Basile SimoninDigital TimesThe best of the Times Interactive teamHere is a selection of our favourite bespoke projects, involving several…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Basile SimoninDigital TimesBuilding quick interactive projects (and we’re hiring)The week began like any other. Catchup and planning Mondays, a bit of work on Tuesday as everything is going as planned. Then…Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018
Basile SimoninDigital TimesOpening The Times Dataviz CatalogueToday, we are happy to share the first version of our data visualisation catalogue: a collection of data visualisations created for the…Dec 5, 2017Dec 5, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesOpen sourcing our #Budget2017 workA conversation between Times Development team members about the tradeoffs between code quality and working against a deadlineNov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesGeneral election 2017 at the Times: what we built and howIn April this year, British newsrooms were given just six weeks to prepare their coverage of the snap election. A big event like this…Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesThe Times poll of polls in d3There was quite a bit of excitement in the newsroom when news came in that prime minister Theresa May, contrary to her promises, was…Apr 27, 2017Apr 27, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesThe Times and The Sunday Times are now HTTPSTwo days ago, many months of hard work by multiple teams in our Technology department came to fruition. At 1am they flipped a switch which…Apr 7, 2017Apr 7, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesJanuary Transfer Window graphics in The TimesI never thought I’d talk about football this much, but here you go.Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017
Basile SimoninDigital TimesPatiently waiting or hastily prototyping: how we built our latest bespoke interactive in React and…Saturday 7th January’s edition of The Times revealed that ten out of 11 NHS trusts had been accused of routinely manipulating 999 response…Jan 11, 20171Jan 11, 20171
Basile SimoninDigital TimesLearning React in two weeksFor those who know as little as I do: the Ryder Cup apparently is a golf competition between teams from Europe and the USA. Despite some…Oct 14, 2016Oct 14, 2016