Jesmond Allen
@jesmond
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Freelance UX consultant. Mum. @cxpartners alumna. Sporadic knitter. Co-author 'Smashing UX Design' book. Not a suburb of Newcastle.
Bristol, UK
Joined February 2009
Happy birthday to British typographer & graphic designer Margaret Calvert 🎈🎂 Calvert’s work in transforming the UK’s road signage system, to the wayfinding at railway stations & airports, has been central in shaping much of our national visual identity.
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The climate crisis is a health crisis. We have published a new NHS design principle to encourage anyone who is designing digital products and services for the NHS to consider the environmental impacts of their designs. #sustainability #designprinciple #NHS
'How might we help our designers to ask the right questions to initiate a meaningful conversation about sustainability'. @teropsv, Head of Design in NHS England’s Transformation directorate, explains the new NHS digital design principle on sustainability. https://t.co/GcGKMIzOKv
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@rachelcoldicutt Have a look at the rigorous work of @jms_wright on care robots in Japan. I did a blog piece on it here:
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“Idiot Pepper is slumped in the window of the building opposite,” my colleague said gleefully, as he dropped his Meal Deal onto his desk. We shared a moment of delight. Working in communications for...
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Do you know a musician with a small-but-committed worldwide following they can't easily tour? We're doing our first wave of @CastRoomsHQ shows with musicians 🎙️ People we work with get free access and hands-on support for their show 💪🏼 More info ⬇️ https://t.co/fbUCl5Qsep
castrooms.com
The online interactive music venue powered by crowd energy.
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The escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and inequity caused by some commercial actors demand a commensurate response. Making the cover this week, a new Lancet Series on commercial determinants of health. https://t.co/y6NigZxuJ2
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The NHS website has a new public roadmap, and I've written a thing about how we created it:
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We just published a new roadmap for the NHS website. Find out how we created it.
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Hi, currently exploring a potential PhD project in self-management and menstrual cycles in #cysticfibrosis - currently looking for an academic which might be suitable for supervision. I am a digital health CDT student which is EPSRC funded at Uni of Bristol
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You’ve a few days left to submit a talk or workshop for this year’s Service Design in Government Conference @sdingov #SDinGov. Here’s a blog post and 🧵 on what we’re looking for at this year’s conference https://t.co/mWTEx6Du6K 1/15
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The Call for Speakers for this year's Service Design in Government conference closes next Monday, 20th March. This is THE leading international conference for anyone working in public services who...
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OK, Twitter friends, I'm looking for help! 🙏🏻 @CastRoomsHQ - the startup that @mimooks and me founded - is now raising money for our seed round which closes in summer 2023 💰 We need your help with investor intros 👩🏿👨🏼👩🏽🧑🏻🦰🧑🏾🦱👩🏻🦱
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🚨📢 We’ve published our @TheKingsFund findings on digital inclusion! 1-the public’s experience 2-what NHS & social care can change 3-how national changes can help We spoke with the public & ran workshops with NHS, social care, charities & local councils. https://t.co/QLk56mzpXo
kingsfund.org.uk
We are undertaking a research project that aims to improve knowledge of the unique ways technology can exclude but also include people and communities.
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We’ve just extended the deadline for submission to 20th March so you’ve got a couple more weeks. HMU if you want to chat about possible sessions and topics in my role as Conference Chair
Time is running out.. our #SDinGov (10th Edition) call for speakers closes on Monday 6 March 2023. Find out about what we're looking for, explore the topics of interest, & submit your session via our CfS page: https://t.co/TCW4xI0bNT
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Good post from @ruskin147 and I too am surprised how little news coverage the Nature piece about the Covid app got. It saved *thousands* of lives, and despite the slow start and the general fuckwittage around it, it was by any definition a big success.
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Does anyone know any great user research freelancer based in the U.K. who are available in March/April and might be interested in a research project? #research #freelance #uk
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Creative subjects are disappearing from the curriculum, and GCSE uptake is plummeting - that's why we fully support #SaveOurSubjects. The campaign by @ISM_music and @ukEdge aims to protect arts and technology subjects in secondary schools. Learn more: https://t.co/LkMnMmCVOu
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I’m doing this Digital Health MSc at the moment. It’s a challenge, but I’m learning so much! Happy to answer questions if anyone has any
Applications are open for our MSc Digital Health and Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care. Apply here for 2023 entry: https://t.co/EvgMGid7m6
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Interested in a fully-funded PhD? Applications are still open for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care. Apply now for September 2023 entry: https://t.co/7f9vACOy1D
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For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
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If you’re not eligible for a free flu vaccination you can get an appointment at most big pharmacies for about £10.
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