Data journalism.
Have I mentioned how much I admire the work of David McCandless and the very idea of 'Information is Beautiful'? You can get the book, a great Christmas present for the more cerebral - or visually stimulated - members of your family. You can follo...
Edinburgh Fringe: constitutionally challenging.
Recently, in the past few weeks, I was informed that I'm a member of the Festival Fringe Society in Edinburgh. There are a couple of hundred members, with varying degrees of contribution to the society and festival it supports, and they are the fo...
Event Technologies workshop: slides.
As flagged a month or two back I recently took part in a workshop organised by Edinburgh Napier, or more specifically my colleagues at the university. The theme was 'event technologies', from planning and logistics software to virtual meeting spac...
Travelogue 13: 'national icons 27.11.02'
This post came at the end of a very rewarding trip through the hot centre of the country. I would recommend a trip to anyone - it's a fair way to go but a truly wondrous landscape. ...there's also some stuff about cricket.
Nuit Blanche: older, not any wiser
via thestar.com Toronto has the best festivals. Perhaps. This article discusses 'Nuit Blanche', which brings a million folk out onto the streets for an all night series of art events and what have you. It's hard to see from the article whether thi...
The outsourcing of a blog post - reading list attached.
My girlfriend has a couple of degrees under her belt and occasionally says she hadn't realised how much time lecturers put into planning, preparing and administering their courses - which is very kind of her, sweet really! Particularly so at times...
Kicking off the research process: undergrad dissertations.
The autumn term rolls on, finally slipping into some kind of rhythm as we near the end of Week 4. There's some structure the weeks and we can anticipate what's coming up with greater clarity and certainty as each day passes. There are those on cam...
World beating ways to spend a day off.
As trailed earlier in September, I'm building up to a fairly short presentation at a workshop being hosted by my employer. This is a chance to talk with practitioners about what works for them, which tools they're using to build their online prese...
Structures and guidelines.
So that was 6 September and now it's the 14th, a week or so into the academic year. Students new and continuing are settling into the higher education groove and Craiglockhart Campus is humming with activity. Long may it last: students attending l...
Two quick notes before bed: MP3-based shows on the Fringe; a comment on my chosen links.
6 September has long been nestled at the back of my mind like a cosy cuckoo, waiting to waken up and consume all the time I may have had lying around. 6 September is the date this September's students are due to start at Edinburgh Napier, except o...