Chris Dymond
@chrisdymond
*Interested in tech and cities* Director of the Smart City Management masters programme at Zigurat Institute of Technology | Co-director of Sheffield Digital | Founder of Unfolding ltd.
Great to be back at Thinking Digital in Gateshead today - it was my annual geek-mini break for over a decade but I haven’t been able to attend for the last couple of years. Hoping it’s *still* the best UK conference on technology & the future - early signs are that nothings changed 🎉 #TDC26
To be super nerdy about it (in case anyone is remotely interested), there's still a lot of ultra-efficient ZX81 coding techniques in the BASIC parts of the application - lots of integer numbers replaced by mathematical operators because those save a byte or two in RAM.
I've done a lot of new work stuff, which I'm pleased about, but the thing that's given me most *satisfaction* is reconstituting a working microdrive cartridge version of a very old word processing application for the Sinclair Spectrum 48K with all it's utilities and example files 🤓 #NerdHobbies
I don't suppose there's someone in my network who's a Friend or Patron of the Royal Albert Hall is there? I really want to get tickets to the Sumo Basho in October when priority booking opens tomorrow morning! 😬 🙏
Get off your arses and RESIST, my American friends! And SLAVA UKRAINI!!!
This is the key chart from the @centreforcities.bsky.social Cities Outlook 2025 Deep Dive: Yorkshire & the Humber.
Day 1 of #SCEWC24, a happy hunting ground for new practice and applications of digital technologies in service of urban development, sustainability and usability :) Really like the zero waste efforts of the organisers & minimal material use - it even extends to the conference lanyards 👍