This February I was back at the PHPUK conference in London. The venue this year was 1 America Square with a historic wall through the middle of one of the rooms. There were three tracks to follow so unfortunately we couldn’t go to all the talks, but managed to cover two thirds. It Depends – […]

A question has been doing the rounds recently: do we actually need site search? It’s a fair question and one I have been giving a lot of thought to. With AI-powered summaries increasingly answering queries before users even reach a website, and with navigation that, when it works, can get people where they need to […]

Apr 21, 2026

1. Peripheral Future: Design Answers Rural Title: Peripheral Future[1]: Design Answers Rural Date: 15th August 2026 – 25th August 2026   2. Curatorial Narrative Text (For Publics) Where are you all coming from to see this exhibition? Most of you are probably residents of Edinburgh. I’m sure many of you have visited the villages surrounding […]

This 13-week blog collection shows a coherent and gradual in-depth thinking track, including SICP and JIJU Collective practices. SICP started from the exploration of self-portrait and timeliness and slowly turned to the exploration of visibility and finally decided to take “some kind of absence” as the theme. However, although both SICP and JIJU Collective have […]

  Event Title: Next-Generation Data Management with Large Language Models Speaker: Prof. Immanuel Trummer Dates: 22 April 2026 Time: 13:00-14:00 Location: 2 Semple Street Join Online: https://app.huawei.com/wmeeting/join/96790342/otktXazpjfbmUIwbdrTjHXJxUn4umcfEp Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) open up exciting opportunities in data management and analysis. In this talk, I will discuss our recent and ongoing work, aimed at leveraging […]