Rob McCarthy

Doing design in Government

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@candiwrites There’s so much utter crap on this platform, but, nuggets of sense like this fill me with confidence that the world has not gone completely mad.

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@SocialSoup @annkempster Can I hard agree on your hard agree @SocialSoup?

Great post @annkempster. I sense there’s an emerging divide when doing digital stuff in government; dogmatic and frustrated user-centred and agile delivery, against “how do we get around doing the standard”. Both fuel each other.

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

I must also be a whingey old timer as so much resonates with me.

[Laura Yarrow @laura_yarrow]

Amazing work from our brilliant teams! This is huge! 🤩🎉

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@laura_yarrow Fantastic work. Great to see the GOV Design System being used for inward facing products and services.

MoJ, DWP, HO and other departments have been doing this for years so it’s great to see some of their design system components being used in the Whitehall Publishing platform.

[Neil Couling @NeilCouling]

Always worth reflecting on what Mike has to say. Avoiding another Horizon — Public Digital https://t.co/Y5gmIldbea

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@LucyWinder You’re brave!

[Andy Budd @andybudd]

Design in 2004

Open Photoshop and lay out the pages based on the clients brief

Design in 2014

Research>Personas>Site Map>Sketching>Wireframes>Prototype>Visual Design>Usability Testing

Design in 2024

Open Figma and lay out the pages based on the PMs brief

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@laura_yarrow Top 5% of Greggs eaters me. Not gonna lie, kinda proud of that.

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@karlgoldstraw BOOM 💥

#micdrop

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@NEFFHomeUK Thanks James but any tips on how to remove the lower part of the duct though? It was easy to clip it together, but it’s not as simple as following the manual backwards (I already thought of that).

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

Hi @NEFFHomeUK - Can you tell me how to remove the lower flue duct from an N70 Island cooker hood (I96BMP5N0B) please?

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

I just posted a tweet that made me feel very old #grownup

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

A guy on my loooong train to Edinburgh is 3 cans of beer down and we have 2 hours to go. I’m feeling both disgusted and jealous at his current approach to life.

Obviously, jealousy is the main feeling.

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@Amy_Hupe Sounds reminiscent of the halls I stayed in while at Uni.

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

And the 6 hour train journey to Edinburgh for #DSDay23 has begun. Send me all the positive vibes for navigating the interesting *’travel challenges’ I’m likely to experience.

*mashed potato on a seat is a new one for me @Amy_Hupe

[Rob McCarthy @dunuphouses]

@Amy_Hupe @GDSTeam Yes! #DSDay23

[Michelle 🍎 @michelleDbelle]

6yo: (raises hand during math lesson)

Me: (anticipating a math question) Yes?

6: I found a snail in my backyard yesterday and I named it Gary.

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

The likelihood that GenAI will let you be more productive/strategic is directly proportional to the extent you have already taken full advantage of existing & well-known technologies to improve productivity.

Which is to say that for most companies, that number approaches zero.