I'm a project technologist for BBC Internet Research and Future Services, campaigns co-ordinator for Walthamstow Labour Party, and one of the team of reprobates who organise More News From Nowhere.
I have a sporadically updated blog which you might be interested in reading; you can also find me on Twitter and Github. Here is my GPG key, should you need it. You can reach me by email on tim@timcowlishaw.co.uk.
Work with me!
I’ve a varied set of skills, with a background in software engineering, computer science, mathematics and statistics, decent research skills (quant and qual), as well as a bit of graphic, motion and interaction design. Here's my full CV, if you're interested.
I previously worked as an independent consultant, but am now working full-time at the BBC, so am not available for other projects for the foreseeable future.
Recent work
- Working with BBC Internet Research and Future Services to archive and analyse data about their music radio output.
- Designing and implementing tools and infrastructure for the BBC World Service in order to support the ingest of their archive of 20,000-odd programmes into iPlayer.
- A prototype, developed with BBC News Labs and Simiao Yu from Imperial College, exploring the use of EEG and eyetracking data to measure memory strength, in order to aid exploration of video archives.
- Various data visualisation projects for the Cabinet Office and data.gov.uk - available to view on request.
- Some more work for Polkaspots, exploring and visualising what data from their WiFi network can tell us about the life of the city of Derby.
- A statistical dashboard for Polkaspots' small-business WiFi customers and local authorities, involving some pretty interesting data analysis, visualisation and mapping work.
- BBC Research and Development's ongoing project to build a searchable, archive of every programme they've broadcast over the last six years.
- A map visualising the effects of fire station closures in London, made in collaboration with the Open Data Institute.
- Property Detective, a web-based service for house-movers to find out more about their new neighbourhood, using the power of open data.