I wrote and edited a substantial ebook for AI tech startup Praxi Data, in conjunction with Phable.
Digital Daze
Radical texts
Human companies
Your business dashboard is broken (here's how to fix it)
5 reasons your data presentation isn’t working
Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses – but it only becomes truly valuable when you can transmit the meaning to others. I run data visualisation training for startups, corporates, public sector organisations and charities. Here are the five most common mistakes I’ve found people make when presenting data.
The blackmail algorithm
Police, camera, action
Mexican standoff
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Weapons of mass production
Could 3D printers be used to create cheap, untraceable guns that anyone with an internet connection could manufacture at home? As Defence Distributed launched its campaign to build a universal Wiki Weapon, I investigated how Bre Pettis and his Replicator machine are set to revolutionise the world of manufacturing, ushering in an era of DIY Nikes and printout pistols
Breaking bad
Planking and the contagiousness of culture
The panda problem
Two of the star attractions at Edinburgh Zoo – giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang – arrived in December 2011 following a £6 million deal struck with the Chinese government in January of that year. But can we afford to keep these layabout animals – and how do we justify the cost of propping up a species that doesn’t appear to want to be saved?