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The Hello, World! of open data development
As part of the Bristol is Open initiative the Council has released an API providing access to all manner of local transport data including live bus times. Given the complexity of the public transport environment in the city this is no mean feat and the team should be applauded. The thing is though does the…
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Interesting conferences in 2016
I’m looking around for conferences that fit my interests — so basically civic tech / digital government / product management / service design / blogging (do people still do blogging events?) At this point I’m game for anything — unconference, hackday, symposium or traditional conference and location isn’t a factor as I’m open to travel for the right event.…
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Phone freak
I decided a little while ago that I was going to get a new phone for the new year so I have been doing a little research. I don’t actually work my phones that hard — I don’t use many apps(1), rarely take photos and hardly ever make calls but I do have a few specific requirements;…
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Favourite Books of 2015
These are my favourite books I read in 2015 — that doesn’t necessarily mean they came out this year though I just got around to them in the course of the year. I managed to complete 52 books in the end so there was a decent pool to choose from. It excludes comic books of which I…