I originally published this post on the Jiva blog last week but wanted to make a few changes that I realised were better served by posting the revisied version here. 4IP is a really interesting new initiative from Channel 4 that is setting out to look at how Channel 4 can fulfill its public service…

A few months ago when I first left JISC/HEFCE I wrote here about my ideas for QuickPint a real ale/pub focused website that I was planning on trying to set up – as much as a shop window to demonstrate what could be achieved outside of the geekier end of the web (as well as…

Alongside my more standard geek credentials (web, gadgets, comic books, tv, movies..yadda, yadda, yadda..) I am also a bit of a library geek from way back and all those years at JISC didn’t exactly cure me of that! So not surprisingly I’ve been following the Amazon Kindle – waiting for both news of a version…

So I have survived my first week working on Beanbag Learning and it has to be said its been interesting!  I’ve never worked for a small company before (though often in small teams) and have certainly never worked with a job description or even a job title!  Still its been good so far and certainly…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Beanbag Learning and offered my take on the site and how it could move forward (not that anyone had asked!).  That started a very social media style chain reaction via comments on my blog, some Facebook messaging, a handful of emails, a few beers in the 7…