Finding stories in data. The pursuit of facts in plain sight.
I recently was asked to speak at the inaugural meetup of HacksHackers Canterbury. I wasn’t sure what proportion of developers and journalists would turn up or what they would like to hear. So I decided to give my top ten tips for working on a data driven project and managing the relations between what the … Continue Reading →
This is my year to learn to code and if the number of sign ups for codeyear is anything to go by, I’m surely not alone. It’s great that lots of people want to learn to code but ironically enough it’s not the numbers that interest me. It’s the reasons. What do all these people … Continue Reading →
This post is for December’s Carnival of Journalism where we were asked to write what would be the best present from programmers/journalists that Santa Claus could leave under your Christmas tree? Stick people courtesy of xkcd. My Christmas wish from both programmers and journalists would be the realisation that both cultures are dependent on the goodwill and … Continue Reading →