Notes, thoughts and observations

LNUG talk, January 2020

LNUG talk, November 2019

Some of the podcast episodes that have been filling the gap between my ears over the last couple days.

I've made a few changes to this most recent version of admataz.com

Two and a half years ago I noted my fears of a dominant JavaScript framework. My thoughts have evolved and I feel a little better about it now.

From self employed consultant and contractor to full time remote developer - my career development over the last few years has even taken me by surprise. The lesson I learned is to be prepared for anything…

Filter:Find uses an intuitive pattern to makes relevant content findable with a few easy clicks

some fun with svg

Build static html websites from markdown using this desktop command line package

some fun with react

More and more, familiarity with React.js is required for contract web developers. It takes the mental hoop-jumping out of a lot of the day-to-day development tasks - and allows us to be more productive. Is there a cost to this?

A review of a recent adventure

My goal was, after a recent hiatus from data visualisation work, to get to know some of the tools again, and get my head back into dealing with data - the processes of sourcing, cleaning, exploring, wrangling and transforming into something visual and interactive.

This visualisation experiment uses Mapbox GL to show the location of trees as circles on a map of London, with the spread of the trees corresponding to the radius of the circle.

admataz case studies - Abbas and the Revolution

admataz case studies - Topshop quiz

A quick explanation of the new redesign effort underway at admataz.com

admataz case studies - Girls not Brides interactive Theory of Change

admataz case studies - The Elders web site