Front-end developer // Computational linguist // Just this guy

Recent Posts
Projects

projects

Ideapod
i am the front-end developer for this idea-sharing site. this is my child right now.

Wyrd In
a Realise It! sponsored project i'm leading a team on, based on wired in, my time keeper and task organiser project

idea otter
a site to share ideas.

octobuild
we're working on a month-long appathon, this october

linguistics

keypuk nìna'vi
a community project i'm spearheading translating facebook into na'vi

glossy
my friend simon and i are working on an app for quick sharing of word lists

conlangs

na'vi
as 'taronyu', i created the definitive na'vi dictionary, and still function as an admin of the largest na'vi site in the world.

dothraki
as 'lajaki', i started up the fanbase for david peterson's language, based off of g.r.r. martin's books, now an h.b.o. series

other stuff

tigatag
i write stuff for this web app company sometimes

github
all of my publicly available code

Linguistics

research

publications
a list of my current academic publications

scholar
my google scholar account

slides
slides for presentations i've given

current lines
i keep a list of current research projects on my blog

blogging

replicated typo
i write the occasional research blog here, on the evolution of culture and language.

clojurelx
i help explain why lisp is great for linguists

visquantling
i write about visualisation of language, following after a workshop at eacl in avignon


web master

the u.k. linguistics olympiad
part of an international linguistics olympiad for school children

the committee for linguistics in education
promoting linguistics in schools

the language alliance
promoting linguistics in the uk

professional societies

c.e.l.p.
the linguistics society of america committee for endangered languages and their preservation; i helped set this page up.

linguists outside of academia
i cofounded this email list and group.

open linguistics
i'm a member of this working group, part of the open knowledge foundation

u.l.a.b.
the undergraduate linguistics association of britain: i helped found it, ran the first conference, and help out as an advisor.

student representative

l.a.g.b.
the linguistics association of great britain: i am on the student committee.

c.o.s.i.a.c.
the linguistics society of america committee on student issues and concerns: member

erasmus mundus
i am the representative for the language and communication technologies course.

Poetry and Art

writing

poetry
i blog my new poems here, for the moment

older poetry
some poetry i am not entirely ashamed of

prose
some old prose pieces of mine

audio

spoken
my spoken word poems and some songs.

marsalifornication
my band from malta, with jan joachimsen and daan henselmans.

heraclitus
fragments of heraclitus spoken word story-telling project

art

webcomic
my old burnt fen comic, which i kept going for around two years. very depressing at times.

meadows
a map of the meadows in edinburgh divided into mario characters.

fashion
i sometimes design and sell shirts, among other things

more

café
where i rated various cafes in edinburgh; chris scott and simon too

deadguys
i tweet when musicians die.

Past Projects

linguistics

langsoc
the edinburgh university linguistics and english language society: i started it up again, and was president and webmaster

e.l.a.
the edinburgh language ambassadors promote multilingualism in scotland; i built their website, back when i used wordpress.

datahub
data hub for any data i might have

blogs

workflows
my 2011 DataONE internship on scientific workflows.

langsoc blog
i blogged a lot about linguistics here as an undergrad.

conlangs

language creation society
a professional conlanging association; i served on the board of directors as an advisor.

about
my old conlanging site, where i talk about my involvement with na'vi, dothraki, and my language, llárriésh.

valyrian
trying to build the hype for valyrian, also from game of thrones

societies

fachschaft
i was a member of the student committee in saarbrücken.

i.a.l.s
the international association of linguistics students: i was the founder and director, and used to maintain this site.

s.a.i.v.u.s.
the society for advancing the indigenous vernaculars of the united states; i helped out with tech support.