October 2018

Why open up?

Posted on 2018-10-232018-09-11 by ajggeoger in Business

Although open source and open data are phrases that have become more common in recent years, there is still some confusion about what the benefits are of each of these. In this short blog post, I will go through a few of the key reasons why the open philosophy is a good one. Community support … Continue reading Why open up? →

Geog-errr?

Posted on 2018-10-022018-09-11 by ajggeoger in Business

Ahh, the fun of creating business names. Over the years there have been some questions about how to pronounce Geoger. The correct way to do so is as in "jogger". I fear that I was trying to be too clever with my naming strategy, but let me explain the rationale behind it. The idea was … Continue reading Geog-errr? →

Elevator pitch

Throughout the seven and a half years that I have been trading as Geoger, I have been thinking about, refining, re-thinking and worrying over what my elevator pitch is? In its simplest form, an elevator pitch is a succinct and persuasive sales pitch designed to help you portray your skills, knowledge, and credentials in a […]

BARSC Online Huddle VIII

This afternoon I chaired the BARSC Online Huddle VIII event. This, as you may be aware, is the pandemic-icised (yes, that’s now a thing!) version of the events that BARSC used to hold in person in London. The idea is to give the UK commercial remote sensing community, and anyone else who wants to learn […]

Thinking differently

I went for a run in Wytham Woods at the weekend. For those that don’t know, Wytham is the University of Oxford research woodland and there are a whole host of experiments set up in there linked to disciplines such as ecology, climatology, biogeography, biology, chemistry and others. As I passed on mature tree I […]