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Francis Irving

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Things I do

Organise evenings of lightning talks about radical land policy
Podcast about the richness of our varying inner mental worlds

Things I've done

Helped millions find out how their Member of Parliament voted
With the crowd, freed hundreds of thousands of Government documents
Made version control user interfaces on Windows much better
Curated apps which make the Internet more resilient, private and fun
Arranged £500, no-strings-attached gifts for cool projects in Liverpool
My CV / résumé

My blog

Recent blog posts
Highlight: Notes on a meditation
Highlight: Astonishments, ten, in the history of version control
Highlight: Why did we love the giants coming to town?
Highlight: Why did PledgeBank fail when GroupOn / Kickstarter flew?

Within this site

Learn about upsidedown maps
Retro! Stuff from my 1990s home page