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Data abundance now impacts many aspects of our lives but for Molly Pace, it’s through running that she's noticed data being the biggest vehicle for change in her own life. In this post, she shares the five ways in which a data-driven approach has helped her improve her running to the point where she achieved a qualifying time to stand on the start line of the Great North Run with the Elite women.
We ran Open Source Leeds last week as part of Leeds Digital Festival, and the videos of the three talks are now available for you to watch on YouTube: • Hilary Carter – 'European Open Source Insights: Highlights from Linux Foundation Research' https://youtu.be/YYorphIc6YY • Neil Stevenson – 'My Open Source Journey with Hazelcast' https://youtu.be/ywMNw6Fejik • Michael Gray – 'How ClearBank embraces an open engineering culture to unlock team potential' https://youtu.be/jAD0qVjXJe4
UX and UI often get used interchangeably, but there are key differences, as Dan Elliott explains. He unpacks what's involved in each discipline and how user experience design and user interface design interact as part of the wider User Centred Design Ecosystem.
Working on open source projects can be a great learning experience for any developer looking to expand their skills. However, as Joe Dunleavy explains, getting started can be daunting. He shares his experiences of three recent attempts to contribute to projects and learns that the key quality required in a contributor is patience – but that it's worth it in the end!
How do you shape a successful data strategy? In short, you can't buy a good data strategy off the shelf, as we explained at the recent event we ran in partnership with the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD). All of the talks are now available to watch on YouTube, with chapter markers to navigate between them. At a time that suits you, watch: • Peter Chamberlin's keynote: 'Data Strategy is Not a Technology Problem' • Sioned Baker and James Wren on 'Harnessing the Power of the Cloud' at the FCDO • A Q&A Panel with Paul Lodge (Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)), Mike Jolley (Newcastle Strategic Solutions), Colin Eberhardt, Matt Richards and Peter Chamberlin (all Scott Logic) • Richie Ramsden (NICD) on 'Defining Data Strategy'
Regulators need to embrace open source to help improve the financial markets. Do you agree? Take the State of Open Source in Financial Services survey now to share your views. 🗓️ The survey closes on 21 Sept. 🎓 As a thank you for your time, you'll get a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is being run by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
In the first of our talks at Open Source Leeds on Tue 20 Sept, Hilary Carter, VP Research at The Linux Foundation will share ‘European Open Source Insights: Highlights from Linux Foundation Research’. Europe marks the first region explored in the new ‘World of Open Source’ research series launched by the Linux Foundation, exploring geographic trends and dynamics. The research has been undertaken with partners Europe-wide, including Scott Logic. Hilary will summarise the study's findings, including the industries, countries, and technologies most impacted by open source project communities. You can find the full agenda and book your place using the link below. We organise the Open Source Meetups in partnership with FINOS. We are running this event as part of Leeds Digital Festival. 🗓️ Tue 20 Sept 🕠 17:30–20:00 📍 Avenue HQ, Leeds LS1
We are really proud to have achieved certification as a Most Loved Workplace®. Most Loved Workplace® validation provides the most comprehensive look at workplace sentiment for organisations today, certifying companies where employees are the happiest and most satisfied at work. As our CEO Stephen Foreshew-Cain explains, this is the result of working hard “to foster Scott Logic’s people-focused culture so that everyone has an opportunity to grow, and can contribute to shaping the business and having a positive impact on the communities we live in and the wider world.”
At Scott Logic, we're aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2028 and net zero by 2040. We've set out this ambitious but achievable commitment in our Environmental Impact Report 2021. The report documents our carbon footprint in 2021, describes what we are currently doing to significantly reduce our ongoing environmental impact, and sets out our roadmap to net zero. You can find out more and download the report here.
Open source software constitutes 70–90% of any given modern software solution. Despite that, in 2021 we found that financial services organisations seemed very reluctant to contribute to open source, while consumption was “acceptable” rather than “encouraged”. Have things changed in the last 12 months? Let's find out. Share your insights in the 2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services survey using the link below. 🎓 As a thank you for your time, you'll get a 25% discount code for any Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is being run by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
