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 »
Jamming with Learner Journey Data
So, you’ve got 48 hours to kill. What do you do? Well, you could ‘do’ Vegas. You could, perhaps, read the whole of the Guru Granth Sahib. You could watch the film 48 Hrs 30 times. Or. You could hang out with some cool folks who have given up their free time to work together more »
Open Data Day: Joined Up Edinburgh #JoinUpEd
The 23rd of February 2013 was International Open Data Day. Since this fell at the end of the ILW Hack (blogged here) — a week-long event organised for students of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, it seemed like a good opportunity to take advantage of the momentum and engage the stirring Edinburgh Open Data scene. Many Open Data Days more »
Announcing the Learner Journey Data Jam
This April the Scottish Government is doing something exciting. They have decided to try a radical new approach to working and are opening up some of their education data for developers and designers to rapidly prototype new ideas. The Learner Journey Data Jam will take place on the weekend of 12—14 April at TechCube, and more »
#OpenDataEDB at Edinburgh Napier University
I was delighted to be able to make it along to the OKFN meetup on Tuesday 5th March 2013, which was held at the Apex Cafe, Edinburgh Napier University. There was a huge turn out — probably 40+ people — so it felt really busy and there were lots of great chats and networking in more »