I had fun yesterday with my friend Tref at Guardian Towers talking about Bletchley Park and my book "Saving Bletchley Park" for The Guardian Tech Weekly podcast. Tref and I were expertly interviewed by the wonderful Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur.
At UCL Computer Science Department we are currently working hard on our Athena Swan submission. Athena Swan is a charter for women in science. It recognises a commitment to advancing women's careers in STEMM - Science Technology Engineering Mathem...
I found out last night from the lovely Justin Pollard, cofounder of crowdsourcing publishers Unbound that my book is the fastest crowdfunded book EVER!!! How amazing is that?Thank you so much to all the wonderful people that made that happen. You ...
Check out the fabulous video made by Mark Cotton of our #gototech day run in partnership with Intellect UK. AppsforGood, RS Components, Raspberry Pi and Miles Berry from Roehampton Institute joined us at St Matthew's School for the day, our aim: t...
Lovely poem by Mark Niel written for Remembrance day at Bletchley ParkVeteran???s Day For Bletchley Park Veterans, their families, volunteers and staff. The house, broad-shouldered in more ways than one, warmed by the last of the September sun wel...
Just heard about these events at the Dana Centre. If you are interested in Turing they sound like fun :)In celebration of renowned WWII cryptographer Alan Turing???s centenary this year the Science Museum is running some events based on his work and...
If you know me, you probably know that I've been involved with Bletchley Park for some years now. In 2003 I went there for a BCS meeting and fell in love with the place. In 2008 I started a campaign to help raise awareness of the amazing contribut...
Today was a red letter day for Bletchley Park. The Foreign Secretary William Hague announced at Bletchley Park that he will be giving ?480k towards the restoration project. This is fabulous news and I hope the first of many such donations. Mr Hagu...
I had a chat with Edouard Austin about this last night. He asked me what I thought was the next big thing that's going to happen in tech that will make a difference. Being a social kinda person who likes connecting with others I had a quick think....
Great news recently that Estonia will be teaching its children programming from the age of 6. They have got the right idea. Programming and other computer skills like app and web design and a familiarity with hardware like the Raspberry Pi are abs...