Hello, I'm Edward. I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats.
I've contributed to Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Linux and BusyBox.
| Year | Conference | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WHY2025 attending | Geestmerambacht, Netherlands | Hackercamp |
| 2025 | Debconf 25 attending | Breast, France | Debian |
| 2025 | FOSS Backstage 2025 attending | Berlin, Germany | Free software |
| 2025 | FOSDEM attending | Brussels | Free software |
| 2025 | Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025 attending | Mexico City, Mexico | Wikimedia+Libraries |
| 2024 | BSides London attending | London | Security |
| 2024 | MiniDebConf Toulouse attending | Toulouse, France | Debian |
| 2024 | Mini Hackathon November 2024 attending | Utrecht, Netherlands | Wikimedia |
| 2024 | Geomob Netherlands attending | Utrecht, Netherlands | Maps |
| 2024 | Geomob London attending | London, UK | Maps |
| 2024 | Bsides Bristol | Bristol, UK | Security |
| 2024 | Wikimania | Katowice, Poland | Wikimedia |
| 2024 | Debconf 24 | Busan, South Korea | Debian |
| 2024 | FOSS4G Europe speaker | Tartu, Estonia | Geospatial FOSS |
| 2024 | Electromagnetic Field | Eastnor, UK | Nerd stuff |
| 2024 | GeoPython speaker | Basel, Switzerland | Python |
| 2024 | Mini-Debconf | Berlin, Germany | Debian |
| 2024 | AI Sauna | Helsinki, Finland | Wikimedia |
| 2024 | Wikimedia Hackathon | Tallinn, Estonia | Wikimedia |
| 2024 | distribits | Düsseldorf, Germany | data management |
| 2024 | Geomob London | London, UK | Maps |
| 2024 | Geomob Edinburgh | Edinburgh, UK | Maps |
| 2024 | FOSS Backstage 2024 | Berlin, Germany | Free software |
| 2024 | MiniDebCamp Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | Debian |
| 2024 | Geomob Barcelona speaker | Barcelona, Spain | Maps |
| 2024 | FOSDEM | Brussels | Free software |
| 2024 | Geomob London | London, UK | Maps |
| 2024 | Mapping USA | Online | OpenStreetMap |
| 2023 | Bsides London 2023 | London | Security |
| 2023 | GLAMWiki | Montevideo, Uruguay | GLAM |
| 2023 | State of the Map EU | Antwerp, Belgium | OpenStreetMap |
| 2023 | Debconf 23 | Kochi, India | Debian |
| 2023 | FOSSY speaker | Portland, Oregon | Free software |
| 2023 | Pass the SALT | Lille, France | Security & FOSS |
| 2023 | Geomob London | London, UK | Maps |
| 2023 | FOSS4G speaker | Prizren, Kosovo | Geospatial FOSS |
| 2023 | Wikimedia Hackathon | Athens, Greece | Wikimedia |
| 2023 | OSM hack weekend | Paris, France | OpenStreetMap |
| 2023 | foss-north speaker | Gothenburg, Sweden | Free software |
| 2023 | Geomob London | London, UK | Maps |
| 2023 | FOSDEM speaker | Brussels | Free software |
| 2023 | Geomob London | London, UK | Maps |
| 2021 | WikiConference North America 2022 speaker | Online | Wikis |
| 2021 | Mapping USA — OpenStreetMap US speaker | Online | OpenStreetMap |
| 2022 | GeoPython 2022 | Basel, Switzerland | GeoPython |
| 2022 | Debian Hamburg Reunion | Hamburg, Germany | Debian |
| 2021 | Debconf 21 | Online | Debian |
| 2021 | Wikimania 2021 | Online | Wikimedia |
| 2020 | FOSDEM | Online | Free software |
| 2019 | WikidataCon speaker | Berlin | Wikidata |
| 2019 | State of the Map speaker | Heidelberg, Germany | OpenStreetMap |
| 2019 | Wikimania 2019 speaker | Stockholm, Sweden | Wikimedia |
| 2019 | FOSDEM speaker | Brussels | Free software |
| 2018 | GLAMWiki speaker | Tel Aviv, Israel | GLAM |
| 2018 | Mini-Debconf | Hamburg, Germany | Debian |
| 2018 | FOSDEM | Brussels | Free software |
| 2017 | Mini-Debconf speaker | Cambridge, UK | Debian |
| 2017 | ORGCon | London | Digital rights |
| 2017 | OpenTech 2017 | London | Technology and democracy |
| 2016 | State of the Map | Brussels | OpenStreetMap |
| 2015 | Mini-Debconf | Cambridge, UK | Debian |
| 2015 | Debconf 15 | Heidelberg, Germany | Debian |
| 2015 | OpenTech 2015 | London | Technology and democracy |
| 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 | OpenTech 2005 | London | Technology and democracy |
| 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 |