.@benterrett & @jamesweiner puzzled by the pronunciation of words in the Welsh dictionary at the office. http://t.co/2aCv7uJK
@jukesie in answer to your second to last sentance, there is a handy markdown guide built into the publishing tool ;-) #govuk
@selav do you mean GSI? we’ve not tried it here.
@amberweinberg do you mean something like this? http://t.co/SfBme1ox
A great blog post from @smithsam on identifying issues with Local Directgov links to local authorities http://t.co/Jqnc5h9P @GovUK
bevangelist Frustrated at not nabbing a slice of @Raspberry_Pi this morning? Get your spending fix by supporting #YRS2012 over at http://t.co/KItihi2V
GovUK INSIDE GOVERNMENT next phase of #Govuk beta live now http://t.co/DlmHqVOx @neillyneil blogs http://t.co/KScar7QI @govuk @MTbracken
jukesie congrats to @neillyneil et al for the launch of phase 2 of the GOVUK project https://t.co/mnhNqWGf - it certainly looks lovely!
psd OH: I don’t want to live in a world where Rebekah Brooks’s horse is conversing with Fenton The Dog on Twitter
@escmum @VonSangertron that’s one for the @GovUK flickr group ;-)
@thegreatgonzo yeah, no problem - dafydd.vaughan at http://t.co/kiPOvtc3. I’ll do my best/pass it on to people who know more
@jystewart @saulcozens @lesteph we’d also have had to change the PSL to let us set any cookies for .gov.uk (http://t.co/azBGh0nb)
@lesteph the way the web should be ;-)
Looks like the Travelodge in Stratford opened a little early- most of their IT systems don’t work yet. Paper check-in FTW!
@seanhandley it however appears that there might also be an offence for ‘drunk in charge of a horse’
@seanhandley if it’s a mechanical horse then yes - it’d be “unfit to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle through drink on a public road”
Gutted for Cardiff. :( #CarlingCupFinal
Train manager just announced that Cardiff v Liverpool has gone to penalties. Woo! #CarlingCupFinal
@kingstonrichard looks like it could be a kiln or something similar @PeoplesMuseum
@charlie_elise I hope so too. We have a difficult set of matches next - including re-match against Ire (after match called off at half time)
@charlie_elise ladies team. all now play for Welsh clubs.
My photography talent is non-existent & I don’t have a decent camera, so attempts to take a good moon photo for @annkempster have failed :-(
@charlie_elise The commentators were saying that just a few years ago most Wales players were playing at clubs in England, now all in Wales
@annkempster the satellite view is strange as in 2005 a much younger version of me spent days demolishing the garage! http://t.co/YSPpnoyN
@annkempster streetview for mine is newer than the satellite photo - in fact, I’m pretty sure I’m home as my car is parked outside ;-)
@annkempster This is where I grew up: http://t.co/YOg1v0QF fantastic sky views. :-) love going back & seeing the sky.
@annkempster That is what I love about where I grew up - very few street lights. Proper clear sky :-)
@charlie_elise England are a very good side. Disappointing score for Wales though :-( #wales #6nations #women
@charlie_elise or not. more scrums though.
@charlie_elise penalty try next :-(
Oh dear #wales #6nations #womens. That said - not the right decision from the ref - quick penalty not taken from the right place.
@charlie_elise I didn’t know it was on till they trailed it on the tv. Good scrum from #wales there
@charlie_elise at least she missed the conversion. we’re watching it here :-) #wales
@escmum a rather important Rugby match at Twickenham. England v Wales 6 Nations match, followed by the England v Wales women :-)
Good old @bbcwales. It’s been a while since we’ve seen the ‘BBC Won Wales’ gag. And we get a triple crown! #6nations http://t.co/rKKZ4tqH
@charlie_elise they are playing that match on BBC later- enjoy! X
Da iawn Cymru!! #6nations
Arm underneath. No try. #6nations
hintofsarcasm FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!! #6nations
Made an early escape for the weekend. Feels strange to be sat on a train in daylight.
RT @1jh: Don’t mess with @dafyddbach. He eats cold callers for breakfast <another call from a company @ThreeUK has illegally sold my data to
@RellyAB yes. Yes they do. application forms (especially civil service ones) should be banned.
