I work in a startup called the Smart Data Foundry. We work with financial data to improve society. As a…
An ode to Statistics Scotland
Open data for the win!
Bump chart of Scottish greenhouse gas emissions
Which sectors contribute to Scottish GHG emissions?
rsync, Synology NAS and thumbnails
How to use rsync with Synology and preserve thumbnails.
A technical interview question
How would you answer this question? How would you want others to answer this question?
PDF editing
Want to merge pdf files, but keep bookmarks? Read on…
Coding in the Open – lunchtime seminars
Want to learn about automation, improving processes and how to incorporate open tools like Python and R? Want to learn about what open might mean for you, whether you’re looking for tools, processes, principles or just general interest?
New paper: hares, snow and camouflage
Mountain hares in Scotland show increasing camouflage mismatch due to less snowy winters. Mountain hares are one of 21 species…
How does your data flow? Using R for ETL (EdinbR talk)
On 25th Nov I spoke at the EdinbR meetup on using R for ETL, as a larger part of data…
Toilets of Scotland
See a map of toilet density in Scotland.