Tony Hirst
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Tony Hirst

Tony Hirst is working part time for the School of Data as our Data Storyteller, shaping the materials, masterminding the blog and running workshops. Tony is also a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Systems at The Open University, Visiting Senior Fellow in Networked Teaching and Learning at the University of Lincoln, and regular blogger at OUseful.info.

On the Need for Corporate Identifiers

Earlier this year, following the Bangladesh factory fire and subsequent building collapse, the School of Data ran a data expedition around Bangladeshi garment factory data (for example: Data Expedition story:…

    Climbing the d3.js Visualisation Stack

    Over the last few months, the d3.js Javascript visualisation library has seen widespread use as the powerhouse behind a wide variety of highly effective interactive data visualisations. From the Sankey…

      Using OpenRefine to Clean Multiple Documents in the Same Way

      When working with data that is published on a monthly basis according to the same template, it is often the case that we need to apply the same data cleaning rules to the data each time a new file is released. This recipe shows to use OpenRefine to create a reusable script for cleaning data […]
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