University of Glasgow

Roderic Page

Last week (25-26 February) I was in London for [CISCO Pit
Stop](http://www.digitalcatapultcentre.org.uk/open-calls/cisco-pit-stop/)
event. Thursday evening was at the Natural History Museum where I gave a
talk extolling the virtues of linking stuff together:

> from [@rdmpage](https://twitter.com/rdmpage) digitization is the body
> of knowledge: literature+specimens+dna barcodes
> [\#CISCOpitstop](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CISCOpitstop?src=hash)
> [@NHM_Science](https://twitter.com/NHM_Science)
> [pic.twitter.com/HnbLCT9mHO](https://t.co/HnbLCT9mHO)
>
> --- Deborah Paul (@idbdeb) [February 25,
> 2016](https://twitter.com/idbdeb/status/702950123119185920)

My slides are
[here](http://www.slideshare.net/rdmpage/cisco-digital-catapult):

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**[Cisco Digital
Catapult](//www.slideshare.net/rdmpage/cisco-digital-catapult "Cisco Digital Catapult"){target="_blank"}**
from **[Roderic Page](//www.slideshare.net/rdmpage){target="_blank"}**
:::

Friday we assembled at the Digital Catapult Centre, which as Sandy Knapp
notes, has some amazing views from it\'s 9th floor.

> Surreal!! Amazing view from
> [\#ciscopitstop](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ciscopitstop?src=hash)
> [pic.twitter.com/CB8Z2R1nGt](https://t.co/CB8Z2R1nGt)
>
> --- Sandra Knapp (@SandyKnapp) [February 26,
> 2016](https://twitter.com/SandyKnapp/status/703236567951876096)

A group of experts (loosely defined, at least, if they include me in
that category) and small businesses (with backgrounds in digitisation,
text-mining, publishing, etc.) got together to try and come up with
workable ideas where we could marry issues in digitisation and
subsequent use of that data with tools and markets. A fascinating
experience, although I\'m not yet sure what the outcome will be. But
it\'s always useful talking (and listening) to people with very
different backgrounds and notions of what matters (and what is
possible).


Last week (25-26 February) I was in London for CISCO Pit Stop event. Thursday evening was at the Natural History Museum where I gave a talk extolling the virtues of linking stuff together:  My slides are here:
<strong>
 Cisco Digital Catapult
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from
<strong>
 Roderic Page
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Friday we assembled at the Digital Catapult Centre, which as Sandy Knapp notes, has some amazing views from it's 9th floor.

Messaggi di Rogue Scholar

Cisco Pit Stop: Digitising the Natural History Museum’s collections