This is largely a paper that I wrote for our September 2017 Learning and Teaching Committee. The paper is available as Paper K here. Just in case anyone wants to know what I’ve been working on for the last 12 months… —————– Information Services Group … Continue reading Replaying highlights from the last year
I’m on my way to London for my fourth #MozFest and as I’ve already written about, this year I’m running a session along with Alice White, the Wikimedian in Residence for the Wellcome Library. We’re doing a session in which we hope to make the … Continue reading Another story about maps
This time next week I should be in London at Ravensbourne art college for my fourth MozFest experience. *Finally* Martin Hawksey is attending and he’s gone all out and is even running a session. The lovely people of ALT will be there talking about CMALT. … Continue reading #MozFest Cometh
Today is Ada Lovelace Day and this has become a firm fixture in our calendar at the University of Edinburgh. It is one of our flagship Wikipedia editathon events, and this year we partnered with the School of Chemistry and took the event on the … Continue reading Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be
Casting on https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJQvsZ6kT0 Knit stitch http://youtu.be/x4kSztvq-vI Purl stitch http://youtu.be/lkb0YyrzPWA Slipping a stitch (purl wise) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJvJyy2sxg Casting off http://youtu.be/TMAUORm-GK4
I’ve been dipping in and out of the livestream and Twitter feed for the Pushing HE conference today, and there’s a few thoughts that I don’t want to lose – they’re very ill-informed and random. Apologies in advance. Digital skills. The NGDLE talks about Universal … Continue reading Pushing some more thoughts
I’ve written a little bit before about my work connected with the mural paintings of Phoebe Anna Traquair, and this week we had a lovely gathering to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Friends organisation. I took the opportunity to share a few of the … Continue reading Mortuary Chapel, Revisited
Every now and again it’s fun to pretend the world around me isn’t in flames (metaphorical and literal) and engage in a little day dreaming. Yesterday it was “fantasy stately home”. These are my requirements: – A morning room – A print room – A … Continue reading Fancies
It being a lovely evening this evening, I convinced Ewan McAndrew, our Wikimedian, to walk to the station with me, taking a circuitous route to snap some photos for the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. Last we checked, we were getting properly humped by our UK … Continue reading Wanderings with a Wikimedian
The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. (The Principles of Universal Design) In reading a little more about Universal Design I have learned that there are 7 … Continue reading Hacker head on
