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Stephen McCarthy

@loft27design

Head of Product Design and User Research at Which?

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That’s what good teams do. I learned a lot about community and team building from you.

17.05.2025 06:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks great!

16.05.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Last night just after midnight ET, me and my colleagues at 18F were told our office had been "deleted". All 90+ technologists are out of the civil service.

01.03.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moving on from 18F. β€”Β ethanmarcotte.com I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happenedβ€”and what is happening.

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Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.

Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...

18.02.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 935 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 51
Protected geographical indication logo

Protected geographical indication logo

25.01.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK’s 20mph speed limits β€˜are cutting car insurance costs’ Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com

Want cheaper car insurance? Support lower urban speed limits. That's the lesson from Britain: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...

22.01.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

(If you build a football stadium you have private security and you contribute to local govt for policing and you obey court orders to provide access to CCTV etc)

08.01.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it! Some classic versions of the logo there.

28.12.2024 19:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This works very well πŸ‘Œ

23.11.2024 18:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Car use on Dublin quays plummets with new traffic plan Private car use in Dublin city centre has dropped significantly and public transport journey times have reduced along the quays since the Dublin City Transport Plan came into force last month.

Dublin has reduced car capacity in its urban core, and got cars out of the way of buses on the main east-west bus axis. Buses are faster, more people are riding, businesses will be fine.

www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

27.09.2024 15:23 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

February I mean.

13.08.2024 09:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not exactly what you’re after - but here is a Which? press release from April … www.which.co.uk/policy-and-i...

13.08.2024 09:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw a β€˜Design for Good’ conference advertised the other day - thought β€˜Oh that looks interesting’. Then saw the main contributors where BP and NestlΓ© - 🧐🀨

05.02.2024 09:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Royal Mail are hiring a β€˜Head of UX, SEO and Analytics’. The salary is Β£55k. You read that correct. Good luck to them 🀨

20.12.2023 10:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I get you. Sorry I took your initial point off on a different tangent. I find all these β€˜linguistic terms of engagement’ quite interesting.

06.12.2023 11:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonder is it an ex-colonial hangover - probably a thesis in that.

06.12.2023 11:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating - chief is also used a fair bit in Ireland amongst the older generation.

06.12.2023 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In Ireland β€˜boss’ is used a fair bit - mainly in a similar fashion to how β€˜mate’ is used in parts of England. I’ve never been very fond of it though - find it a bit aggressive or something.

06.12.2023 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds nasty. Hope you recover soon.

01.12.2023 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get live updates on 'real' deals happening this Black Friday. All these deals are on products we've tested and consider to be genuinely good value! www.which.co.uk/news-live/bl... Don’t buy crap - buy sustainably!

24.11.2023 09:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Went to the exhibition in the Library - Jo’s work looked lovely. Will be considering a purchase - just to to plan where it would fit.

20.11.2023 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Season 16, Episode 8 of Its Always Sunny β€” good advert for Service Design.

14.11.2023 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you ever get home from work and say to yourself – "God, I spoke an awful lot of shite today didn't I"

08.11.2023 09:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How to write good alt text for screen readers What is alt text? Why it matters. And, how to avoid common mistakes.

I know alt text posts are over done, so I’ve been sat on this one for a while. But even in 2023 I keep seeing the same mistakes being made, so I figured it can't do any harm to hit publish!

So, here is my take on alt text if it's useful: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...

03.11.2023 07:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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New blog post β€” Improving how we approach user research and experimentation across our product squads … medium.com/which-produc...

06.11.2023 16:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0