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Announcing Simudyne as the first supporter of ViziCities 25 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
Wow, it's been an amazing few days! Having put out a call for sponsorship the other week, Pete and I are pleased to announce that Simudyne are the first organisation committed to supporting the develo...
ViziCities dev diary #2: London Underground in 3D, Leap Motion, funding and more! 7 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
For the past few months Pete Smart and I have been working on ViziCities, a 3D city and data visualisation platform — the project is about bringing cities to life using the power of open data and the ...
Based in London and have my dream role? Tell me! 17 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
Just under a month ago I announced my plans to up sticks and move back to London. A lot has happened since then and I've had a lot of time to think about where I am now and where I want to be in the f...
Moving to London 25 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Guess what? I'm moving to London! You heard right; I'm upping sticks from my cosy life by the beach and heading back to the city that I was brought up in. Am I crazy? Maybe. What is this about? To ...
ViziCities development diary #1: One month in 17 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Just over a month ago I announced ViziCities, the latest project from Pete Smart and myself. We're not quite ready to release it yet but make sure you sign up for the beta to be the first to use it. I...
Announcing ViziCities - bringing cities to life! 14 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
3 weeks after leaving Mozilla and it's time to announce the second project that I'm working on with my talented designer friend, Pete Smart. Introducing ViziCities ViziCities is an ambitious project...
Launching Tweetmap: Animated maps of real-time tweets using contiguous cartograms 6 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
Over the past 2 months, Pete Smart and I have been working on a beautiful data visualisation project. Today we can finally announce the launch of Tweetmap – animated maps of real-time and historic twe...
The next 6 months: Contracting and experimentation 9 Jan 2013 | 05:00 am
"Where are you going after Mozilla?" – This is something I've been asked countless times since I announced my departure from the company behind Firefox. The funny thing is, it's usually asked in a way...
2012 in review: World travel and life-changing decisions 8 Jan 2013 | 05:00 am
Note: This article was written 40,000 feet up in the air somewhere over the Atlantic, fuelled by relatively little sleep and what is probably the worst tea that I've ever had the pleasure of drinking....
On leaving Mozilla 20 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
My last day at Mozilla will be the 25th of January. Wow, that was hard to say… So yeah, I'm leaving Mozilla. 5 weeks from today. It's been by far the most difficult decision of my life, probably eve...
