I was back in Cardiff for PyCon UK recently and gave a talk on a BBC project I’ve been working on, called Live Highlights. I’m not doing as many conference talks as I used to – this is my only one of the year! I spoke about how we prototyped an idea and built it up to be used in audience-facing...
I’ve now completed my second full year working as software engineer in the News Labs team at the BBC. Another year working from home; the team officially moved into BBC R&D; and I was promoted to senior engineer. In 2021 I worked on: mosromgr, a Python library for managing TV and radio running...
For the last few months in BBC News Labs, I've been working on various projects involving extracting metadata from running orders for BBC programmes such as Newsnight and the R4 Today programme. Like many traditional broadcasters, the BBC uses the MOS Protocol for communications between newsroom...
I've now completed a full year working as software engineer in the News Labs team at the BBC. It's been an odd year, obviously, but we've been cracking on with all kinds of projects – finding new ways to help journalists do their jobs; innovating around user experiences in news products and...
Issue #91 of the official Raspberry Pi magazine, The MagPi, has just been published and it features an interview with me, about my time at the Foundation (and a bit before), letting the community know what I’m moving on to at the BBC. You can buy or download the issue here: Issue #91 Here’s what...
Just a quick note to say I'm leaving the Raspberry Pi Foundation to start a new role at the BBC. I've been at Raspberry Pi for over six years, and it's been great. I'm excited to join an innovation team called BBC News Labs. They find new ways to solve problems with technology, making lives easier...