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"published_at": "2011-05-12T12:42:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a8959cb3512c", "title": "Improving the already excellent ‘Twitter Blackbird Pie’ WordPress plugin", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/improving-twitter-blackbird-pie-wordpress-plugin/", "published_at": "2011-05-07T13:04:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a8959d8ee944", "title": "Syndicating Customisable Hyperlocal Blog Content", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/syndicating-customisable-hyperlocal-blog-content/", "published_at": "2011-05-03T22:22:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a8959e5192bf", "title": "Making a Difference to My Career", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/making-difference-my-career/", "published_at": "2011-05-03T11:12:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a8959f22d043", "title": "HashMash: My invention of a new hashtag search tool", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/hashmash-hashtag-search-tool/", "published_at": "2011-04-27T11:24:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a8959fcc8d02", "title": "My name is Andy Mabbett, and I’m a Hyperlocal blogger", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/andy-mabbett-hyperlocal-blogger/", "published_at": "2011-04-23T13:14:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f092-7016-a962-a895a0468f33", "title": "Response to consultation on an open data standard for information about public toilets", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/consultation-response-open-data-standard-public-toilets/", "published_at": "2011-04-22T20:24:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31b0aa45f", "title": "Portrait with Brompton Bike", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/portrait-with-brompton-bike/", "published_at": "2011-04-15T11:31:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31b4923b4", "title": "Fixing Facebook’s Microformats (at their request)", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/fixing-facebooks-microformats/", "published_at": "2011-02-18T01:45:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31c3513af", "title": "Do you make comments on others’ blogs? Bookmark and share them!", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/bookmark-share-your-comments-on-others-blogs/", "published_at": "2011-02-11T11:39:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31d05db2c", "title": "This weekend was indistinguishable from magic", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ukgovcamp-indistinguishable-from-magic/", "published_at": "2011-01-23T23:48:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31da52b6b", "title": "A proposed tag for including Wikipedia links in Twitter posts", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/tag-for-wikipedia-links-in-twitter/", "published_at": "2011-01-12T21:02:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31e13605e", "title": "Proposal: generate KML from postcodes in Twitter messages", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/proposal-generate-kml-from-postcodes-in-twitter-messages/", "published_at": "2011-01-06T16:52:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31e31fe3c", "title": "Don’t confuse your social media channels", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/dont-confuse-your-social-media-channel/", "published_at": "2010-11-30T11:58:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31f2de853", "title": "Sharing images openly is better than uploading to single sites", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/sharing-images-openly-better-than-uploading-to-single-sites/", "published_at": "2010-09-07T11:31:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa31fce3800", "title": "Everything at your postcode – proposal for a new website", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/everything-at-your-postcode-websiteproposal/", "published_at": "2010-08-31T12:46:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5076-7122-877a-8aa3203e2d79", "title": "Proposed citation microformat: better than COinS metadata", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/hcite-citation-microformat-better-than-coins-metadata/", "published_at": "2010-08-22T21:07:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-166801bb239e", "title": "An open letter to Facebook, about their broken microformats", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/facebook-broken-hcard-microformats/", "published_at": "2010-08-20T14:23:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-166802342d87", "title": "Open local public spending data – a potential hitch", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/pen-local-public-spending-data-potential-hitch/", "published_at": "2010-08-18T16:17:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-1668029c8e2a", "title": "More police forces should publish web pages about wildlife crime officers", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/more-police-web-pages-about-wildlife-crime-officers-needed/", "published_at": "2010-08-16T21:54:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-166802c80601", "title": "I can teach HTML. Well.", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/teaching-accessible-html-tables/", "published_at": "2010-08-13T19:57:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-16680366e488", "title": "Google Maps’ microformats: unhappy anniversary – still broken after three years", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/google-maps-microformats-unhappy-anniversary-still-broken-after-three-years/", "published_at": "2010-07-31T14:23:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-1668036a40c1", "title": "Hello world!", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/hello-world/", "published_at": "2010-07-24T21:25:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-166803edc72e", "title": "Overdue measurement microformat: useful for radio station frequencies", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/measurement-microformat-for-radio-station-frequencies/", "published_at": "2010-07-24T11:03:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-166804a169ab", "title": "The Highway Code should be available as a set of linkable HTML documents, not just PDFs", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/highway-code-should-be-linkablehtml-documents-not-pdfs/", "published_at": "2010-07-22T18:32:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-1668059e8d9e", "title": "Ian Emes’ ‘French Windows’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘One of These Days’ at Ikon", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ian-emes-french-windows-pink-floyd-one-of-these-days-ikon/", "published_at": "2010-07-20T22:10:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-d4d8-704a-97e9-1668068873a2", "title": "Guardian asks National Secular Society to comment on the ordination of women priests", "url": "https://pigsonthewing.org.uk/guardian-national-secular-society-comment-on-ordination-women-priests/", "published_at": "2010-07-18T19:50:53+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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Developer needed to make Wikidata’s geographical data compatible with GPS tools original ↗

