Julian Todd

Julian Todd is a British computer programmer and activist for freedom of information. He works in Liverpool.[1]

He was inventor and co-founder of Public Whip with Francis Irving. And also the affiliated TheyWorkForYou website, a project which parses raw Hansard data to track how members vote in the UK Parliament. Initially risking prosecution for re-using the raw data which was under Crown copyright, they were later successful in getting permission to use it.[2] He has since extended this concept of parsing political transcripts to the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations to establish UNdemocracy.com in 2007.[3]

Todd also writes science fiction short stories, and is cited as a major inspiration for the Mundane science fiction movement.[4]

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Publications

A machining strategy for toolmaking, A. Flutter and J. Todd doi:10.1016/S0010-4485(00)00136-6

Ludography

References

  1. ^ Julian, Todd (4 September 2006). "The UN as evidenced on the streets of Liverpool". Freesteel blog. http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/2006/09/the-un-as-evidenced-on-the-streets-of-liverpool/. 
  2. ^ Brook, Heather (8 June 2006). "Make it work for us, Ms Tullo". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/jun/08/epublic.freedomofinformation. 
  3. ^ Grossman, Wendy (13 March 2008). "Is it possible for geeks to fix the United Nations?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/13/internet.politics. 
  4. ^ "Geoff Ryman: The Mundane Fantastic: Interview excerpts". Locus. January 2006. http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/01Ryman.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23. 

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