The Open Data Scotland Conference organised by Holyrood magazine on 10th December was a landmark occasion, and the keynote talk was delivered by Rufus Pollock, founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation. We decided to capitalise on Rufus’s trip north by organising an impromptu #OpenDataEDB on the preceding day, giving him an opportunity to find out more »
Act locally, connect globally!
Looking back over the last year, OKF Scotland has really started to flourish. The Edinburgh meetups have brought together an impressive variety of people from many groups and institutions, and new connections keep on appearing. Even better, they are a huge amount of fun! The recent inaugural OKF meetup in Glasgow was an opportunity to more »
Edinburgh Open Data Meet-up at TechCube
For this meet-up we were fortunate enough to be able to use the fantastic new space in TechCube. Although it is destined to soon become the TechCube hot-desking venue, it was perfect for informal discussions and presentations about open data — a big thanks to Devon Walshe and Jamie Coleman for helping this happen! Funding more »
OpenData@SDW: German students discuss Open Knowledge in Edinburgh
On 26th and 27th April the University of Edinburgh’s Old College hosted what appeared to be the first German-British Open Data event on Scottish ground — probably the first of its kind ever. A multidisciplinary group of scholars of the Foundation of German Business assembled to work themselves into the “Open Universe”. A group of speakers — more »
Open Knowledge Foundation grows up in Scotland
As Naomi Lillie recently reminded me, OKFN organised a groundbreaking event in Edinburgh way back in 2010. This had some great talks, and really got me interested in what was happening in the area of open knowledge. Rufus Pollock gave a cracking introduction, and as the programme shows, many of the prominent members of the more »