I finally left the University of Portsmouth last week, after 17 years, 1 as a student, 16 working. Now to start to think about where I want my career to go – right now eLearning and/or primary computing are the areas that are particularly attracting me. I haven’t yet plucked up the courage to check to…
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Moved!
This move wasn’t quite as smooth as the last time I tried; at least, when I tried to back up the whole site, move files & databases, I ran into issues. When I exported all the posts & pages into a virgin install, it was very smooth. I do now have to look at all…
It's been far too long … and a technical puzzle.
I have been spending far too much time on Twitter and G+, but thought I’d better return to this. My current task is updating and preparing materials for a new Unit, a University Ambassador Scheme based Unit. We’d already got one in the Maths department, so updating the links, changing Maths specific sites to Computing…
Twitter – wordle.
Though I’ve done far more in Twitter than I have here, my Wordle is very similar to the one I created in January! I’m not sure how to get the rt out; given that I created it via Tweetstats ( rather than directly as I had in the past)…
Changing faces!
Decided that it was about time to have a (minor!) change of appearance here; so have gone with one of the default themes (Twenty Eleven). I ran into a minor problem with header; I’d uploaded a couple (incidentally, if anyone knows of a tool, like Wordle & Tagexdo, that allows you to specify the size…
Silence!
Yet again, a period of silence on my part. I have been using twitter, where I’m @emmadw, and have started using Google+ – but trying to decide how to best manage things! I know that some people like the fact you can have circles in G+, in order to target posts; I know others like…
HEAICS 12th Conference
I’m just back from the HEA ICS’s 12th (and final) annual conference. Inevitably, a fair bit of discussion was taken up with what the changes to the Academy are going to bring for the community, but, for now, I’ll concentrate on a bit of looking back over the conference, than trying to employ my prophecy…
A change is as good as a rest ….
… though not when it’s your Social Network doing it! This week, Facebook comments have been somewhat dominated by the recent changes; changes from a view that few liked when it was introduced! I’ve had mixed thoughts on it; there are some things I like, others that I’m less keen on. I’ll look at them…
Twitter vs. Facebook.
A chance comment by Rosie Sherry on Twitter caused me to think about the differences between the two. Her point was that it’s easier to keep up with people in Facebook – which I’d agree with, but, I see that as a benefit of having two accounts. When I first used Facebook, I couldn’t quite…
Wordle 6
Not done done for ages (not only have I not blogged for ages, but I’d forgotten about Wordle, until I thought about it for a friend)…