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Prototyping Environmental Devices

Yesterday we ran a workshop at Barcelona Maker Faire to explore how people could capture and…

Data Generalists Wanted

The Data Place is growing and we need help; we’re looking for people with data, research and problem-solving skills to assist on a diverse range of projects — starting as soon as possible.

Open Data Is Easy

Over the last few weeks we’ve worked on a number of shared projects, from research to training, that have helped me to clarify…

The Next Chapter

Since I started doing The Data Place full-time I’ve found that we’ve been way too busy to blog.

Data Loop

Simon developed the Data Loop over four years ago as a canvas for bringing together data…

Data Discovery

Discovering relevant datasets can be a challenge, often as a result of not knowing what data is needed because we don’t have any…

Levelling Up Open Data Publishing: A Session From #localgovcamp17

Today Lucy Knight and Martin Howitt ran a quick session at #localgovcamp17 on some of the challenges and opportunities for getting to the next stage with open data publishing. This post offers a brief summary of some…

The Martinbot: Concierges, Personalities in Code and AI.

Warranty.

One of the tenets of the philosophy behind The Data Place is the belief that open data stores should be more of a commodity: that is, we want to lower the barriers to people having one (or more than one). The Data Place is built using open-source software, but more things than code are required to make a…