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How I Became an Open Data Convert
Found in Blog / Published 24 September 2012 / By Paul Stone ,
When I talk to my family and friends about open data…well, I soon stop. Their glazed look tells me I might as well save my breath. Just a couple of years ago I had no idea what open data was myself, then one day the penny dropped and I haven’t looked back. Luckily, there are lots of other enthusiasts out there to talk to.
So what IS open data? Well, in short, it’s data made available for reuse on the internet in a format that is non-proprietary and “machine readable”. Available for reuse means… -
Govt.nz — design is a subjective thing
Found in Blog / Published 13 June 2014 / By Alison Green ,
Notice a few changes to the beta.govt.nz site? We’ve made some colour, font and template changes. Love it, like it or not too sure — opinions will vary, but there is a reason for every design element. Design is a process with the focus on the end result. We’ve had a few queries about the updated design so we thought we’d share our thinking.
Font or typeface?A typeface is a set of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols. Typefaces share common design features. You’ve heard of Times New R… -
Procurement Hack review – redefining procurement for a digital age
Found in Blog / Published 20 August 2018 / By Andrew Earnshaw ,
On Thursday 9 August over 70 attendees from across the State sector and ICT supply community attended the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) E-Leaders Transforming Procurement Hack. We wanted to know how we can make procurement easier, inclusive and more transparent for all.
Hack Facilitator “Miramar Mike” Riversdale led the group through introductions and some interesting warm up exercises that helped highlight the make-up of our cohort. The moving, mingling and li… -
Making published content more user-friendly with Google Analytics: Part 2
Found in Blog / Published 13 October 2017 / By Sara Greig ,
This is the second blog post in a 2-part series on improving content and the user experience with help from Google Analytics. This post focusses on improving content once it’s published. See the first post on "Improving content and user experience with Google Analytics search pages".
Sometimes you have to make content decisions based on assumptions. This could be because there’s no opportunity to do user testing or maybe you can’t push back on what your client wants. While this isn’t… -
Confessions of a social media-phobe
Found in Blog / Published 16 December 2013 / By Chris Horwell ,
Chris Horwell from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust shares her experience crowdsourcing images for the Register Online, a listing of heritage places, to increase its value for the people who use it.
I’d like to share my experience of crowd sourcing images using Flickr and the positive relationship New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) has built with our Flickr contributors — or, as I affectionately call them, my “Flickr family”.
NZHPT Image ProjectWhen I took on the role of Image Rese… -
GEA-NZ dimension: Business
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Enterprise architecture / GEA-NZ framework / Dimensions of the GEA-NZ framework / GEA-NZ dimension: Business
The business dimension is one of the 4 core dimensions that represent the operational aspects of your enterprise architecture. It has 5 focus areas.
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Transparency and GenAI
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Artificial intelligence (AI) / Responsible AI Guidance for the Public Service: GenAI / GenAI and customer experience with government / Transparency
Be open with your people and the public about why and how you’re using GenAI. Public service agencies need to be able to explain what information goes into AI systems and what the results are used for.
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MBIE report highlights growth potential of New Zealand’s virtual reality sector
Found in News
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has welcomed the release of a report that forecasts New Zealand’s cross reality sector will reach over $320 million in annual revenue and employ double the number of people within two years.
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Digital View — Documenting the user experience
Found in Blog / Published 23 March 2022 / By Hisham Eldai , Jas Hua ,
Digital View shares how the Digital Public Service team collaborated with the Ministry for Ethnic Communities to investigate how to improve the lived experience of digitally excluded groups in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Designing for Digital - reflections from the first year of the Lab
Found in Blog / Published 15 October 2018 / By Glen Thurston ,
Well, the Service Innovation Lab (the Lab) at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has celebrated its first year of existence. Together with our agency partners we’ve accomplished a lot and proved that there is a need for a place like this to bring people together to work on areas of shared interest.
Due to the nature of the Service Innovation work programme, our focus has been on government digital services for New Zealanders but also helping shift Government capability and capacity to be…
