Dr Laura James's writings

I went to my first Rewired State event last weekend; this time the theme was carbon and energy. It was a great weekend, with lots of ideas and a great range of projects at the end (which I'll blog later). Thanks to all the people and organisations who made it happen! I'd vaguely hoped there might be more electronics hackery there; but that would really require equipment and maybe a different kind of space ( Makespace , anyone?). There's also a question as to how much of a hardware hack event would need to be devoted to training, rather than doing. I had a lovely chat with Georgina from Tinker.it and perhaps we'll be able to do something more in this vein down the line... During the introductions, where we learnt about useful datasets and tools, I wondered whether we had quite the right blend of people in the room. Everyone seemed to have data, and be asking for others to help out with visualisations and other efforts to engage a broader audience, but there were