Dan

@dandoescontent

Content design, systems & structure. // Advocate of a lighter, more efficient & more accessible internet.

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Dan@dandoescontent· Mar 15

Evergreen content:

Screenshot of the iconic dril 'candles' tweet. Reads "Food $200, Data $150, Rent $800, Candles $3,600, Utility $150. Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying."

Dan@dandoescontent· Jul 1

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Screenshot from GOV.UK. Reads: Other UK government apps. The GOV.UK app is separate from the GOV.UK One Login app, GOV.UK ID Check app, HMRC app, EU Exit: ID Document Check app, UK Immigration: ID Check app, UK ETA app."

Dan@dandoescontent· Jul 1

I can literally do all this on the website, in a browser. On desktop or mobile. Using bookmarks if necessary. This seems to assume that I want to spend significant time "hanging out" on the app every day.

Screenshot from GOV.UK introducing the GOV.UK app. It explains that using the app I can browse GOV.UK content, get notifications, find local services, keep a record of pages I've visited, save relevant topics.

Dan@dandoescontent· Apr 25

Satirical illustration of one of those Dyson dryers that you put your hands down into. A horrid pool of water and general filth can be seen spilling out of the bottom of the dryer. Accompanying text reads "Attenborough's trench: DNA bacterial soup cultivating in a blade hand dryer trough."

Dan@dandoescontent· Jan 13

Meme. Maria from The Sound of Music, arms outstretched, singing in an alpine meadow surrounded by mountains. Overlaid text reads "or how about an AI opportunities action plan?!"

Dan@dandoescontent· Jan 10

Have you seen this one? 😩

Captcha puzzle, two frames. Frame on right shows a 4 by 4 grid, with a train track and train snaking across it. Frame on left show a set of coordinates, a number and an image.

Instructions read "Move train to coordinates indicated in left image."

Dan@dandoescontent· Dec 2

🤔 www.gov.uk/government/p...

A page on GOV.UK. Alert text at top of page reads; "These FAQs have been withdrawn and do not represent current guidance. The FAQs listed on this page have been withdrawn and are provided for reference only. Dates of withdrawal are provided for each FAQ. This list is organised by date of withdrawal."

Dan@dandoescontent· Dec 2

See also:

Screenshot of Google search results showing pages from GOV.UK using the term "one stop shop". According to the GOV.UK style guide, this is a term that should not be used.

Dan@dandoescontent· Nov 21

Meme. Text reads "Stakeholders, when I propose deleting a piece of content that hasn't been updated in 10 years, nobody looks at and meets no user needs:" Underneath is a screenshot from the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Luke Skywalker gesticulates angrily towards Yoda and shouts "The sacred texts!"

Dan@dandoescontent· Nov 11

Screenshot from The Simpsons. Old man Jasper stands in front of class of schoolchildren with a stern expression, holding a wooden paddle. Overlaid text quotes Jasper and reads "That's a paddlin'".

Dan@dandoescontent· Aug 21

A couple of rants on this from the other site.

Tweet of mine, posted August 2023. Reads: "Unless the directive for clarity and user- centred design comes from the absolute top of the org, and unless that top of the org leads by example, then content design in the mid and junior reaches of the org is just an uphill battle to put lipstick on a pig."

Tweet of mine, posted September 2023. Reads: "A world where content design is much more than just "make sense of and re-write this incredibly confusing thing" in plain English. A world where content design shapes and sets policy from the top down. Where content designers define systems, architecture, data models and workflows. Where it informs org structures and hiring, purchasing and procurement."

Dan@dandoescontent· Oct 30

Site visitors can click through to view the details of any of these user need entities, whereby they can also view all content assets that meet that given need.

A web page showing the details of a user need title "To park my vehicle safely and legally on company premises". Also on the page is a list of links to content items that meet this need.

Dan@dandoescontent· Oct 30

User need entities can be related/linked to content assets. Site visitors can see exactly why a content item is on the site, and what need(s) it is meeting.

A web page. At the bottom of the page, an open accordion reveals the user needs that this page of content is meeting, as well as review dates for the content.

Dan@dandoescontent· Oct 27

Nerding out on a custom CMS build this afternoon. 🤓 Long way to go, but user needs as structured, reference-able entities, giving a live report of which needs are not being met. Had to blur details for privacy reasons, but you get the idea.