Benjy StantonWeeknotes
A list of weeknotes.
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Never half-ass two things
A weeknote starting 18 November 2024.
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Moving teams again
A weeknote starting 11 November 2024.
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What makes a successful usability test?
A weeknote starting 4 November 2024.
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Travelling for user research and design workshops
A weeknote starting 28 October 2024.
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Front-end dev standards
A weeknote starting 21 October 2024.
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Prototype kit and nunjucks special
A weeknote starting 14 October 2024.
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Observing users on site
A weeknote starting 7 October 2024.
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New team and some great gigs
A weeknote starting 30 September 2024.
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A tough week
A weeknote starting 23 September 2024.
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Service assessment looming
A weeknote starting 16 September 2024.
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Worrying about the future of interaction design
A weeknote starting 9 September 2024.
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Contract extensions
A weeknote starting 2 September 2024.
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Back from hols to a team shake-up
A weeknote starting 26 August 2024.
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Design links and live music
A weeknote starting 17 June 2024.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 18 and 19
User acceptance testing, music festivals and snakes.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 17
Some good interaction design habits I'm trying to adopt.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 16
Inclusive language and the contenteditable attribute.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 15
Struggling with JavaScript, usability testing, and design systems.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 14
Planning user research and getting the prototype ready.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 13
Reflecting on 1 year contracting, and nice things to do in Swansea.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 12
Prototyping, beach safety forecasts, digital inclusion, co-design.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 11
Refining business requirements, a uses page, X-GOVUK show and tell, a design system for Wales.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 10
Design debt, mentoring, RSS feeds and white default in autocorrects.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 09
Design Swansea, RSS feeds and Jakob Nielsen.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 08
Breaking words in tables, visit to Sheffield, remote working and designing Welsh services.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 07
1500 commits, adding a now page, visiting Sheffield and Axe-con.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 06
Designing with uncertainty, accessibility strategy resources, Bombay Bicycle Club.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 05
Stress, stakeholder demos, links without hrefs and Bluesky.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 04
Design Swansea, Shoreline management plans, testing prototypes in other devices, design debt and target size.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 03
Prototyping rhythm, design authority presentations, design histories and Design Swansea.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 02
Deadlines, new laptop, flow diagrams and accessible notifications.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 01
Contract extension, joining a design community of practice in Wales and some interaction design bookmarks.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 14
Design Swansea, user research and design reviews.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 13
My Gran’s funeral, passing probation, watching service design in gov via Twitter, Liverpool.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 12
A look at the accessibility best practices and exclusion mapping guides I've been working on.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 11
My first sprint, user research with people with access needs, and exclusion mapping.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 10
Device testing, accessibilty at beta phase, and random 8s
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 09
New sprint, writing UCD tickets, design QA (including basic accessibility checks).
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 08
Design system day tickets, user research planning and writing design acceptance criteria.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 07
Native app design, accessibility best practices, and my inclusive design reading list.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 06
Gower beaches, heat wave and pizza
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 05
Summer holiday edition - Alton Towers, Stanton village and Gower beaches.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 04
Paddle boarding, manuals of me, design leadership for introverts.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 03
Extreme heat, end of school, user-centred design training, mobile app design and 1-to-1s.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 02
More onboarding, being in the chalet and getting my kit setup.
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Weeknotes – series 06 episode 01
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My first 3 months in the inclusive design team
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Joining NHS test and trace
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Weeknotes – series 04 episode 04
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Weeknotes – series 04 episode 03
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Weeknotes – series 04 episode 02
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Weeknotes – series 04 episode 01
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Weeknotes – series 03 episode 05
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Weeknotes – series 03 episode 04
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Weeknotes – series 03 episode 03
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Weeknotes – series 03 episode 02
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Weeknotes – series 03 episode 01
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 06
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 05
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 04
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 03
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 02
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Weeknotes – series 02 episode 01
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 06
Inflatable bowels, Twitter charts and busy, busy days.
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 05
A trip to GDS to discuss service and graphic design. Plus prototypes, pattern audits and moaning.
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 04
We got a new graphic designer and a new UX designer. Ryan Dunn popped in too.
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 03
Featuring service design, accessible maths symbols and pizza.
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 02
Heatwave edition.
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Weeknotes – series 01 episode 01