Francis Irving

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