11 Horror Stories of Open Data
A cathartic session at Open Data Camp 2015, when attendees shared their horror storied under the Chatham House Rule. Read more ›
View ArticleThe Open Data Board Game
Can you use a game to help explain open data concepts to a wider audience? Ellen Broud and the Open Data Institute are giving it a try…Read more ›
View ArticleData literacy: What is it and how to promote it?
We have a problem with data literacy - but what can we do about it? Some suggestions were gathered at Open Data Camp 2015Read more ›
View ArticleOpen Addresses: Multiplying addresses
How do you build a brand new data set for addresses? Open Addresses UK gave more details of their approach. Read more ›
View ArticleLinking University Data – the open way
Can we build a university data resource without a central authority? The data.ac.uk project is proving that we can. Read more ›
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the perfect FOI request
Can we improve FoI requests by crowd-sourcing the details that makes it easier for the receiving body to process them? A session at Open Data Camp set out to see…Read more ›
View ArticleHandy tools for Open Data users
The world of open data is young, and practitioners build their own tools to get the job done. Open Data Camp took the opportunity to share some of those. Read more ›
View ArticleOpen Data Camp: The Good, The Bad and the Surreal
Feedback captured from attendees of 2015's Open Data CampRead more ›
View ArticleOpen Data Camp 2 – It’s on like Donkey Kong
We, The Organisers of Open Data Camp, do hereby announce that we have started to think about ODCamp 2. The success of the first ODCamp meant that it would be wrong to not have another one. We have had...
View ArticleOpen Data Camp 2.0 – Details Announced
On the weekend of the 6th and 7th of June, several of the organisers of Open Data Camp were at Blue Light Camp – helping to spread the open data love. In the midst of the activity, a tweet…Read more ›
View ArticleSwirrl: We’re delighted to support ODCamp again
Open Data Camp v2.0 is coming to Manchester in October and we’re happy to say we’ll be sponsoring it once more! Just like the first Open Data Camp, it’s devoted to all things Open Data over two days...
View ArticleOpen Data Camp Manchester – Last minute notes for attendees
Open Data Camp is in Manchester on the 10th and 11th October 2015, and we are one of the organisers. Here are some last minute notes for attendees – about WiFi, the pub, and timings. Open Data Camp...
View ArticleA Shed load of ideas – Open Data Camp 2
It’s nearly two weeks since the second UK Open Data Camp – the unconference devoted entirely to open data. The first Open Data Camp was held ‘down South’ in Winchester, and this time headed ‘up North’...
View ArticleOpen Data Camp: Hitting the road again
We’re back First, there was Open Data Camp, in Winchester (Feb 2015). Then, came Open Data Camp 2, in Manchester (Oct 2015). Guess what’s coming next…. Correct! Back on the road again We’re absolutely...
View ArticleAn exciting few weeks at the Food Standards Agency
It has been an exciting few weeks at the Food Standards Agency: Open by default On 28th January our board set us on an open by default path https://president.com/zbzdczunpvsu/a-data-driven-fsa. Future...
View ArticleSwirrl at Open Data Camp 3
We’re happy to say Swirrl is once again sponsoring Open Data Camp as it heads towards Bristol for its next leg. It’s our favourite conference on data: attracting a crowd of people who are enthusiastic...
View ArticleBristol 10K road closures
As has been previously mentioned, the Sunday of ODCamp 3 coincides with the Bristol 10K run. This means that there are going to be a number of road closures around Bristol City Centre and some...
View ArticleEpimorphics at Open Data Camp 3
An Open Data Camp in Bristol? We’d be mad to miss it. At Epimorphics we’re really excited to see the Open Data Camp journey come to the connected digital city so close to our home, we are so excited...
View ArticleTrying something new: Skills Swap
Open Data Camp 3 is not far away now! We thought this year we’d ask for suggestions in advance for content and features, and one of the ones we liked very much is that we should have some sessions...
View ArticleHow to map everything (but you definitely shouldn’t)
I’m totally new to the unconference scene and have only ever watched from the sidelines, on Twitter. My experiences of academic conferences makes me think there must be something better, and I guess...
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