Data governance — how to move fast and *not* break things
I’ve been receiving a lot of calls from people asking how they can use data to ‘help’. To help frame a potential response that isn’t […]
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Open Banking, its evolution into Open Finance and beyond
Open Banking—is a regulated standard that addresses data sharing across the banking sector. It addresses: Rights Liability models Dispute resolution and redress Consent Security Legal […]
Can government stop losing its mind?
Can government remember? Is it condemned to repeat mistakes? Or does it remember too much and so see too many reasons why anything new is […]
Can government stop losing its mind?
On Wednesday 18 April, Nesta is hosting the launch of a new report prepared by Gavin Starks. The report entitled ‘Can government stop losing its […]
Data is infrastructure
Great to see Data Infrastructure gaining traction with the National Infrastructure Commission: 1. https://www.nic.org.uk/publications/data-infrastructure-paper-national-infrastructure-commission/ 2. https://proftomcrick.com/2018/02/03/data-as-infrastructure Background In 2015, while at the ODI, I helped […]
Open banking is now regulation in the UK — Open APIs matter
The Open Banking Standard, which I co-chaired the development of, started to roll out on 13 Jan 2018. Creating open APIs is part of the […]
DECODE – personal data & the public good
I’ve joined the Advisory Board of DECODE, which is exploring tools that put individuals in control of whether they keep their personal data private or […]
SDG Hackathon in Davos
I joined the judging panel at FutureHack, the first ever Hackathon to take place around Davos during the week of the World Economic Forum, as a […]
Data is not the new oil. Data > Oil
“The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data” says The Economist “Data is the new oil”, said Clive Humby and many others [*update: […]
The AMEE story (part one)
In 2005, I was working with climate change charity Global Cool and global hedge fund Man Group (in my spare time) to try and create a global […]
DMA – Data Protection 2017
Slides from Data Protection 2017, https://dma.org.uk/event/data-protection-2017 “Culture is always left to the end in technology revolutions. Make no mistake, the web of data is a revolution: […]
Ecocide
It’s almost as if “Destroying the Earth should be viewed as a crime.” The UN and Interpol report that environmental crime is a growing threat […]
The tweetable scientific method
Reposting from my tweet: ■ Observe→Question→Hypothesise→Create tests →Test→Adapt→More tests→Generalise→Repeat↺ [The Tweetable Scientific Method]
some themes emerging
Thinking about the sea http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/sunday-review/protecting-the-untamed-seas.html and webcasting https://dgen.net/blog/ms-hans and music http://rinse.fm http://store.darkclover.ro/album/sabo http://tidal.lurk.org http://lysuc888.blogspot.co.uk http://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2015/08/03/rhythmus-als-dna-der-musik and long playing things http://longplayer.org/about/ and cosmology/topology http://www.binarydust.org/2012/09/21/evolving-language http://www.nersc.gov/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2014/simulations-reveal-unusual-death-for-ancient-stars and […]
Updated archives
Well, it’s been a while since I posted here (Twitter still winning), but here’s a long overdue synopsis of some of the things my first […]
AMEE at Strata – talk slides
My slides from O’Reilly’s Strata conference “Making Data Work” today. I described some of AMEE’s journey: through open data aggregation and distribution, accessibility, provenance, and […]
New role at the Open Data Institute
During the Olympics Opening Ceremony, the creator of the web tweeted “This is for everyone” to millions of people around the world. Decades since their […]
Energy Identity
[repost of my AMEE post on Energy Identity] Since AMEE’s inception in 2005, we have recognised that the emerging sets of data needed for carbon […]
Webcasting radio = innovation
A big shout out to RinseFM who just got their FM license [Guardian, Evening Standard]. This is the second station I’ve helped with streaming that’s […]
Consolidated Independent
Consolidated Independent (CI) is a world leading digital distribution company. Acting on behalf of the Independent Music sector, it delivers music, audiobooks and video to […]
d::gen launches
d::gen launched (although it existed inside some other sites from about 1997) – after I left Virgin.net, and just after setting up Tornado Productions. The […]
Jodrell Bank
I worked here as an Experimental Officer here 1994-95 … coding, data processing, supervising students, and helped set up their website in ’94.