Harry Wood

Welcome to Harry Wood's website. The blog is probably more interesting than the rest of this site... and the blog isn't very interesting so what does that tell you?

Recent blog posts:

Sunshine and Feijoada
For my girlfriend’s birthday we had a big weekend of sunshine and fun. I took her for a posh meal in the OXO tower on Friday, then we had a party on Saturday, with a sunny garden full of people.  Friends from Holmfirth travelled here for the ... read more 06/15/2009 16:32
The Shaftesbury Re-opened
Hallelujahpraisethelord my local pub has re-opened! ….Change the openstreetmap node back to amenity=pub ….Update the details on deadpubsociety wiki. ….Tell everyone about it on stroudgreen.org (*1) ….Leave a message on their ... read more 05/14/2009 15:49
British Computer Society Talk
Yesterday I gave a talk to the British Computer Society about openstreetmap. OpenStreetMap talk on slideshare.com Audio mp3 (68 MB) Download the slides : BCS-OSM-talk.odp (34.2Mb) The topics I talked about were OpenStreetMap purpose and premise - ... read more 04/28/2009 10:07
State Of The Map 2009 - signed up
I just signed up for the State Of The Map conference for 2009. If it’s anything like last year it’ll be a fun-filled map fest, but actually I predict it will be even better. The OpenStreetMap community is getting pretty massive nowadays ... read more 03/27/2009 08:14
Doug Ammons kayaking talk
I went to see a talk by super-kayaker Doug Ammons last night.  He flicked through slide photos of amazing wilderness locations and big rivers, while talking about his philosophies and the mindset needed for taking on these big whitewater ... read more 03/21/2009 08:14

OpenStreetMap diary:

Bow meet-up
It's hot hot hot in London at the moment, but by the evening the streets are at a very pleasant temperature for a spot of ... read more 07/02/2009 06:42
Events events events
Tonight there's a #geomob meet-up (Geo mobile developers). Steve's in town and he's weaseled his way onto the programme at the ... read more 06/30/2009 02:56
Kings Cross Mapping Party
The Kings Cross mapping evening was another big one. ~15 people there! rivalled only by last year's Euston Rocket meet-ups. It ... read more 06/19/2009 05:08
Help map Iran
Mapping Kings Cross tomorrow (Thu) evening. Could be a big one. Come along! Last night I spent an hour or so sketching some ... read more 06/17/2009 17:37
Pately Bridge Mapping Party
I was up in Yorkshire for the weekend for a friend's wedding, so I had signed up to also go along to the Pately Bridge Mapping ... read more 06/08/2009 06:38