Matt Eason
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Matt Eason
@matteason.me
Designer & developer working in digital government

ambiph.one / govukvue.org / matteason.co.uk/scotbeats / stationlifts.org.uk

He/him
This guy knows what's up
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
[Alt text for quoted image: A tube platform map, with the double O in Bakerloo replaced with zero point zero. At the bottom, an advert for Heineken 0.0 reads 'Keeping your social life on track'.]
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Dirty play from Key, but we expect nothing less at this point
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Thwomp got a facelift
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
You used to just get a map of seats, and you could click a seat to see photos. Now it's a shitty booking portal which forces you to choose a specific performance and only shows views for available seats (which get added to your basket immediately upon clicking)
January 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
And insinuating that the hosts must have quit because the vote was rigged to kick out a shit dancer/human in week one
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Moderately better (you don't get taken to the 600px teal nightmare any more) but there are huge chunks of content that are obviously taken straight from the old service and dropped in the new one without any thought
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's also stuck on GOV.UK Frontend 3.3.0, which is 6 years old, two major versions behind, and missing loads of WCAG 2.2 fixes introduced in newer versions (and obviously stuck on the old black GOV.UK brand)

The accessibility statement commits to fixing major accessibility issues by October 2028.
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I felt right at home in Dublin
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
googling 'santa hat png' right now
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
To avoid a protracted legal battle in what would surely have been the trial of the century, Rail Clock is now Rail Cock. Please adjust your bookmarks accordingly.

railcock.matteason.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
How are they meant to sell socks with the design on when someone can see it for free on their computer??
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
They will inevitably give the contract to OpenAI or xAI or some other morally void AI company
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'd lose the lighter shades of blue and red from the livery, they just make it messy. But at least they haven't fiddled with the double arrows.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It is a bit weird that I'll be called Great British Railways while ScotRail and TfW Rail will still exist, but I guess GBR will maintain the infrastructure across GB so it kind of makes sense?
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM