Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Fall of a HERO

So it seems as if hero.ac.uk – a website that was once a shining beacon of higher education collaboration, and one that still generates enviable traffic and Google rankings – is being allowed to quietly wither and die. As far as I know there has been no announcement but a quick look at the staff…

April 14, 2009
A summer of conferences..

Looks like conference season is fast approaching for me so I thought I would just quickly run through three events I’m very much looking forward to. Yep I’m aware that a normal person would be looking forward to music festivals or a decent vacation in the summer not geeky conferences! The Social Technology Summit in…

April 13, 2009
Big Brizzle Barcamp?

We love a festival in Bristol – whether its a Festival of Ideas, a Harbour Festival, a Film festival, Music festival…heck we even have an Interesting Games festival and on one of my looooooong bus rides home from work recently I wondered what what a mix that love of festivals and a barcamp might look…

March 31, 2009
A few things I want to learn

Some time on Friday I came across a blog post (via the power of Twitter) by @pipstar called 100 Things I Want to Learn which really got me thinking. Its come about due to her thinking about the idea of a DIY Masters (something that Andy Gibson at School of Everything has also been writing…

March 29, 2009
JISC 09 Aftermath

This week I attended the JISC Conference in Edinburgh for the first time as a delegate instead as a member of the organising team. The JISC Conference was a big annual landmark for me throughout my time at JISC and it was never exactly what you would call a fun experience for me – its…

March 27, 2009