lavendar - very fluffy, and looks a bit like they're jumping

Joe Lanman@joelanman· 29d

alright, I _think_ my London bus frequency visualisation is now correct? Any feedback welcome! buses.joelanman.com

bus map frequency - yellow bus routes on a dark map of london

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jul 12

working on a bus frequency visualisation, not sure the numbers are quite right yet but getting there I think

dark map of london with yellow bus routes overlaid - brighter where there are more buses

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jul 3

makes sense, babies dont buy much stuff

Top stories
Fewer babies could boost the economy
41m ago
396 readers

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 27

a rightmove description.. with prompts included

The property is offered freehold and would make an ideal purchase for families, first-time buyers or investors alike.

If you’d like it slightly more premium, more concise, or more family-focused, I can tweak the tone easily.

yes its great but could you add a room description walk through with room sizes please too? xxx

Of course — glad you liked it! Here’s a fully “bumped-up” version with a smooth walk-through room description and room sizes worked in naturally. I’ve kept it estate-agent ready and easy to read ??

Offered for sale with no upper chain, this well-presented three-bedroom mid-terraced family home is located on a popular residential road in West Watford, conveniently positioned for local schools, shops and transport links.

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 23

Simpsons, Mr Burns and smithers stand around a model of Springfield with a shade over it.

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 7

Inbox
Your portway neigh...
I have noticed a neighbour
Is this normal?

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 5

data.gov.uk has been rebranded the National Data Library, and we have big plans for it!

National Data Library
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The home of UK public data to inform decisions and build services
Find out more about the National Data Library
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Curated collections of high-quality, accessible data

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 4

disappointed with @octopus.energy for not advertising their salaries, important for inclusion, diversity and fairness. And it would waste less time if you advertised the salary.

SALARY QUESTION 🐙

What are your salary expectations? The reason why we ask because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - however it's important to make sure we aren't wasting your time if your expectations are too different!✱

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jun 1

why is Safari putting "bookmarks" in scare quotes? Also weird capitalisation

Add to Reading List
Add to "Bookmarks"
Add Bookmark to...

Joe Lanman@joelanman· May 17

Giant skeleton looms over a garden wall outside a house

Joe Lanman@joelanman· May 8

hmm yes on re-read this section seems to rule out GA:

If your processing goes beyond this, the exception won’t apply and you must get consent. For example, if you:

make inferences or take decisions about people (or categories of people) based on information like their IP address or category on your service; or
retain the individual-level information (after aggregating it).

Joe Lanman@joelanman· May 6

dunno what everyone's complaining about, I think Nolan's Odyssey looks great

Ray Harryhausen's stop motion cyclops looking fierce

Joe Lanman@joelanman· May 1

not entirely sure what these maps are but some of them look nice webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/MapsPor...

old yellowed hand drawn map of something coastal, there is an Index of signs and colors

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 27

People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Chart showing decline in healthy life expectancy in recent years, from about 63 to about 60

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 21

Wild bird numbers in the UK dropping at a growing rate www.gov.uk/government/s...

Graph. The ‘all bird species’ index has declined by 18% in the UK and by 19% in England since 1970. Following an initial upturn, the indices have shown a shallow decline between the mid-1970s and the early 1990s. The indices then remained relatively stable until 2015, since then they have shown a modest but continuous decline, with the UK indicator declining by 4% and England by 7% in the five years since 2019. The overall decline observed in the all bird species indicators, each composed of more than 100 species trends, masks considerable variation in the different habitat indices and in individual species trends.

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 13

lol

Mindful Chef

Substitution in today's box

Unfortunately, due to a supply issue, we've been unable to source 10g Roasted Peanuts for your meal this week. We've instead replaced this with 20g Roasted Peanuts.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

METHOD ALTERATION

Please use half the peanuts in your recipe

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 11

Put a few of my mission patches online joelanman.com/mission-patc...

Transition tool - a tarantula on a red background
GOV.UK Cookies - a teddy bear cookie on a blue and white checked background

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 2

www.gov.uk/government/p...

table - linked in the post

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Apr 2

nice site design www.thenation.com

Screenshot . Huge white title 'The Nation' on a bold red background. Text reads The Olympics Is Repeating One of Its Worst Mistakes
The IOC’s new anti-trans testing regime revives some of the most discredited and discriminatory policies in the history of the games.
MICHAEL WATERS

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Mar 25

Very proud of the team, this is just the start of the new data.gov.uk! dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/25/w...

new data.gov.uk site on an ipad. Text reads
data.gov.uk
Home
Collections
Data manual
Directory
The home of UK public data to inform decisions and build services
Find out more about the new data.gov.uk
Collections
Curated collections of high-quality, accessible data
Business and economy
Company information, prices, trade, economic indicators
Environment
Nature, climate, floods, mapping

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Mar 10

Ponyo Ponyo

Willem Dafoe looking up in fear meme

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jan 17

fly.io's new site is very nice, they have an illustrator on the team, very cool fly.io

a home page with a whimsical illustration of a bird person in a sandbox, imagining many different things. Slogan: Build fast. Run any code fearlessly.

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jan 16

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

old black and white photo of a tall tree growing up above various other foliage

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jan 4

well this is lovely science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

The word 'hello' spelt out in aerial photography, for example of fields or lakes

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Jan 1

Dig Into an Enormous Archive of Drawings Unveiling the Complex Root Systems of 1,180 Plants www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/01/wage...

An intricate sketch of the plant Alyssum montanum, showing both its above-ground growth and its extensive, highly detailed root system.

A small, low-growing cluster of thin stems with tiny flowers

Below the ground, a massive and complex network of roots about 10 times as large as the plant above ground

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Nov 9

The V&A Storehouse is really cool

A dark aisle of tall shelves, a painting is lit at the end

Super wide shot from high in the storehouse looking down and across. We see three levels around a large open space, all full of items and people looking at them

An interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it's softly lit dark wood with 3 large orange stools, and wooden shutters

A wide shot over the storage area, many white metal cabinets in rows, with black fluorescent lamps hanging above

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Nov 7

lol Economist finally updated the bizarre misleading image on their Trump approval tracker

Before - a photo of Trump with 2 line graphs going up

After - a photo of Trump with 2 line graphs going down

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Oct 29

Not sure about the new Met Office forecast design. There's less visual hierarchy and distinction between data types

new design - 10 degrees, clear. It's dark and minimal, there's a row of days but they all look the same apart from a thin yellow line highlighting today. Below is the hourly forecast but the temperature, humidity and wind all look very similar

old design - first row is days but today is a clearly a selected tab, much bigger than the other days. There is more information - UV, air pollution, sunrise and sunset times. Below is the hourly forecast, the rain and temperature designs are distinct

Joe Lanman@joelanman· Oct 24

Beautiful work notimefortv.biz/gallery-24/

a grid of 6 abstract images, they are all generative artworks, round shapes either in vivid gradients of greens, pinks, purples and yellow, or black and white. They all feature a tactile half tone effect