case study

Memories of The Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 150 years!

Memories of The Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 150 years!

Anyone who has been to an event at this iconic venue will have a story to tell, often accompanied by a photograph, some video or a ticket stub. We decided to build the Royal Albert Memories site to allow people to share those stories, bringing them all together in one place rather than just siloed on the various social media platforms.

A new database resource site for "Whispering" Bob Harris!

A new database resource site for "Whispering" Bob Harris!

Database sites are beasts. By definition they grow, and by design they are adaptable and endlessly re-interpretable. They require a depth of imagination and technical acumen to design properly, as well as no small amount of bravery (to take on) that only comes with experience. But what they need most is an obsessive eye for detail and accuracy. At 3B we often talk of taking on “hostile” databases; fields and fields of cells that are inconsistent, inaccurate or incomplete, and what always astonishes me is how Jack Bremer fizzes with excitement whenever he gets his teeth into this sort of data. His tricks and techniques for ferreting out date inaccuracies and the like leave me boggled every time, and this database was no exception.