11 Mar 2025

2020

How Proactively Publishing Publication Dates Could Help Facebook Fight Fake News original ↗

22 Feb 2020

Who Has the Keys to Your Online Treasure Chests?original ↗

10 Feb 2020

2019

Charles N. Mavroyeni’s Hoopoe original ↗

23 Dec 2019

2018

User Dictionaries – a Fundamental Design Flaw original ↗

18 Jan 2018

2017

Bromptons in Museums and Art Galleries original ↗

23 Jan 2017

Four Stars of Open Standards original ↗

21 Jan 2017

2016

HASLibCamp original ↗

29 Apr 2016

An open letter to Rupa Huq, MP, regarding official Parliamentary videos original ↗

10 Mar 2016

2015

Documenting public art, on Wikipedia original ↗

25 Aug 2015

United Kingdom parliamentary URL structure: change needed original ↗

23 Jul 2015

HLF licensing requirement considered harmful original ↗

30 Jun 2015

Public Keys in ORCID Profiles original ↗

25 Mar 2015

Matching ORCID and other authority control identifiers in Wikidata BEACON original ↗

5 Jan 2015

2014

Finding ORCID identifiers used in Wikidata & Wikipedia original ↗

9 Dec 2014

Using AutoHotKey macros to make typing – and life – easier original ↗

4 Nov 2014

It was twenty years ago today…original ↗

26 Oct 2014

Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry original ↗

10 Sept 2014

Whatever happened to Henry Wheeler of Bath: tailor, naval signalman, and Desert Island Discs castaway?original ↗

23 Aug 2014

ORCID plugin for WordPress original ↗

22 May 2014

A reply from the UK government to my request for road gritting open data original ↗

6 Jan 2014

2013

Help Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons by transcribing small pieces of text original ↗

3 Dec 2013

BBC open licences voice samples from radio programmes; ‘Speakerthon’ event invitation original ↗

14 Nov 2013

Using IrfanView for image slideshows original ↗

7 Nov 2013

What have I been up to, lately?original ↗

10 Sept 2013

Trevor Mabbett’s comments on ‘The Man on the Beat’original ↗

1 Mar 2013

All your video are belong to us: open licence recordings of local government meetings original ↗

12 Feb 2013

Thank you Herkimer Elementary for a Twitter spam case study original ↗

18 Jan 2013

For I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (of the RSA)original ↗

10 Jan 2013

How may I merge or duplicate Twitter accounts?original ↗

8 Jan 2013

2012

Teaching OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia editing, Tupperware Party style original ↗

21 Nov 2012

My interview, about Wikipedia, with Jamillah Knowles, for BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Outriders’original ↗

20 Nov 2012

Open Up Your Content – a piece written for Hyperlocal West Midlands original ↗

19 Nov 2012

Don’t link to my Twitter profile!original ↗

31 Oct 2012

Requesting open-licensed, open-format recordings of the voices of Wikipedia subjects for Wikimedia Commons original ↗

24 Oct 2012

How should a hackday be run?original ↗

14 Aug 2012

My final three days in Washington DC original ↗

8 Aug 2012

Day 10 (Friday) in Washington DC original ↗

14 Jul 2012

Day 9 (Thursday) in Washington DC original ↗

13 Jul 2012

Day 8 (Wednesday) in Washington DC original ↗

12 Jul 2012

Day 7 (Tuesday) in Washington DC original ↗

11 Jul 2012

Day 6 (Monday) in Washington DC original ↗

10 Jul 2012

Day 5 (Sunday) in Washington DC original ↗

8 Jul 2012

Day 3 and 4 in Washington DC original ↗

7 Jul 2012

My second day in Washington DC original ↗

6 Jul 2012

A few quick thoughts on arrival in Washington DC original ↗

5 Jul 2012

The BBC, Regional News and Sport, and Hyperlocal Blogs original ↗

19 Apr 2012

The BBC, Open Content and Wikipedia original ↗

18 Apr 2012

Idea: A tool to make it easy to subscribe to web-based lists of Twitter accounts original ↗

