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  1. 2016-08-22
    1. Understand user needs
    2. Do ongoing user research
    3. Have a multidisciplinary team
    4. Use agile methods
    5. Iterate and improve frequently
    6. Evaluate tools and systems
    7. Understand security and privacy issues
    8. Make all new source code open
    9. Use open standards and common platforms
    10. Test the end-to-end service
    11. Make a plan for being offline
    12. Make sure users succeed first time
    13. Make the user experience consistent with GOV.UK
    14. Encourage everyone to use the digital service
    15. Collect performance data
    16. Identify performance indicators
    17. Report performance data on the Performance Platform
    18. Test with the minister
  2. 2016-03-29

    """ Instead of opening up a terminal to my virtual machine, I pop into Emacs and load this sprint’s /note file/1, create a new header, and enter the shell and ruby commands in this text file.

    What good is this? Unlike a traditional terminal, this allows me to log, document and execute each command.

    As an old bear with very little brains, my prose can explain the background and purpose of each command. Clicking the hyperlink refreshes my memory of previous discoveries. A keychord executes the code block… """

  3. 2015-11-29
  4. Tension / gauge calculator to design custom string sets

    Related threads:

  5. 2015-07-13

    A list of software which can be hosted locally.

    See https://prism-break.org/ for a more complete list

  6. 2015-05-18
  7. 2015-04-11

    IPOP (IP-over-P2P) is an open-source user-centric software virtual network allowing end users to define and create their own virtual private networks (VPNs).

  8. 2015-03-18