Category Archives: Collaboration

Facts Are Sacred – a review

Posted on 6 May 2013 by ian

Facts are Sacred is the new book by Simon Rogers, the award-wining editor of guardian.co.uk/data and a news editor on the Guardian, working with the graphics team to bring figures to life on the page. He was closely involved with … Continue reading →

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Aberdeen Cultural Hackathon 4th – 5th May

Posted on 8 April 2013 by ian

Aberdeen’s newest Hackathon is all set to go ahead! Mark your diaries for 4th and 5th May. Details of how to get involved in this coding weekend with a difference are below. After several weeks of trying to agree dates … Continue reading →

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PLODS – but faster

Posted on 6 April 2011 by ian

The following article is an adaptation of one I wrote for my team’s internal blog at work. Today I coined an acronym. PLODS – Public Linked Open Data Sets. Anyone who does not understand why publishing open data is a … Continue reading →

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NHTG11 – a personal reflection

Posted on 27 March 2011 by ian

Yesterday I spent nine and a half hours in a room with a group of hard-core coders and not only lived to tell the tale, but thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Firstly I should say thanks to Dr Bruce Scharlau of … Continue reading →

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Two great new Google projects

Posted on 23 March 2011 by ian

Two new Google projects crossed my radar today – and very interesting they both are, too. The first is Google For Non-profits.  It offers the chance to reach and engage supporters, raise awareness of campaigns, improve operations, and a mass … Continue reading →

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Hack The Government Day – how will I participate?

Posted on 21 March 2011 by ian

This Saturday sees events to mark the third National Hack The Government Day. It will also be marked across the UK by events such as the one being run at Aberdeen University by Dr Bruce Scharlau. I’ve committed to going … Continue reading →

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