Head of Marketing for @AppliedWorks, formerly @ODIHQ and @CityLit. Theatre & comedy critic for @londonist. Also sometimes standup & improv. All views are my own
Joined April 2009
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7 Sep 2022
After 7 years at @ODIHQ, and ten months off with my new son, I’m leaving for fresh adventures at @appliedworks
It’s been a privilege to watch the ODI grow and strengthen. I’ll really miss my pals there.
Hit me up if you have data and want it creatively brought to life 👋
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3 Nov 2023
Coming to the #ODISummit2023? Drop into the Applied Works booth and say hello to me and my team!
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13 Oct 2023
Are you going to #ODISummit2023 on 7 Nov? We (@appliedworks) are official sponsors, and will be in a booth chatting about the #AWSpringboard open call for data and research projects that want to achieve more impact.
Come and see us or learn more here: rowsandcolumns.substack.com/…
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5 Oct 2023
Too much of the world's most critical research is hidden in PDFs, and not given the attention (or exploration) it needs. We're calling on these projects to apply to get our design help, and to get their important work under the noses of the people who need to see it most.👇
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4 Oct 2023
Brilliant opportunity for data or research programmes to get some free design support, and make more impact with their projects. #AWSpringboard
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21 Jun 2023
By 2025, companies will be using #AI to produce est. 30% of marketing content. But when @Bloomberg analysed 5,000 images created with Stable Diffusion, it found that it takes racial and gender disparities to an extreme – worse than those found in the real world. #RowsandColumns
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15 Jun 2023
This is a great example of where an organisation recognised it was one of a privileged few who had the access and skills to analyse a globally important dataset, and made the leap to make it available for anyone to understand and interpret...
15 Jun 2023
A world first: How Chatham House made data on the trade of resources accessible to all
@RIJKing and Felix Preston spoke to @appliedworks on the ground-breaking project to visualise the trade of natural resources on a world map.
medium.com/@appliedworks/a-w…
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2 Jun 2023
I enjoyed today's launch of 'Borrowed Matter' by Sofia Guridi at the Chile Pavilion as part of the @londonbiennale.
It's a tactile, sensory installation that highlights novel ways of working with wood cellulose as a bio medium.
londondesignbiennale.com/pav…
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4 May 2023
‘The solutions to all our problems may be buried in PDFs that nobody reads’ wrote Christopher Ingraham in the Washington Post in 2014. Here's 10 tips for how to make an impact by incorporating design & storytelling in your data project from the outset linkedin.com/pulse/how-good-…
ALT Applied Works partnered with EDF during the 2012 Olympics to monitor and visualise energy use
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28 Apr 2023
‘The digital Wild West is over’ exclaims tech lawyer @KayJebelli. So with #ChatGPT and #Bard riding into town, is it time for big tech to get off their horses and drink their milk? Here’s a few gold nuggets I picked up at #POLITICOTechEurope this week: linkedin.com/pulse/digital-w…
ALT 'The Future is Europe' Mural by Belgian artist NovaDead in the EU quarter in Brussels
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27 Apr 2023
Can we keep tech standards in line?‘Whether we can keep up with technology worries me day-in, day-out’ says Louise Thomas, Deputy Director for Emerging Tech at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office. #POLITICOTechEurope
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26 Apr 2023
‘We need an international forum to ensure we’re addressing global challenges with AI’ - @NadiaCalvino, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain at #POLITICOTechEurope
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26 Apr 2023
‘Training #ChatGPT takes a lot of energy’ - @MinjieChen05, Assistant Professor at @Princeton, warns we need to ensure innovation doesn’t come at the expense of society. #POLITICOTechEurope
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26 Apr 2023
‘The digital Wild West is over’ says @KayJebelli. Hearing about the new wave of EU policy (AI Act, Data Act, Digital Markets Act and Cyber Resilience Act) at #POLITICOTechEurope
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26 Apr 2023
When asked whether the AI Act coming out in Spring 2025 is too late for progress at #POLITICOTechEurope, @kimvsparrentak replied that tech companies should already be looking at the guidance and making their data transparent (like they claim they are!).
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26 Apr 2023
Very bleary-eyed and on the first Eurostar to Brussels this morning to find out about the future of innovation and policy at the #POLITICOTechEurope. If you’re coming too, please do approach me and say hello! I’ll look like this - but (hopefully) less tired!
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20 Apr 2023
Was such a joy to be working with @hannah_redler and @joz_freeman for this week's #RowsandColumns!
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19 Apr 2023
What makes a good data tool, that people will actually want to use? @joesharpe and @MikeyOrwell share what they learnt from creating the incredibly successful Great British Class Calculator for the BBC.
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11 Apr 2023
Do you remember the Great British Class Calculator? I really enjoyed interviewing @mikeyorwell and @joesharpe on how it all came about and how it became the BBC's most shared tool ever.
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22 Mar 2023
BRB, just spending #WorldWaterDay tracking the journey of rain drops from anywhere in the world... #RowsandColumns
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16 Mar 2023
We're making a bit of a splash in our #worldwaterday2023 special of #RowsandColumns on 22 March.
If you're not yet signed up, join for free here: rowsandcolumns.substack.com
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