Pixalytics is on tour to Glasgow this week! We’re exhibiting at the Data.Space 2019 Conference taking place on Thursday and Friday, at the Technology & Innovation Centre in the centre of Glasgow. This is a great space conference, which we … Continue reading
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Will You Have To Pay For Landsat Data?
Interesting discussions are taking place in the US on the position of free-to-access data which has the potential to affect everyone working in the downstream industry. Continue reading
Space Strategy For Europe
A Space Strategy for Europe was issued last week by the European Commission (EC), based around four strategic goals. Maximising the Benefits of Space for Society and the European Union (EU) Economy Fostering a Globally Competitive & Innovative European Space … Continue reading
Four Step Countdown to a Book Launch
Regular readers will know that we wrote our first book last year, ‘Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing’, and on Thursday, 11th February, Pixalytics is holding its first book launch event! We’ve organised it ourselves, and so we thought it might be helpful to … Continue reading
Investing in the future space industry workforce
If the UK Space Sector is to achieve George Osborne’s stated ambitious target of tripling in size within 20 years, we’ll need to develop the workforce by a similar order of magnitude. Ensuring that we have the right skills available … Continue reading
Looking back and moving forward
2013 was the first full year of existence for Pixalytics, and I’m pleased to say we’ve been kept busy. So busy in fact, that some of the things we planned to do, we didn’t manage – like our weekly blog! … Continue reading
When is networking, not networking?
I was talking to a group of writers this week about pretending you’re writing. A pretence everyone recognised was that reading how-to-write books equated to writing. It does not! The books may be interesting, give you tips or make you … Continue reading
Whoever controls the data, controls the service!
Like many people last week we watched the US Congress fail to pass the federal budget and shutdown the US Government. Putting aside the ridiculous scenario that the world’s largest country is closed and the financial hardship they’re inflicting on … Continue reading
Maslow and the Micro Business
Anyone who’s read the principles of motivation will recognise the pyramid, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This management theory is seventy years old this year, and the BBC website has produced an interesting article on the theory and its creator; including … Continue reading
Business with social inklings
I recently read Richard Branson’s ‘Screw Business as Usual’ and his idea of ‘Business as a Force for Good’ struck a chord with me. For me a business is more than just financial figures, its ethos and values are as … Continue reading