Ethical software; Equitable society; Liveable planet
A new start at Cardiff Met After seven amazing years running Afallen with three brilliant colleagues, I am stepping back into the world of academia. It s with real pleasure that I m starting my new job today as Head of Climate Action at Cardiff Met University. The university has rightly been recognised for its pioneering work [ ]
Ditching Android: Two months daily driving Linux as my only Mobile OS Last year I wrote two blog posts about #LinuxMobile; the first was a conceptual piece about how linux mobile could be a safer mobile technology for children. The second was my experience using Ubuntu Touch (UBports) for a week. Hold on to your [ ]
Infrastructure, integrity, and the road (cycle path) ahead Today marks a significant moment in my professional journey: I am honoured to have been awarded Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Becoming a Fellow is not simply a recognition of experience. It is also a call to continued leadership, integrity, and impact. As I [ ]
Afallen commissioned Professor Calvin Jones to write a series of four blog posts about Wales economy. The publication of the fourth and final blog post was celebrated at Afallen s 6th birthday with a talk in front of 40 guests at Clwb y Bont in Pontypridd. Our values One of Afallen s overriding aims is to keep [ ]
The last guest post in the series of four by Professor Calvin Jones about the Welsh economy describes how innovation has developed before and after devolution. You can read his first three posts in the series: Header photo: courtesy of William Warby “In the war against the Welsh, one of the men of arms was [ ]
Afallen Partner David Clubb was asked to give his thoughts about how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) could help the third sector. This article was first published by Newid. Header photo: courtesy of Marcus Winkler. What is open source software? Free and open source software (FOSS) is a category of software that follows the [ ]
Linux phones my experience with Ubuntu Touch Earlier this year (2024) I wrote an article about my belief in linux phones as a partial solution to the multiple distractions and negative influences being piped directly into childrens brains by their use of mobile phones, and particularly the use of social media, at a young [ ]
This third guest post by Professor Calvin Jones about Wales economy is part of Afallen s objective of elevating the terms of the debate in Wales about how our economy operates and what can be done to improve it. You can read Calvin s first blog post here, and his second post here. Header photo: courtesy [ ]
Technology and Cymraeg In June 2024 Welsh Government launched a call for information on what is needed to make technology more friendly to Cymraeg. I produced a response to highlight the power of open source in enabling low-cost, high quality and translation-friendly services. I post the response in full below. Hashtags: #Cymraeg #LlywodraethCymru #WelshGovernment #OpenSource [ ]
Afallen was set up in 2018 to keep money and skills in Wales, and to help organisations understand, and implement, Future Generations ways of working. We’re a small business, and in common with most other organisations in Wales, we adopted a range of social media platforms to help communicate with our audience. Twitter (X) was [ ]