The Grant Application Is Dead. What Comes Next?
How federated protocols, local agents, and organisational self-sovereignty could replace the broken funding model.
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What has the IMD ever done for us?
No-one is arguing that the Index of Multiple Deprivation is bad, but does it actually make a difference?
A genuine question that's been bugging me for a while, and so, with a bit of apprehension, I wrote about why.
Exploring conversational database building
Building databases through MCP servers with Airtable and Baserow and why open source alternatives make this stuff work better. Also giving a real example of the TechFreedom lens applied to two specific tools
Why we created TechFreedom, and why we think it's important
Launching TechFreedom a cohort based programme to help you make choices about your tech. Why we created it, why we think it's important, what it's all about and an invite to join us!
Bridging the Data Gap: A Semantic Translation Layer for UK Poverty Data
Ponderings on how to bridge the data gap. Exploring questions, semantic layers, TRE's and feedback loops.
Building Open Recommendations
A full breakdown of how I built Open Recommendations, the inner workings, the choices I made, including provider agnostic AI, strict data structures, deciding whats a recommendation and whats just an observation, RAG, and weighting community feedback.
My Memory - A startup idea for 2026
One of a number of ideas I'm thinking about ahead of 2026. The personal context passport lets people carry a portable, user-owned profile they can share on their terms - from low-stakes convenience (travel, fitness) and evolving into granular, time-limited permissions for high-stakes public services
Predictions for 2026 (or: What I'm Actually Thinking About)
The Predictions for 2026 that no-one asked for. Some of them are real, some are more just hope, most of them are firmly tongue in cheek.
Also I set out 8 ideas I'm thinking about when it comes to tech and AI infrastructure.
People as Code 4 - Entropic Systems
Embracing Entropy as a concept for design. Turning from the theoretical to the practical. Observability, not measurement. Questions as interfaces, data as plural
Data as Conversations
A bit of an exploration on community centred and owned data.