@1jh hang on. How did you end up on the circle line. You were only going from Holborn to North Acton - both on Central.
@threedaymonk well for now it’s me doing the complaining as my phone throws itself across the desk when the warning is triggered!
nicepaul Blog post from @psd about joining the @GOVUK team – http://t.co/G39yn40u
RT @threedaymonk: I should never be put in charge of server monitoring. < at least we know that the alerting system works! *answers phone*
@threedaymonk @garethr I *think* it’s Sony’s new portable playstation thingy. http://t.co/Nq8v5zlk (CNET)
Miss Anne & Ms Sarah should not let me drink. Bad influence.
Talking about open source & @govuk (@ Home Office) http://t.co/ph1e51dh
@timsculthorpe @akyan oh dear - it was bound to happen at some point
@FGW 1L82 (1739 NWP - PAD). It’s gone via Severn Tunnel for the past few weeks, but seems to be via Gloucester for next few. Nothing on NRE
That’s strange - my train is going via Gloucester (the long way round + 1hr) but no explanation on either @NationalRailEnq or @fgw websites
FOIMonkey Instead of answering this FOI from December, Brent Borough Council are spamming the requester with planning alerts: http://t.co/PySy5EAc
RT @lesteph: There’s interesting stuff in here > RT @demsoc: New post: Digital downsides http://t.co/dqUWugNa @consumerfocus
@threedaymonk @paul_clarke has a fantastic photo of the shard that looks like it should have an eye installed on top: http://t.co/0KglYaOy
@lesteph I think there might be some non CF examples - I’ll trawl through my old bookmark list
@lesteph the aim was a bunch of stuff based on the same layout (e.g. http://t.co/ajZJIiWQ) but I swapped to our own grid in the end.
@lesteph it’s amazing what you can do when you add a map! This is a bit older but my first attempt at a data thing: http://t.co/TUnRBA4c
@lesteph are these any use? http://t.co/wDCLG1BD & http://t.co/QoS58ySI
.@ThreeUKSupport you say “Please don’t just ask for ‘everything you hold on me’” - why not? DPA 7(1)(c)(i) says I can. #DPA
RT @ThreeUKSupport: @dafyddbach Details of how to go about a subject access request can be found here: http://t.co/xY6R4zeL #DPA
.@ThreeUK thank you. I’ll wait for @threeuksupport to send me the details. #DPA
.@ThreeUK if I wanted to send you a Subject Access Request under Section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 who should I address it to?
Oh dear @ThreeUK. Selling my details for sales calls when I’ve explicitly told you not to. I believe that may be illegal. #DPA @iconews
@kobb if they accepted me asking for Bach I’d be happy - it just annoys me that I have to explain what I mean by ‘medium’.
I asked for a medium, I was charged for a ‘venti’ and I got a ‘tall’. Please just accept small, medium & large. :-/
brokenbottleboy Julie Meyer, what do you think about Scottish independence? “Replace it with LinkedIn!” #bbcqt
@phae @jamesweiner it needs to go up on the wall next to mine :-)
RT @jystewart: And now we are 4. Baby boy Stewart born at home an hour ago. @klstewart did marvellously and all are well <congratulations :)
richardjpope A solution to “if this then that, except when that, and not before this, but maybe because of that, except if you’re …” http://t.co/Gq7f7tnn
Blog post by @lisascott869 about how we are using smart answers to hide complexity - http://t.co/7Pctc8HP @GovUK
@ThreeUK normally the app is fine & hopefully it will be again when your network team ring me back today ;-)
@BillinghamJ I can never access the twitter mobile site from either my @ThreeUK or @VodafoneUK iphones. Presume network proxy the cause.
Apparently my teathering problem is a ‘network issue’ that will be investigated by the ‘incident team’. Time to argue for more compensation
What. a. surprise. my happiness with fixing my data plan was short lived. Every webpage now says: “Tethering is not included on your plan”
@mikelcu possibly not! my new address d@fydd dot co dot uk. which is much shorter than my existing address
Rather pleased with my newly acquired short email address. Not sure what to do with it now though. :-/
@hworsnop worth a try. maybe a network level thing? I’m testing on Three & Vodafone (and an iPad on O2 running 5.0.1). @GovUK
RT @mnowster: News is out, I’ll be leaving @artfinder and joining @GovUK soon. Sad to be going but unique exciting opportunity beckons.
