June 2019

Collaboration not competition

Posted on 2019-06-262019-05-14 by ajggeoger in Business

Above my desk are a series of sticky notes, created when I first started Geoger and kept in sight so that I don't lose focus of the type of business I want to run and undertake. One of those notes has written on it 'collaboration not competition'. In the May/June issue of GeoConnexion magazine there … Continue reading Collaboration not competition →

Improve my UX!

Posted on 2019-06-052019-05-14 by ajggeoger in computing

There seems to be a trend at the moment for web pages with very light text*. I wonder whether this is a response to the 'dark themes' that have been prevalent in recent years. Or maybe my beef with the 'light text on light background' is more to do with ageing eyes! Although this sort … Continue reading Improve my UX! →

FOSS4GUKOnline 2020

On 17th June 2020 the OSGeo:UK committee (of which I am part) hosted the FOSS4GUKOnline one day conference. We were helped on the day by a brilliant group of volunteers. The conference comprised of three streams, names Nightingale (a reference to Covid!), Sentinel (a reference to Earth observation) and Mercator (a reference to mapping and […]

Networking chats

In April the #scenefromabove podcast has held a series of short networking chats. I implemented these, along with co-host Andrew Cutts, in March when the lock downs around the world started to come into effect. There will likely be a couple more chats in May. Where is the growth in the EO sector? The first […]

An #eoadventure

In this time of lock-down I thought it would be a fun idea to mess about on Twitter with a ‘choose your own adventure‘ style thread. The idea is very loosely based on the books I read as a child. You can find it here, on the Scene From Above account: This may or may […]