Terence Eden. He has a beard and is smiling.

Terence Eden’s Blog

Theme Switcher:

When is it better to ask permission than forgiveness?

· 4 comments · 950 words · Viewed ~259 times

A gavel and scales.

When I was a child, I prayed to God to send me a bicycle. The Priest told me God doesn't work like that; so I stole a bicycle and prayed for forgiveness. Emo Philips (probably) There's a noble tradition in hackerdom of finding creative ways around obstacles. My personal favourite expression of this desire to get things done quickly is the maximum "far better to seek forgiveness than beg for…

QR and TfL Countdown

· 2 comments · 350 words · Viewed ~1,081 times

There are Nineteen thousand, five hundred bus stops in London! Each one of them is (eventually) going to be upgraded with a new real time bus countdown signs. If you've got an Internet capable phone, you can get real time information for your bus at http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/. The service has a number of cool features, including geolocation. The great thing, in my opinion, is that each…

OpenTech 2011

· 1 comment · 950 words

Another year, another OpenTech. I found last year's OpenTech conference to be awe-inspiring. This year's was equally good. This is a quick rundown of the sessions I attended that I found particularly interesting. (more…) …

OpenTech 2010

· 3 comments · 1,050 words · Viewed ~291 times

A quick report on OpenTech 2010 - the London event for geeks interested in Government data, openness and generally doing good things with tech and data. Copyright Matt Jones used under a Creative Commons non-commercial, attribution, share-alike licence. I attended last year's event which inspired me to create my "VoteUK" service for the 2010 general election. I had considered doing a talk…