Welcome
I'm David Llewellyn-Jones, a Research Data Scientist for The Alan Turing Institute at the British Library in London. I occasionally crave adventure and a good thunderstorm.
I'm interested in programming, privacy, maths and graphics. I'm a proponent of open source, open research, and end-users' right to privacy and control. I strive to contribute to a circular economy.
This site has been capturing my thoughts and outputs on these topics since 1998, including my software, research and random musings.
Want to know more about me? Here's a personality sketch written by a psychologist when I was in school.
“David is of high intelligence, although lacking in true creativity. He has a need for order and clarity, and for neat and tidy systems in which every detail finds its appropriate place. His writing is rather dull and mechanical, occasionally enlivened by somewhat corny puns and by flashes of imagination of the sci-fi type. He has a strong drive for competence. He seems to have little feel and little sympathy for other people and does not enjoy interacting with others. Self-centered, he nonetheless has a deep moral sense.”
Wow. Harsh. But disturbingly accurate.
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News
17 Jan 2025 : FOSDEM25 app release #
I've updated my Sailfish OS downloads page with the new FOSDEM25 release.
7 Jan 2025 : The snow ceased #
It's time to take down the Christmas decorations, so we're back to the normal styles on the site again.
5 Jan 2025 : Codeberg incoming; Shapeways outgoing #
I've updated the badges on the main page, adding in Codeberg and removing Shapeways. I've introduced the former as part of my efforts to move off GitHub. The latter is removed since Shapeways sadly went into administration, taking my 3D printing storefront with it. If the new owners decide to set something new up, I'll think about uploading all of my models there.
9 Dec 2024 : Winter time! #
This evening Joanna and I decorated our Christmas tree, so it seemed appropriate to also put the decorations up on the site as well. Well, the wintery snowy background, at least.