Service Design and DataThis piece has been written to complement the Service Design Scotland event taking place on 9th November 2020. Event details available at…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
FireStarter Festival 2020: Liberated Structures eventUnusually, (actually for the first time), I have written a series of poems to mark the Liberating Structures learning event that took…Feb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
The challenge of dataIts DataFest week here in Edinburgh. Following last year’s very successful inaugural event the Data Lab is hosting Data Talent and Data…Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
You can’t get there from here (part 2)In my last post, I talked about the need to take a holistic view of data. If we managed our data more effectively, open data delivery will…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
You can’t get there from here (part 1)I’ve been working in the field of open data for almost 5 years now — I can’t actually believe this myself, but it’s true. When I started…Jul 21, 20173Jul 21, 20173
The curved ballAfter attending the Data Lab`s Data Festival last week, which included a Data Talent event aimed at employers and students, the Data Summit…Apr 3, 2017Apr 3, 2017
Data thoughtsHaving recently attended the Data Science Research day at the University of Edinburgh, I wanted to share some initial thinking on what was…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
North East Data UK meet up — open dataI attended the NE UK Open Data meet up in Newcastle last week which was hosted by NE Data (through the Federation of Small Businesses for…Jul 13, 2016Jul 13, 2016
Open Data Scotland (6th and 7th November 2015) — Team AdvocateWe’re one of the teams who took part in Open Data Scotland’s Saturday workshop.Nov 13, 2015Nov 13, 2015
Open Data Scotland (6th and 7th November) — Team DataThis blog post has been compiled by the team, I’m just the publisher!Nov 13, 2015Nov 13, 2015