@hworsnop think I’ve got it. been though settings on both - one is set to never accept cookies (Settings > Safari) the other isn’t @GovUK
@hworsnop I’ve got two iPhone4s both running 5.0.1 (9A405). I can replicate it on one of them but not the other. Will look into it @govuk
@hworsnop @GovUK once you close the pop up warning, the site sets a cookie so we know not to show it again.
@smithsam we’d love to hear suggestions - this is going to be an interesting problem to solve. @GovUK
“Sending an email to a work colleague with a news headline…requires a licence from the publishers” WTF? http://t.co/ZwuW3kX5 #copyright
adambird A piece about @GovUK I penned for the Nottingham Post http://t.co/w3uKuJ07
Fantastic drinks in the pub with @RupertRoker moaning that neither of us had anything better to do on this particular evening
@allyhook @Horlix @sarahlay Here is the blog I mentioned the other day about local gov servcies on @GovUK http://t.co/We34iZhs
@saulcozens @lesteph Local Directgov do that but sometimes we get links to pages like this: http://t.co/6XOME4UZ that aren’t 404 or correct
@lesteph @garethr suggested using heuristics to identify 404 pages. we possibly have enough data to know what should be appearing on a page
RT @lesteph: Well, Helpful Technology is now officially a GCloud services provider. Hurrah! < congratulations! :-)
@lesteph we’ve been throwing about some ideas about how to handle the problem. it’s a perfect problem for some experimentation :-)
I’ve written about how we link to services provided by councils on GOV.UK - http://t.co/zV3oND9F @GovUK
timd Gov.uk problem reported, fixed & followed up. If a company did this well I’d be surprised. A govt dept feels like a little bit of a miracle.
Yay, its possible that I’ve finally sorted out my contract with 3 (with refund and compensation for the inconvenience of them screwing up)
RT @benterrett: We searched the UK and found this heart shaped wood http://t.co/zuX3X7Hl #govuk @GovUK
@Joel_Hughes that’s great - I hope it goes well! will keep my fingers crossed!
@Joel_Hughes I was going to try and get something similar to http://t.co/M0OTaJk8 set up for Wales, but move to London put a stop to it!
@Joel_Hughes well done on the conf - it’s about time S.Wales did something like that :-)
.@Thayer has just arrived in the office with doughnuts again. If she’s not careful we’ll start expecting them ;-)
Lasagne & salad special today :-p (@ Fleet River Bakery w/ @jystewart) http://t.co/FVoxEz6V
emercoleman “@MadProf: Off to the Dept of Transport Transparency Board. Looks like gd news on Network Rail data releases from papers circulated”<yay!>
@ClareJones3 it’s been a while since I did rigging. Hanging off a ladder with two Parcans was a great way of controlling my fear of hights!
@ClareJones3 I used to enjoy that part of theatre :-)
I’ve seen a few other complain about this recently - twitter seems to be losing people I follow :-/
One day I will actually remember the SQL commands for creating a user and granting permissions.
@ClareJones3 it’s a pretty decent hotel luckily! I love the job - it’s not very often you get the chance to change the way a country works!
@ClareJones3 been too busy to settle there unfortunately. Weekends at home and week in hotel. Need to find somewhere to live soon though.
@ClareJones3 lovely. working on rugby days should be banned! aside from travelling, how is everything going?
@ClareJones3 :-( I managed to get a proper seat at Swindon. Looks like we picked the wrong time to travel.
@marxculture already full of drunken scots.
.@FGW I know there was a rugby match but cancelling seat reservations just isn’t on.
Plans to do work on the train foiled by the fact that I’m going to be stood up all the way to London. Seat reservations fucking cancelled
@ClareJones3 just wait till the addiction sets in! I’ve been using this for years & feel a little lost without it!
@ClareJones3 welcome to twitter - better late than never ;-)
mysociety @govuk - Here’s a post about an inspiring pioneer who everyone in GDS should know about http://t.co/aOf7BFGV
Well, that was a bit of a let down. No rugby this evening because France is cold. :-( #6nations
@annkempster @sharonodea I knew I was missing something - must get some red wine ;-)
@sheenagh @paul_clarke I’m hoping that @twitter will allow people to claim dormant names at some point. I’d love to get hold of @dafydd
@Jacattell We’re currently recruting for developer and some other roles. Full details here: http://t.co/Jm8dILlT @GovUK
Managed to time my journey perfectly so I’ve managed to catch the #wagexpress from Newport :-)
@threedaymonk I love the commit message, but sad times indeed!
Anyone would think there is some kind of rugby match on in Cardiff this weekend given the number of drink men in kilts on this train ;-)
@tsingleton @alexcoley @thayer @simond just seen the reply… Missing tweets while on the train!
@alexcoley @Thayer I *think* @tsingleton answered a similar question on @simond’s blog. Will dig out link when I’m at a computer.
@simond I find them annoying - the map keeps swapping back to adverts every 5 minutes.
Thayer Talking of #GDS, do note there’s a bunch of roles back on http://t.co/ndPDd3j7 talk to me if you’re interested and want application tips!
Looking forward to my day off. I can finally catch up with some emails and tidying up bits and pieces I’ve left unfinished
1jh Network Rail: giving staff announcements via platform signs since 2012 http://t.co/exMcTxvL
Puppet masters and provisioning at @GovUK from @jystewart: Pulling the servers’ strings- http://t.co/gulOilUX
@lesteph that’s why I prefer text files - much less easy to mess things up.
@lesteph much prefer text zone files over cpanel/plesk control panels ;-)
@MafJohnson @pezholio @allyhook Im only just getting started on some of these things- someone will have to explain them to me at some point!
@allyhook @pezholio no idea I’m afraid! I’m dealing with local services and the data that comes out of Local Directgov, so don’t touch IPSV
@allyhook acronym overload!!!
.@_millymoo I was wondering about DPA issues when someone showed me the site a while ago.
RT @_millymoo: If guys made a site that did this with women’s info there’d be a massive brouhaha http://t.co/oAbxT7j8
Spent the last few days dealing with LGSLs, LGILs, SNACs and other such acronyms.
@jukesie @lesteph Twitter bootstrap is my friend - made putting those screens together very easy! @GovUK
@lesteph we’ve talked about it & I would be surprised if we didn’t do analytics dashboards, but no firm plans just yet.
“written by someone you could speak to, rather than wanting to bludgeon with the nearest heavy object.” http://t.co/LVcbfDaE @govuk
UkNatArchives Join us for a web developers’ #hackday 24 and 25 March http://t.co/CApUUxJb #hackon12 #archives
@lesteph The blog post about our dashboards is now up: http://t.co/I8Wk6k6y /cc @govuk @garethr
@peterbjordan makes a change! ;-)
Blog post from @garethr about the @GovUK ‘information radiators’ (aka dashboards): http://t.co/I8Wk6k6y
@saulcozens I’ll get the govspeak readme up-to-date tomorrow
@saulcozens govspeak though is an extension of kramdown (http://t.co/KFNZh7wo) which itself an extension of markdown IIRC
@saulcozens There are various things like that in govspeak, e.g. stuff wraped in $C is contact info, $D is downloads, $! are summaries etc.
@simond I wish - just another item on the list of things I want to do. Only so much one person can do!
RT @simond: Wanted: public-spirited PHP person to translate https://t.co/cddEccH4 @govuk <- yes please!
jystewart today @GOVUK, @undermanager wrote about words http://t.co/EBe8sIPP and I wrote about APIs http://t.co/42JfiTO5
Fantastic - just seen that @LouLouK is joining us at @GovUK. Welcome to the team :-) http://t.co/ZCcIuIml
@jamesweiner I’m not sure I’d be allowed past the security guards downstairs if I was!
@user24 it’s a very complicated subject! keep an eye on the blog - we’re talking alot about the site & how it works over there @GovUK
nicepaul New @GOVUK blog post by @undermanager – ”Writing simply: language choices for the #GOVUK navigation” – http://t.co/UfVxpdVT
@user24 I wrote about our thoughts on cookies on the @GovUK blog (http://t.co/yi9iNKPg). We think that analytics are absolutely essential.
