Andy Strange

I am continuing my exploration of common standards and have been looking at those that can be applied to the provision of services online. Here are some notes. As part of their “digital by default” agenda the UK Government has defined a standard against which the development of government services provided online should be judged against. The… http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2016/08/standards-for-government-digital-services/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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It is to state the obvious that data is about things. But I am often finding that I have to ask myself precisely which things? The creation of data models is an integral part of software engineering. They are used, particularly in database design, to understand and map out the structure and characteristics of the data you… http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2016/06/standards-for-conceptual-data-models/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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The Open Data Institute (ODI) together with the Local Government Association (LGA) has developed three data publishing and data standards learning modules for Local Government. These online courses include information to support local authorities to publish data, improve the quality of data, and use common standards to be able to more easily share, combine and compare… http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2016/05/three-online-training-courses-for-local-government-data-publishing/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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On Monday 25th April 2016 I attended a Local Government Association (LGA) event “Making Data Standards Work” which through a series of presentations explored the role that common standards for data can have in improving the performance, effectiveness and accountability of local government. Given I have a background in web development, an activity that wouldn’t exist… http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2016/05/making-data-standards-work-25-april-2016/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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Here are links to two services I’ve begun using to help understand and manage the followers associated with my Twitter accounts. They help you to analyse both who is following you and the accounts that you are following. This means you can then do various housekeeping tasks such as making sure you are following back those following… http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2015/12/tools-for-managing-twitter-followers/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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An etymological explanation. http://grit-oyster.co.uk/blog/2015/12/the-story-of-wordpresss-nonces/ Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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I’ve created a page for Grit & Oyster on LinkedIn. If you are a user of that service please follow the page to get company updates. New LinkedIn page Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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This is a really good glossary of the terms used in typography. It includes a very clear definition of the difference between a font and a typeface. It has also taught me the meaning of the word “gadzook”. A Glossary of Typographic Terms Source: This content was originally posted on my company website Grit & Oyster Limited.

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I’ve been working on a project where I wanted to include a template file to handle the display of a particular WordPress custom post type. However, I wanted this template to be included in the plugin that created the custom post type and not in the theme. The plugin adds the post…

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Thoughts on the closure of the ebook reading and sharing service Readmill.

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A Message from Tim Berners-Lee on the 25th Anniversary of the World Wide Web.

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