Owen Macdonald

Wide Interests: Musician, Photographer, Digital Artist, Nature Lover, GIS Expert, Code Agnostic, Poor Salesman but all round tech'l good egg. All views mine.

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@treesforlifeuk @nature_scot This looks excellent. I'd love to do some of this work outdoors and to get back up north - might even work for free/sandwiches if I didn't have a family to support. Maybe my contribution can be leaving the unkempt garden just a bit longer!

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

Aye!! One of the reasons for having no time, and yet I am prepared to commit more time than I have to part-time data skills updating! (To save long-term...)

[Justin Meyers @MapMakinMeyers]

data is fucking hard

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

Scary world. Need to use any work and free time to keep up! This might get us all back in the office sooner than expected :-) (oh dear out of date emoticon, sorry, and no followers either! Here's to free online time!)

[xpression @xpression_app]

No time to get ready for your meeting? Use xpression camera to be dressed for all occasions.

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@LandEthics @MilesKing10 Reminds me I must find time to actually read The Accidental Countryside (on 'extended' loan from my lovely local library). I must also make time to take Twitter and LinkedIn more seriously too...!

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@GaryRWatmough Where did I put that PhD?... Oh well!

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@GaryRWatmough Sounds like the private sector is calling... 360 cameras and real estate sellout!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Spectacular time lapse of the the Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus),

From finding and inspecting her new home to raising a family

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@GaryRWatmough @GeorgeMonbiot I do like cows but from my slightly ignorant perspective his Feral book seemed to make sense. Currently reading (when I can) The Hidden Life of Trees. People were championing conifer monocultures the other day. People eh?

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@kennethfield We do try! Been a pandemic since my Data Science/Mining/ML epic CPD distraction though. I once knew some maths too. Working on more of the rest too.
Plus marketing. And tidying.

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

Madness as usual. Nice place as I recall though.

[CityLife Manchester @CityLifeManc]

House prices soar in village set to disappear under the sea in the next 30 years

(A thread 👇)

https://t.co/D4eQfBiMZ8

[Cathy Newman @cathynewman]

Intrigued to hear this former senior Met office suggest the politics of #PartyGate may have deterred the force from investigating. If there’s evidence the law may have been breached aren’t the police duty bound to probe?

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

Quietly onwards... some great speakers for free!

[EEO Seminars @edinearthobs]

This Friday, 28th Jan, we welcome Colin Morrison, Head of Digital Connectivity Information Management at The Scottish Government for the next EEO - @AGIScotland
Seminar, hosted 5-6pm GMT on Zoom by @GeosciencesEd

Tickets here:
https://t.co/ffmUZVc0n2

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@DaveB1038 @Link1709 @AndyOsb97287354 @SkyNews Cowardly GPs? Honestly? Ours work very long hours. Have you tried volunteering on the frontline? Or you could join the 2nd line and crunch data from a safe vantage point. Or you could sit at home?

[Topi Tjukanov @tjukanov]

Want to have a link to your #30DayMapChallenge collection included here https://t.co/gMhrlYHzfO ?

Reply here with a link or send me a DM 🙏🏼

[EEO Seminars @edinearthobs]

This Friday, 3rd Dec, we welcome @Steven_Ramage of GEO, Geneva, for the next EEO - @AGIScotland Seminar, hosted 5-6pm GMT on Zoom by @GeosciencesEd.

Steven will speak about "Earth observations: sensors in, on and around the Earth".

Tickets here:
https://t.co/Qlx9NAjDt9

[Chris Sykes @N_Amberfield]

A cyclist takes advantage of free propulsion along the Weymouth Harbour streets holding onto a class 117 as it (tightly) threads its way along to the Quay station.

📸 Adrian Pink

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@MrTimDunn Excellent. Think I have my bearings. Didn't think to explore GS roof when honeymooned there.

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@benterrett Britain's bumbling yellow stripes...

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@kathryntickell Story was he used to play in Europe too with Don Cherry. Need to check the story again I think - perhaps this wasn't the regular Carter Bar pipe - who's on Youtube I think!

[Owen Macdonald @omacd]

@kathryntickell I'm trying to remember the name of the piper who used to play up Carter Bar in the 70s/80s/90s. I remember being told he used to pop up to Embra for a toot occasionally (reedsman I presume) and was suitably refreshed at the Uncle's house before being pointed back over Soutra...