Just finished the first of our @govuk project retrospectives. Lots went well, lots to improve on. http://t.co/fje1icLF
@lesteph no chance of us surprising anyone anymore is there!
RT @benterrett: New homepage to celebrate Dickens bicentenary https://t.co/AW9VYx95 #govuk
RT @saulcozens: Err… well here is that Wordpress plugin to re-use #govuk content wot I rote http://t.co/rHuOCYaA tell me what you think.
Yay, think I’ve just fixed some problems with @UKRecalls.
hadleybeeman .@GovUK needs _22_ developers! Ruby, Javascript, you name it. Closing date: 13 Feb. Guide: http://t.co/ZJnkDomM Jobs: http://t.co/ndxAIQjh
Dr_Black :(( “@KhalSir: UK govt rejects calls for computer pioneer Alan Turing to be granted a pardon for convictions http://t.co/ybhCLsmX @Dr_Black”
Just discovered that there are now 3 versions of me in the Communities of practice hub. I thought it looked familiar when signing up.
@threedaymonk everyone is different. I’d hate to not work in an open plan office. I like having people around. I know others who hate it.
aden_76 I wrote some things about GDS in a post entitled ‘I am a Government Digital Service fanboy’ http://t.co/VmuoFJlp #in cc @govuk
Made it to my London hotel in one piece although I did have to walk through some real snow. Apparently hotel is almost empty tonight.
suttonnick Monday’s Independent front page - “Goodbye, minister: civil service hit by staff exodus” #tomorrowspaperstoday http://t.co/bLUuznos
Yay, nowhere selling drinks at Newport & train buffet is closed because of a staff shortage. I knew there was a reason to not travel on Sun
charlie_elise I believed. Cymru am byth! Great kick Leigh, and a fabulous performance by the giant George again! #6nations
allyhook Come on, Wales! #rugby #SixNations
Great try - just need a few more like that! #wales
Want a job at @GovUK? The Govt. Digital Service is hiring Developers - here’s how to apply: http://t.co/Jm8dILlT
ruskin147 That was a very poor game of rugby - surely Wales v Ireland will be better..
The Cotweet crisis - what sensibly-priced replacements are out there? http://t.co/UcD8QxsH (via @jukesie)
@Thayer not just yet, somewhere eastish I think :-) now that beta is out the way I can start looking properly
@allyhook I’m hoping the proper snow will hold off till I’m safely on my train out of Cardiff! Luckily we’ve only got the occasional flurry
About to hand back the keys to my flat in Cardiff. :-( Now I just need to find somewhere to live in London :-)
#uksnow CF10 0.5/10
Thayer So, you saw all the gov.uk @govuk news this week, exciting huh! Why not come and join the team? Ruby devs, YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. Email me.
@allyhook sorry for delay in replying! Its manual atm. I’m going to write a blog post about how our local stuff works next week.
@sarahlay @horlix @paul_clarke your tweets the other day have prompted me to write a blog about how our local stuff works.will be up next wk
@hubmum I may be wrong but this car is being driven around without your consent - surely it’s now ‘stolen’?
RT @benterrett: A good week. < a very good week. I just need rest now. :-)
Brain is absolutely frazzled after a fantastic week. I think I need sleep, lots of sleep
@Baskers probably people trying to get around the Milton Keynes-Euston closure
@lesteph @harrym @baskers @simond reality is that we are all listed on the beta/team list on @GovUK anyway.
@lesteph @harrym @baskers @simond fair comment. Think we were all asked before being linked. If media picks on me, I’d hope I’d be supported
@RellyAB horse passports are in our top 667 needs ;-).
@Baskers @simond it’s a fair point. My personal /professional life is so blurred anyway. Media/people need to accept it at somepoint. :-)
@lowrirhiannon would love your thoughts on http://t.co/CEQ2a13M if you have a few mins. I’d have emailed you, but my CF address book is old!
Exergasia I like websites that want and use my feedback. One of my issues already fixed http://t.co/dyPAqerR #govuk
simond To note: a gov.uk site not only naming the civil servants doing the work, but linking to their personal Twitter pages. http://t.co/dCWcdC6V
OH “Tolkien was insane”