The art and science of distilling insight from location information — An old friend messaged last week with a great question: “What is spatial data science (as opposed to regular data science) for us uninitiated? And why is it significant?” What is spatial data science? Spatial data science is the practice of distilling insight from spatial data using algorithms and analytical techniques. Spatial data is any…

Meeting with an advisor last week, I was challenged to identify the key facets of my dissertation, and why I believe them to be relevant. My overarching interest is the governance of data, with a particular focus on decentralized governance of data generated by the Internet of Things — connected…

Introducing a series documenting research for a masters dissertation — The Internet of Things holds the promise of improving our collective awareness of the world. Sensors are installed on web-connected devices that are being deployed or installed in places that have hardly been observed; even well-studied locations now are experiencing a greater density and frequency of empirical observation than ever…

The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is the disaster of the decade, and the opportunity of the century I have been following along with the Brexit proceedings, from Colorado and, these past months, from here in London. I was opposed to the idea of the United Kingdom leaving the European…

I swam in high school, all four years. I can’t remember if I was varsity freshman year. Like most things I did in high school — and most things I’ve done in my life — I don’t feel that I applied myself to the endeavor. …