# Julian Todd

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| education   = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University)
| occupation  = Computer programmer
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| parents     = [Janet Todd](/source/Janet_Todd)
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'''Julian Todd''' is a British computer programmer and activist for [freedom of information](/source/freedom_of_information) who works in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/2006/09/the-un-as-evidenced-on-the-streets-of-liverpool/|date=4 September 2006|title=The UN as evidenced on the streets of Liverpool|first=Todd|last=Julian|publisher=Freesteel blog}}</ref>

He was inventor and co-founder of [Public Whip](/source/Public_Whip) with [Francis Irving](/source/Francis_Irving), and also the affiliated [TheyWorkForYou](/source/TheyWorkForYou) website, a project that parses raw [Hansard](/source/Hansard) data to track how members vote in the UK Parliament. Initially risking prosecution for reusing the raw data under [Crown copyright](/source/Crown_copyright), they were later successful in getting permission to use it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/jun/08/epublic.freedomofinformation|title=Make it work for us, Ms Tullo|date=8 June 2006|publisher=The Guardian|first=Heather|last=Brook}}</ref> He has since extended this concept of parsing political transcripts to the General Assembly and [Security Council of the United Nations](/source/United_Nations_Security_Council) to establish UNdemocracy.com in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/13/internet.politics|title=Is it possible for geeks to fix the United Nations?|date=13 March 2008|publisher=The Guardian|first=Wendy|last=Grossman}}</ref>[http://undemocracy.com]

Todd is a Director of [ScraperWiki](/source/ScraperWiki).<ref>[https://scraperwiki.com/about ScraperWiki about page]</ref>

Todd also writes [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) short stories, and is cited as a major inspiration for the [Mundane science fiction](/source/Mundane_science_fiction) movement.<ref>{{cite web
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  | title = Geoff Ryman: The Mundane Fantastic: Interview excerpts
  | work = [Locus](/source/Locus_(magazine))
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  | date = January 2006
  | url = http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/01Ryman.html
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  | accessdate = 2007-09-23}}</ref>

==Publications==
A machining strategy for toolmaking, A. Flutter and J. Todd {{doi|10.1016/S0010-4485(00)00136-6}}

==Game credits==
*''[Fat Worm Blows a Sparky](/source/Fat_Worm_Blows_a_Sparky)'' – [ZX Spectrum](/source/ZX_Spectrum), 1985, [Durell Software](/source/Durell_Software)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Julian+G%2e+Todd$ Julian Todd] at [World of Spectrum](/source/World_of_Spectrum)
*[http://www.freesteel.co.uk Freesteel] - blog with Martin Dunschen focused on [CAM](/source/Computer-aided_manufacturing) programming and computational geometry
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