Chris Yiu

Here's the latest roundup of progress on the project, and our first big post of 2016. It's also going to be one of my last, as I will be leaving SCVO soon to pursue new challenges elsewhere. The project is in great shape and we are all set to launch our public beta in a couple of... Read more

Can your organisation provide digital inclusion training or assisted digital support? You've got until 18 January to get on the new UK government supplier framework. Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress on the project. I didn't manage to post at the end of Sprint 9, so this is a double post to catch us back up to the present day! Sprint 9 Done (technical): Implement cached content on homepage Implement ability to opt out of receiving... Read more

Exciting news: we've just deployed the official alpha release of Good HQ, a new feedback platform for charities and good causes in Scotland.It's here to do three things: To help charities and good causes gather feedback about what they're doing well and how they could improve To... Read more

This is something of a milestone update: our alpha product is close to feature complete, and we are now accepting signups from anyone who is interested in taking the product for a spin. Head over to the Good HQ homepage, hit sign up to get started, and then let us know how you... Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. There's been a brief hiatus since the last post, as we've also moved across Edinburgh to a new home at Hayweight House on Lauriston Street. This gives us more room for whiteboards and problem-solving, and as an added... Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. We deployed a new, stable pre-release build of the platform and have begun gathering user feedback. The user-generated content on the platform is still test data at this stage; in a couple of week's time we will reset... Read more

And all of the opportunities and challenges ahead for the people we care about. Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. A pre-release edition of the product is online under the working title Good HQ, and we've started to roll out a small number of test accounts. Done (technical): Improved user pages showing more useful summary... Read more

We've been clear from the outset of this project that we're going to put our users first. Of course, when you're running product development it's easy to get carried away with the build and to lose touch with what your users actually need it to do. The team - and the people... Read more