Frederick O'Brien

'Like a badly written novel'

Work

The Guardian

Hacking for hacks

Black and white photograph of a chalkboard

News Associates

Data journalism 101

Photograph of Frank Wang supporter demonstration

Social Streets

Pounding pavements

Play

Screenshot of outline cards on teeline.online

Gonzo Engineering

Freak technology

Collage of albums reviewed by Audioxide

Audioxide

Black and white photograph of old newspapers strewn across the floor

The Whale-Lines

Writings

With music streaming remuneration reform on hiatus, is it the government’s cue to step in?

Audioxide , 2024-10-08

The web is decadent and depraved: a case for gonzo engineering

Weblog , 2024-09-30

The timeless power of spreadsheets

Smashing Magazine , 2024-09-23

Cooking up recipe data for the Feast app

The Guardian , 2024-09-23

MDX or: how I learned to stop worrying and love multimedia writing

Smashing Magazine , 2024-06-21

‘In the sixth-richest country in the world, how can you build a welfare state on food banks?’ The stats that reveal just how widespread food poverty is in the UK

Byline Times , 2024-06-18

Zen and the art of pet project maintainence

Weblog , 2024-05-12

Growing like a weed

Bluedot Living , 2024-04-19

Designing web design documentation

Smashing Magazine , 2023-11-13

The gods will offer you chances

Weblog , 2023-11-05

What Leonardo da Vinci can teach us about web design

Smashing Magazine , 2023-03-15

Galaxies of the Guardian: the formation of an irregular org chart

The Guardian , 2023-02-03

Web design done well: delightful data visualisation examples

Smashing Magazine , 2022-06-16

Web design done well: perfectly pointless

Smashing Magazine , 2022-02-11

Rock Against Racism: the concert in Victoria Park that united a nation

Roman Road LDN , 2021-11-05