Rapid dashboard prototyping
I work in a startup called the Smart Data Foundry. We work with financial data to improve society. As a … Morecontinue reading.
Author: mikerspencer
Bump chart of Scottish greenhouse gas emissions
Which sectors contribute to Scottish GHG emissions?continue reading.
A technical interview question
How would you answer this question? How would you want others to answer this question?continue reading.
Coding in the Open – lunchtime seminars
Want to learn about automation, improving processes and how to incorporate open tools like Python and R? Want to learn about what open might mean for you, whether you’re looking...continue reading.
New paper: hares, snow and camouflage
Mountain hares in Scotland show increasing camouflage mismatch due to less snowy winters. Mountain hares are one of 21 species … Morecontinue reading.
How does your data flow? Using R for ETL (EdinbR talk)
On 25th Nov I spoke at the EdinbR meetup on using R for ETL, as a larger part of data … Morecontinue reading.
A shiny app to compare mortgage costs
Read on to find out about comparing mortgage costs…continue reading.
Pop the balloons – maths game for home schooling
Read this to find out about a maths game for home schooling, including some probability in R!continue reading.
Domestic data science – energy use
Want to see how you can use data science to reduce your energy bills?continue reading.
Mapping access to services to estimate community resilience – Edina geoforum
Slides on spatial analysis of community resilience using R, GRASS and QGIS.continue reading.
Record Dec temperature and snow in Scotland
Northern Scotland broken GB December temperature records in 2019, how has time affected snow cover?continue reading.
Bump chart of a parliamentary constituency
A bump chart showing the evolution of voting in the Midlothian constituency.continue reading.
Modelling Cairngorm snow to 2080
Want to know the potential impacts of climate change on Scottish snow? Read on!continue reading.
Council spending – open data
My local authority recently decided to publish all spending over £500 in an effort to be more transparent. Here’s a post taking an overview of what they’ve published. I’ve used...continue reading.
Conference abstract bi-grams – FOSS4GUK
I helped run a conference last week. As part of this I produced a wordcloud from the conference abstracts, although pretty it could have been more informative of the conference...continue reading.
