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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | State of the Map 2022 attending speaker | Florence, Italy | OpenStreetMap |
| 2022 | Debconf 22 attending | Prizren, Kosovo | Debian |
| 2022 | GeoPython 2022 attending | 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 |