Edward Betts
The Internet Archive
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist
At the London School of Economics
About me
Hello, I'm Edward. I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats. I've been programming for Big Data since I was a puppy.
I've worked with Internet visionaries Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Ted Nelson, Jason Scott, and John Gilmore.
I've contributed to Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Linux and BusyBox.
Conferences
| Year | Conference | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | State of the Map attending | Brussels | OpenStreetMap |
| 2015 | Debconf 15 | Heidelberg, Germany | Debian |
| 2015 | FOSDEM | Brussels | Free software |
| 2014 | Mini-Debconf | Cambridge, UK | Debian |
| 2014 | Wikimania 10 | Barbican, London | Wikipedia |
| 2014 | Startup school | London | Y Combinator |
| 2014 | The Data Summit | London | input.io |
| 2014 | State of the Map EU | Karlsruhe, Germany | OpenStreetMap |
| 2014 | HackTheTownHall 2014 | London | Disaster preparedness |
| 2013 | Mini-Debconf | Cambridge | Debian |
| 2012 | Ideas Economy: Information 2012 | San Francisco | Big data |
| 2012 | Amigos Technology Online Conference speaker | Online | Library technology |
| 2011 | Books in Browsers | San Francisco | Internet Archive |
| 2011 | NISO E-Book Annotation Sharing and Social Reading | San Francisco | Books |
| 2010 | Wolfram Data Summit speaker | Washington DC | Wolfram Alpha |
| 2010 | Books in Browsers | San Francisco | Internet Archive |
| 2009 | 5th COMMUNIA Workshop speaker | London | OKFN |
| 2008 | State of the Map | Limerick, Ireland | OpenStreetMap |
| 2008 | Open Library Developers Meeting | San Francisco | Open Library |
| 2007 | Hack Day London | London | Yahoo |
| 2005 | London Web Frameworks Night | London | Web frameworks |
| 2005 | LUG Radio Live | Wolverhampton, UK | Linux |
| 2005 | Wikimania 1 | Frankfurt, Germany | Wikipedia |
| 2005 | Open Tech 2005 | London | Open Source |
| 2004 | Linux Expo | London | Linux |
| 2004 | London Perl Workshop | London | Perl |
| 2003 | UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference | Edinburgh, UK | Linux |
| 2003 | Debconf 3 | Oslo, Norway | Debian |
| 2002 | UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference | Bristol, UK | Linux |
| 2001 | Hackers at large | Twente, Netherlands | Hacker con |
| 2001 | Debconf 1 | Bordeaux, France | Debian |
| 2001 | Colorado Linux Info Quest | Denver | Linux |
| 2000 | Debconf 0 | Bordeaux, France | Debian |
| 2000 | LinuxTag | Stuttgart, Germany | Linux |
| 2000 | Linux Expo | London | Linux |
| 1999 | Linux Kongress | Augsburg, Germany | Linux |