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@alignedleft Hooray! about 5 hours ago via web
@makingthings Thanks for getting in touch! Am pretty busy right now, but have fun :) about 12 hours ago via web in reply to makingthings
@colinwren Thanks! It's now at funnelplots.org 6:54 AM May 29th via web in reply to colinwren
@sarahkatenorman Alas :( 3:28 AM May 26th via web in reply to sarahkatenorman
On the train to @nhshackday from the far north - this should be an interesting weekend. #nhshd 1:30 AM May 26th via web
@sireb It is the future. 1:19 PM May 25th via web in reply to sireb
If you're new to D3.js - hell, if you're new to programming - these tutorials by @alignedleft are a brilliant resource: alignedleft.com/tutorials/ 4:07 AM May 24th via web
@vlandham @jcukier @arnicas @alignedleft @jasondavies Me! (not least because I would like to read such a book) 9:10 AM May 23rd via web in reply to vlandham
@owenblacker @MySocMyf @TheyWorkForYou I'd thought that too, but after v quick analysis looked like seniority was more a factor... 6:13 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Android in reply to owenblacker
@MySocMyf @crowbot @FixMyTransport ...specifically in that table, look how bad Virgin are at responding to complaints #dataday 4:23 AM May 23rd via web
@MySocMyf @crowbot @FixMyTransport interesting to compare TOC responses with official data rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt… (pdf, section 2.2c) #dataday 4:22 AM May 23rd via web
@MySocMyf @Crowbot Ah, excellent! 4:16 AM May 23rd via web in reply to MySocMyf
@MySocMyf @crowbot @FixMyTransport Why secret? Data too sparse to be reliable? #dataday 4:13 AM May 23rd via web in reply to MySocMyf
@MySocMyf @TheyWorkForYou I'd like to know who gets interrupted most in the Commons... did some basic analysis once, seemed to be ministers. 3:16 AM May 23rd via web in reply to MySocMyf
@hubmum Probably need to approach girls' schools explicitly... Tedious yes, but probably the only way. 2:38 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Android in reply to hubmum
@hubmum possibly also goods for kids, esp young ones, and for visual loveliness jasondavies.com/crayola/ 5:46 AM May 18th via Twitter for Android in reply to hubmum
@hubmum yay. Not sure where raw data is but see crashmap.co.uk 5:40 AM May 18th via Twitter for Android in reply to hubmum
@hubmum or not exactly fun, but the geocoded car crash dataset is pretty compelling (think bbc did a version of it) 5:37 AM May 18th via Twitter for Android in reply to hubmum
@hubmum ONS baby names, kids can see how many others were born in same year as them with same name names.darkgreener.com 5:36 AM May 18th via Twitter for Android in reply to hubmum
@paulbradshaw hahahaha 1:34 AM May 18th via web in reply to paulbradshaw

Name Anna Powell-Smith
Location London/Stoke-on-Trent
Web http://annapowell...
Bio freelance web developer working mostly in python/javascript, interested in open data, civic hacking, online mapping. also books + trashy TV.