I recently enjoyed a visit to the office of Dr Peter Andras, a complex networks scientist based at the University of Newcastle in the UK.

Dr Andras has a fascinating personal history and has contributed towards many influential papers in the burgeoning discipline of complex systems analysis. One of his papers includes a potentially controversial study of online gaming communities. (more…)

Jason Brownlee will speaking at the launch of a ground-breaking new research project by the Radio Advertising Bureau that shows how radio advertising can drive consumers to search online for brands. (more…)

If you ever suspected that the media industry had two halves that were relative strangers to each other, then the bare-knuckle debate that’s broken out between the television industry and Microsoft will confirm your view. (more…)

It’s not every day that an Englishman can gaze through his window at the aftermath of an avalanche. But that’s what we can see today on the fell above Dollywagon HQ. (more…)

My last ‘Network Analytics’ post discussed the power of complexity and tried to prove that stuff like brains and social media are not that different when seen from the perspective of complex network science.

I’m going to develop this thought a little further by looking at ‘self organising networks’, a phenomena sometimes described as ‘the Hand of God’. (more…)

This morning Dollywagon HQ recorded overnight temperatures of -14 degrees centigrade, a thermometer reading that hasn’t been witnessed around these parts for at least 30 years.

We also seem to have grown some pretty impressive icicles, too. (more…)

Dollywagon founder, Jason Brownlee, has been invited to speak at the ever popular Regional Press Media Research Forum (RMRF) Conference 2010, which will take place on 13th January 2010 at Browns Court Rooms, Covent Garden, London. (more…)

Dollywagon is based in one of the remotest parts of England where the people are resourceful, independent and generally conservative. Moving here from London was a real culture shock, but we’ve never looked back and have learnt a lot from the process of fitting in. I’m therefore always interested to read about how other people have coped with the same experience, which is the basis of this blog post. (more…)