Standard breakfast. No really, that’s what it’s called on the menu. Standardfrühstück.
Frankie Roberto
@frankieroberto.com
Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England. https://www.frankieroberto.com
Great paving pattern here in Innsbruck. Looks irregular but isn’t.
I’ve taken the kids to Swarovski Crystal World in Austria. It’s as bling as you might imagine but also really good.
I’m on a sleeper train! In a couchette compartment for 4 with my kids. Our proper happy place. Heading to the Alps!
Weeknotes for last week: frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...
Viva Espana! 🇪🇸🇪🇸 A tense final, but loved watching it with my 6yo. (Thankfully no school tomorrow)
💯 this Pricing high to allow for discounting as an insidious practice that has no place in public services.
The GOVUK design system team have today added the interruption page pattern and component: design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/int... - based on previous work by teams across government. 🎉 This is a great example of where it is sometimes helpful to add some friction into a digital journey.
Interruption pages
Pause the user journey to give them important information
design-system.service.gov.uk
Well done Spain. Looked like they were having fun. Will be tough opponents to beat.
Weeknotes this week are about designing the digital equivalent of the tear-off strip: frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...
Week 102: Designing the digital tear-off strip
Notes from our alpha kick-off
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Enjoyed taking the kids to see the legendary @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social with MC Grammar at @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social!
I love walking to work under such a thick canopy of London plane trees at this time of year. So much cooler beneath them, and an incredible shade of green.
I enjoyed Toy Story 5 with my kids today. Lots of fun moments, and the toys vs tech conceit was meaningful without being over played.
Was great to join a session with the GOV Design System today to get a preview of the Interruption Panel that is being added! 👏 You can watch a recording of the session here: youtu.be/0uYe9oxeTJs?...
Interruption panel show & tell
YouTube video by Kelly Lee
youtu.be
An existential headline: BBC To Axe The World Tonight Seems a bit extreme? 🌍🪓
Published today with @kinship.works NHS Operating Patterns - Ways to do good work together, in a decentralised system
A nice design history post from the NHS app team looking at how to make NHS website content feel part of the (future) more native NHS app: design-history.nhsapp.service.nhs.uk/native/2026/...
My weeknotes for last week are a bit more personal than normal: frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...
Week 99: Unusual ear anatomy
How my hearing got fixed.
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I got Canada in the work sweepstake for World Cup. Not fancying my chances! (Luckily there are also some prize categories for things like worst goal difference in a match)
Enjoyed visiting the brand new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration with the kids today. Worth a visit! qbcentre.org.uk
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
We are the UK’s first and only charity for illustration - art that communicates stories and ideas - founded by illustrator Quentin Blake.
qbcentre.org.uk
Notes from 2 years working on the NHS Record a vaccination service: frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos... After half term I start a new role within a new team in NHS digital prevention services. More on that anon!
Week 76: Wrapping up with RAVS
A summary of 2 years working on the NHS Record a vaccination service
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Having a (hopefully temporary) hearing issue has made in-person collaboration a challenge today. Remote working does have the advantage of being able to amplify everyone’s voices! Still prefer being in the office though.
We did it! The streets have gone wild around here! 🏆⚽️ #COYG
Love this post from a colleague on how digital prevention services fit with neighbourhood health: design-history.prevention-services.nhs.uk/policy-and-c... Figuring out how national meets local is one of the key challenges to working in the NHS.
How digital prevention services fit with neighbourhood health
A discovery into how digital prevention services work with neighbourhood health.
design-history.prevention-services.nhs.uk
GP told me today that I should stop using earbuds headphones (causing hearing issues), so I’m in the market for over-ear headphones. Any recommendations? 🎧 Need a set with a mic for all the work Teams calls…