So, in this multi-part series cataloguing the crazy that has been the last year, I’ve gotten inked, and debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe. What’s next? How’s about leaving The University of Edinburgh after 18 years? In fact, how’s about leaving Scotland after 40-*cough*-something years? Dear … Continue reading Pushing myself out of my comfort zone – part 3
Through Girl Geek Scotland I was lucky enough to be given a free ticket for the Accessibility Scotland conference on 25 October (in exchange for compering a lunchtime lightning talk session, which was a sheer delight and I very much got the better end of … Continue reading A quick reflection on inclusive service design from #A11yScotland
I’ve got a whole host of stuff to blog from MozFest (and Accessibility Scotland), and I’m sure I won’t get to all of it, but here’s an attempt at least! One of the best sessions I went to at MozFest was the Black Mirror Writers … Continue reading Black Mirror Writers Room – #MozFest 2019 session
Yeah, it’s another post on that hottest of topic – maintenance! I’m still waiting for my conference keynote… Over the last few weeks I’ve watched a familiar story play out in one of my teams and it’s worth capturing at high level because I think … Continue reading A quick and vexed thought about support costs
So, this is a multi-part set of blog posts it would seem. I’ve decided to chronicle my ongoing mid-life crisis, and not content with cliches, I decided that this year would also be the year that I pushed on in terms of making a spectacle … Continue reading Pushing myself out of my comfort zone – part 2
So yesterday and today the Twitter has been on fire about some work that was done over the summer by Emma Carroll, a recent graduate of Edinburgh and working with us as an Equate Scotland Careerwise intern. It culminated today in a really nice news … Continue reading Some witchy history and a very smart woman in data science
So, I wrote a blog post last year about building out a new WordPress blogging service at Edinburgh over the summer of 2018. That was a cool piece of work and we still get a thrill out of running it on a daily basis. This … Continue reading Subtitling: Or what we did over summer 2019
Whilst what I witter onto the internets here is personal, in so far as it’s the insides of my head, I tend to shy away from really personal stuff as a matter of course. I’ve hinted via a few blog posts that the last year … Continue reading Pushing myself out of my comfort zone – part 1
I’m playing catch up on the blog – my Drafts is a scary place to look and a lot isn’t going to see the light of day. I’m also not going to be shackled to trying to get stuff done in any sort of chronological … Continue reading Some thoughts on Doing Data Right
I’m taking part in 2 sessions at ALT-C this year and whilst they might at first glance look totally different, they are in fact underpinned by the same critical thinking and ethical approaches that guide a lot of my (and our) work at Edinburgh. We … Continue reading ALT-C 2019: Ethical EdTech
