Posts

0001-01-01: SSI Fellowship 2020
0001-01-01: Not just certifiable…
0001-01-01: Chat rooms vs Twitter: how I communicate now
0001-01-01: Better Science Through Better Data #scidata17
2016-02-22: #IDCC16 Day 0: business models for research data management
2016-02-23: #IDCC16 Day 1: Open Data
2016-03-16: #IDCC16 day 2: new ideas
2016-03-31: Data is like water, and language is like clothing
2016-04-01: Wiring my web
2016-05-07: Fairphone 2: initial thoughts on the original ethical smartphone
2016-08-12: Changing static site generators: Nanoc → Hugo
2016-08-16: What happened to the original Software Carpentry?
2016-08-19: Software Carpentry: SC Build; or making a better make
2016-08-22: Semantic linefeeds: one clause per line
2016-08-26: Software Carpentry: SC Config; write once, compile anywhere
2016-09-12: Software Carpentry: SC Track; hunt those bugs!
2016-09-15: Tools for collaborative markdown editing
2016-10-06: Software Carpentry: SC Test; does your software do what you meant?
2016-10-13: Rewarding good practice in research
2016-10-27: Implementing Yesterbox in emacs with mu4e
2017-03-27: Introducing PyRefine: OpenRefine meets Python
2017-04-06: IDCC 2017 reflection
2017-06-15: Mozilla Global Sprint 2017
2017-07-19: Lean Libraries: applying agile practices to library services
2017-10-29: Blog platform switch
2017-11-04: Becoming a librarian
2017-11-05: Learning to live with anxiety
2017-11-18: Draft content policy
2017-11-20: Research Data Management Forum 18, Manchester
2017-11-29: Advent of Code 2017: introduction
2017-12-01: Inverse Captcha — Coconut — #adventofcode Day 1
2017-12-02: Corruption Checksum — Python — #adventofcode Day 2
2017-12-05: Spiral Memory — Go — #adventofcode Day 3
2017-12-05: High Entropy Passphrases — Python — #adventofcode Day 4
2017-12-06: A Maze of Twisty Trampolines — C++ — #adventofcode Day 5
2017-12-09: Memory Reallocation — Python — #adventofcode Day 6
2017-12-10: Recursive Circus — Ruby — #adventofcode Day 7
2017-12-10: I Heard You Like Registers — Python — #adventofcode Day 8
2017-12-10: Stream Processing — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 9
2017-12-10: Knot Hash — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 10
2017-12-11: Hex Ed — Python — #adventofcode Day 11
2017-12-12: Digital Plumber — Python — #adventofcode Day 12
2017-12-15: Packet Scanners — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 13
2017-12-15: Disk Defragmentation — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 14
2017-12-15: Dueling Generators — Rust — #adventofcode Day 15
2017-12-16: Permutation Promenade — Julia — #adventofcode Day 16
2017-12-17: Spinlock — Rust/Python — #adventofcode Day 17
2017-12-24: Duet — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 18
2017-12-24: A Series of Tubes — Rust — #adventofcode Day 19
2017-12-24: Particle Swarm — Python — #adventofcode Day 20
2017-12-24: Fractal Art — Python — #adventofcode Day 21
2017-12-24: Sporifica Virus — Rust — #adventofcode Day 22
2017-12-24: Coprocessor Conflagration — Haskell — #adventofcode Day 23
2017-12-24: Electromagnetic Moat — Rust — #adventofcode Day 24
2018-01-02: The Halting Problem — Python — #adventofcode Day 25
2018-01-02: Reflections on #aoc2017
2018-01-11: Why try Rust for scientific computing?
2018-01-19: Build documents from code and data with Saga
2018-02-04: New Years's irresolution
2018-02-06: How to extend Python with Rust: part 1
2019-02-03: Less, but better
2019-02-21: Custom-built keyboard
2019-03-05: Ultimate Hacking Keyboard: first thoughts
2019-03-09: What do you think I should write about?
2019-03-14: Using Pipfile in Binder
2019-04-13: RDA Plenary 13 reflection
2019-05-05: Working at the British Library: 6 months in
2019-10-26: Music for working
2019-11-24: MozFest19 first reflections
2019-11-25: Bridging Carpentries Slack channels to Matrix
2020-01-16: Replacing comments with webmentions
2020-01-28: Iosevka: a nice fixed-width-font
2020-03-03: IDCC20 reflections
2020-09-08: When is a persistent identifier not persistent? Or an identifier?
2021-01-08: Writing About Not Writing
2021-01-18: What I want from a GLAM/Cultural Heritage Data Science Network
2021-01-22: Blogging by hand
2021-01-25: Training a model to recognise my own handwriting
2021-01-26: A new font for the blog
2021-02-03: GLAM Data Science Network fellow travellers
2021-02-06: Remarkable blogging
2021-02-26: What do you miss least about pre-lockdown life?
2021-03-12: Matrix self-hosting
2021-03-20: Ideas for Accessible Communications
2021-04-03: Time for a new look...
2021-04-05: Collaborations Workshop 2021: talks & panel session
2021-04-07: Collaborations Workshop 2021: collaborative ideas & hackday
2021-04-11: Intro to the fediverse
2021-06-29: Comments are back
2021-08-04: mxadm: a small CLI Matrix room admin tool
2021-09-23: Request for input: the missing narrative of libraries in research software engineering
2023-07-10: Twitter archive
2023-07-20: Vaguely generic update
2023-08-29: Training my handwriting model: an update
2023-12-07: Writing about my work