Adam Locker - Data Architect. Cornishman. | This is my blog. I tend to write about my job, data architecture, the music I like, the things I read, and the things I eat. I am good at that last one.

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Apr 13, 2022
Bandits of Digital Transformation
Last week I found myself in the unenviable position of having the ear worm 🐛 “Eastbound and Down” (The Smokey and the Bandit theme) by Jerry Reed.
Apr 11, 2022
Data club are still on!
Data Club is it's own thing now, but deep down, it just wants to be OneTeamGov breakfast.
Jan 23, 2022
New listens of 2021
I didn’t post once in 2021. I have a couple of drafts half-heartedly, half-finished I might get around to in 2022, but I thought the least I could do was give some folks some record recommendations.
Dec 27, 2020
New listens of 2020
You thought I’d forgotten, hadn’t you?
Oct 1, 2020
Summer 2020
I’m still here, but being honest, the never endling grind of lockdown drained my energy and motivation to write anything more than a tweet.
Jun 5, 2020
Guerrilla data architecture
To start fixing the plumbing, you need to know where the pipes are I guess?
May 6, 2020
Data club are on!
The first rule of data club is it's "are on" not "is on". Apparently.
May 3, 2020
April 2020
Considering we’ve not been able to go out, April flew by.
Mar 5, 2020
March 2020
Not gonna lie, this isn’t likely to be a long one.
Mar 3, 2020
February 2020
I’m sat in a hotel room on one of my monthly visits to the capital and York, the football’s on in the background and now seems like as good a time as any to write this.
Feb 4, 2020
January 2020
I admire the weeknoters amongst you, I really do. But I have neither the discipline or material to support that, so I’m going to try something else.
Jan 28, 2020
New listens of 2019
I am a musical antique dealer. I know other music dealers. I get their recommendations and give them to other music dealers in exchange for more recommendations, and that all important kudos.
Oct 25, 2019
Data as institutional memory
You can't outsource your data models, they're the manifestation of your institutional memory