Data… data… and more data!

A hackathon spent almost entirely inside a spreadsheet

Field Note · 16 January 2026 · 1 min read · research, data, hackathons · Working

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A short field note from a data-led hackathon brief — the gap between having a dataset and having an argument, and how much of the weekend went into closing it.

Originally published on LinkedIn in January 2026.

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