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Five years ago, Rural Payments Wales were given a challenge – To move from a completely bilingual paper-based system for agricultural subsidy payments to a wholly bilingual online system by 2016. Continue reading
Category Archives: Digital
Using technology to promote Welsh Language: Wikipedia
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The Welsh Government aims to see the number of people able to enjoy speaking and using Welsh grow to one million by the year 2050. Enabling people to use technology in Welsh will play a key part in reaching this target. Continue reading
Putting the ‘you’ into usability testing
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In our previous blog we introduced the changes we’re making to GOV.WALES. A really important part of our work is understanding how you, our users, use the site and what you think of the changes we’re making. We do this by running usability testing whenever we can to help us identify any issues early and fix problems before they take root too deeply. Continue reading
The year of legends with Augmented Reality
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Recently, we’ve been highlighting some of the new features of the Cadw app, at historic sites across Wales, in recent blogs. Our two most recent games, launched in the last few weeks, really are a thing of legends…
Cutting-edge castles!
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In a recent blog, we told you about the re-launched Cadw app, which unlocks hidden content at sites across Wales. Our first two projects using this new technology featured our ‘greatest’ and ‘grandest’ castles… Continue reading
Going back to the future with Welsh heritage
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I may work in the past, but I am also in my element with new technology! New projects with Cadw, the Welsh Government’s Historic Environment Service, make our archaeology accessible and our castles cutting-edge… Continue reading
Digital Inclusion…… We’re not there yet!
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For the vast majority of us, we can’t imagine a life without the internet. For work, learning or recreation we increasingly rely (possibly too much sometimes) on digital technologies. Yet, too many are still missing out on the benefits of the internet, with around 15% of adults in Wales offline. Continue reading
Registers: An authoritative list of local authorities in Wales
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What are registers?
Within Welsh Government we manage and maintain a range of information for numerous purposes, including developing policies, monitoring performance and delivering services. Continue reading
#LoveDigital #LoveLibraries: the National Digital Library service
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I have been looking forward to writing this blog – I love telling people about this fantastic service that public libraries across Wales offer their members. For free!
From Police Service to Platform Service
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I’m Sean a Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Fast Streamer in Welsh Government. I joined Welsh Government in September last year as part of the Civil Service graduate scheme… but first let me start at the beginning.
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