Alan Parry
    I’m a technology leader based in Bristol, in the UK. I've worked on transformative projects at the intersection of data, communication, and creativity globally since 2000. I thrive on creating organisational change through innovation, and share what I can of my professional journey – but mostly personal interests.

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    LEDs controlled by an Arduino and Android

    Posted on 15th January 201518th January 2017by alanparry

    As part of something bigger I’m looking to build I put together a prototype of a WS2812B LED strip being controlled with an Arduino and an Android App via Bluetooth. If you haven’t come across these WS2812B LEDs, they are cheap as chips, easy to program via a micro controller and can produce 16 million […]

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    Swindon Viewpoint

    Posted on 7th December 20149th December 2016by alanparry

    Swindon Viewpoint is Swindon and Britain’s original community media service with a unique history and special place in Britain’s media story. Its been called the ultimate digital diary of local life and culture. In 2007 we took a leap and began moving the vast collection online. I developed an online presence around the Drupal content management system […]

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    Home Energy Management from HP

    Posted on 8th July 20139th December 2016by alanparry

    In 2011 I managed the Advanced Development of a platform to deliver rich, analytics driven insights to domestic energy consumers. We trialled a number of key innovations in house holds across the San Francisco Bay Area. Including home dashboards, gamification of rewards for optimised behaviours, and disaggregation of energy sinks from a single signal. Homes […]

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    SE3D – Animation in the Cloud

    Posted on 9th December 201013th January 2017by alanparry

    In 2004 I was fortunate to work the community engagement aspects of this ambitious showcase collaboration project at HP Labs. We put together a community of 3D animators, and enabled them to use a flexible, on-demand, datacentre scale cloud rendering service from the comfort of their own home. This was something that had never been […]

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    HP Labs Government Grade Cloud Theatre

    Posted on 16th November 201013th January 2017by alanparry

    We launched a major project today to showcase an immersive government grade cloud management experience. I led the development of this from concept to delivery and its awesome. We run our visitors through a scenario developed to highlight some of the issues and trade-offs public sector and large private sector customers will face as they […]

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    Personalised Video Creation Service

    Posted on 10th April 200516th January 2017by alanparry

    In 2005 there were no personalised online videos of the kind you see on facebook today. With hindsight, you might say the world was a richer place for it. At HP Labs we were looking at ways to promote opportunities for the cloud based utility rendering service we had built previously. A small team of […]

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