Charles Arthur

Charles Arthur is a freelance journalist with over 20 years' experience writing about technology, science and other topics. He is the author of 'Digital Wars: Apple, Google Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet' (2012). He offers a daily list of interesting links at The Overspill (http://theoverspill.blog)

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Hans Rosling made experts great again

Early in 2006, I decided that what The Guardian‘s technology section really needed was a campaign. Campaigns energise readers. But a campaign about what? I’ve always liked statistics. So obviously it had to be about data. I already felt that the UK government’s mapping data should be available to us all for free, as it […]