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Data viz, and all that jazz

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨 Reminder Alert 🚨
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If U R looking for a new UR role, then U won't be disappointed... www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Come and work with me! Senior user research role...working on making better use of data and applying user centered approaches. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Come and work with me! Senior user research role...working on making better use of data and applying user centered approaches. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Congrats. Fines for late delivery?
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We've enjoyed reading this thread today. www.reddit.com/r/unitedking... And Reddit in general always takes me back to our AMA...!
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From the unitedkingdom community on Reddit: England's most deprived areas named - see how your area is affected
Explore this post and more from the unitedkingdom community
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Haha, feel like I should have clarified that... definitely not what I was dreaming of as a 5 year old. And definitely more a work goal than life goal... ...and of course all the work of the team...with irritating steers from me along the way.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Did this on some of the census mapping too, but exactly for the reasons you highlighted (not wanting to focus on individual properties). It's from OS Zoomstack...I think district buildings, then allowed overzoom once you get to a point where it would ordinarily switch to buildings.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
And good to see you, virtually! Working in London now...we should catch up at some point.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Also sort of inadvertently included a lot of schools too...came with OS Zoomstack. Think they are also quite helpful as local landmarks many would know. Also seemingly quite a strong educational user base...so useful for seeing catchment areas.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Yep. We did some user testing along the way, and people were struggling to pinpoint where they were within an area - and what was/wasn't included in their selected area. Road names helped.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Won't lie - it has been a bit of a lifelong dream to work on the release of Indice of Deprivations interactive offer... ...very proud of what the team has delivered today. Check it out - deprivation.communities.gov.uk
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
#ezracollective Nice
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Love it. I think this could replace the capcha "select images with bicycles in them" method.
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This looks like a really useful tool to help inform conversations around how we might support an ageing population. Changing different assumptions (eg migration levels) can affect the proportion of those in retirement who have dependency on the working population. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Image of the population projection tool that allows a user to change different inputs, to see how it effects population and age structures. It highlights the part of the tool that shows the proportion of people over 65 that may require support in their retirement.
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Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day @apartridgeqotd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Sunday Ruddy Sunday!
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Sunday Ruddy Sunday!
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wondering if this is a sign of how my day is going to go. Alt text: I have put my weetabix into my coffee mug.
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Data Orchard @dataorchard.org.uk · 08/01/2025
Hello Bluesky!👋 We are excited to be here. We're going to stop posting to X and focus our social media efforts here and on LinkedIn. We hope this to be a welcoming and fruitful space for our nonprofit data community so please do say hello!
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Data Orchard | 998 followers on LinkedIn. We help organisations get better with data | Data Orchard helps organisations get better with data. We combine specialist skills in research, statistics and…
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Can anyone help me track down an old d3 example of a choropleth map that let you switch between different ranges/breaks? I think it was of US unemployment rates at a county level. I wanted to use it as an example of how different breaks can change how patterns might be viewed. Can't find it!
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Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I miss "old" twitter...so giving this a go.
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