17 Apr 2012

How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images original ↗

14 Apr 2012

The Prime Minister, Social Media Surgeries and Me original ↗

17 Feb 2012

Politician pin ups – open-licensed pictures, please original ↗

10 Feb 2012

Lightning Talks Strike Twice original ↗

7 Feb 2012

Bullet points from UK Govcamp 2012 original ↗

22 Jan 2012

Transport Scotland/ ScotRail refuse plaque marking Jordanhill Station as subject of one-millionth Wikipedia article original ↗

19 Jan 2012

2011

Talking about GLAM, Wikipedia and QRpedia in Amsterdam and Hamburg original ↗

15 Dec 2011

Extracting contact data from e-mail signatures original ↗

27 Oct 2011

Open-licensing your images. What it means and how to do it.original ↗

23 Aug 2011

The BBC’s fundamental misunderstanding of copyright original ↗

13 Aug 2011

Can you make a Freedom of Information request via Twitter?original ↗

28 Jul 2011

I’ve been appointed ‘Wikipedia Outreach Ambassador’ to ARKive original ↗

4 Jul 2011

How can I automate repetitive find’n’replace operations?original ↗

26 Jun 2011

Talking about Pink Floyd at Thinktank Planetarium original ↗

20 Jun 2011

Tips for Unconference newbies original ↗

17 Jun 2011

My interview about Wikipedia, with BBC WM’s Carl Chinn original ↗

12 Jun 2011

Wi-Fi checklist for unconference or hack-day organisers original ↗

9 Jun 2011

An open letter to Iain (M) Banks: please give Twitter a try original ↗

7 Jun 2011

The 9th and 10th QR Code commandents original ↗

7 Jun 2011

Poll: To at or not to at?original ↗

3 Jun 2011

Dan Slee, me, HyperLocal Govcamp West Midlands, BrewCamp, and cake original ↗

31 May 2011

Google Books: please make better use of screen space on my netbook original ↗

28 May 2011

Unusual behaviour of Blue Tit at nest site original ↗

26 May 2011

The mysterious case of Birmingham’s missing Victorian cast iron urinal original ↗

12 May 2011

Alan Sugar, Digby Jones and me, in the Daily Express original ↗

12 May 2011

Improving the already excellent ‘Twitter Blackbird Pie’ WordPress plugin original ↗

7 May 2011

Syndicating Customisable Hyperlocal Blog Content original ↗

3 May 2011

Making a Difference to My Career original ↗

3 May 2011

HashMash: My invention of a new hashtag search tool original ↗

27 Apr 2011

My name is Andy Mabbett, and I’m a Hyperlocal blogger original ↗

23 Apr 2011

Response to consultation on an open data standard for information about public toilets original ↗

22 Apr 2011

Portrait with Brompton Bike original ↗

15 Apr 2011

Fixing Facebook’s Microformats (at their request)original ↗

18 Feb 2011

Do you make comments on others’ blogs? Bookmark and share them!original ↗

11 Feb 2011

This weekend was indistinguishable from magic original ↗

23 Jan 2011

A proposed tag for including Wikipedia links in Twitter posts original ↗

12 Jan 2011

Proposal: generate KML from postcodes in Twitter messages original ↗

6 Jan 2011

2010

Don’t confuse your social media channels original ↗

30 Nov 2010

Sharing images openly is better than uploading to single sites original ↗

7 Sept 2010

Everything at your postcode – proposal for a new website original ↗

31 Aug 2010

Proposed citation microformat: better than COinS metadata original ↗

22 Aug 2010

An open letter to Facebook, about their broken microformats original ↗

20 Aug 2010

Open local public spending data – a potential hitch original ↗

18 Aug 2010

More police forces should publish web pages about wildlife crime officers original ↗

16 Aug 2010

I can teach HTML. Well.original ↗

13 Aug 2010

Google Maps’ microformats: unhappy anniversary – still broken after three years original ↗

31 Jul 2010

Hello world!original ↗

24 Jul 2010

Overdue measurement microformat: useful for radio station frequencies original ↗

24 Jul 2010

The Highway Code should be available as a set of linkable HTML documents, not just PDFs original ↗

22 Jul 2010

Ian Emes’ ‘French Windows’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘One of These Days’ at Ikon original ↗

20 Jul 2010

Guardian asks National Secular Society to comment on the ordination of women priests original ↗

18 Jul 2010