I am still pondering the virtues of Google Buzz (following on from last month’s Buzz post). At that point it was new and I had connected up several of the sites I use to post information but I have now … Continue reading →

Today I am working on getting some videos from work (from the Joint Ventures series) up onto our YouTube account. The complication is that the files are too long and so I need to chop them into shorter chunks. However, … Continue reading →

By now, most Googlemail accounts have probably had the new “Buzz” feature made available. This feeds snippets from people you know, such as their tweets or blog articles they have marked for sharing, and allows you to make comments on … Continue reading →

I thought I would follow up my earlier post on eReaders as today I downloaded a free eBook. This was Growing Deeper by Chris Smith, a volume about how church communities can make “… connection in a disconnected age”. I … Continue reading →

Last week I went to a session at the computing services department about eBooks and eReaders. The University has an increasing range of books available in electronic form covering all manner of subjects. I was more interested though in discussion … Continue reading →

This morning I went to a meeting about a project at work, where I was pleased to find that the files we were talking about transferring are likely to only be a few MB in size and not the potential … Continue reading →

Today I get to deliver a talk to the new cohort of MSc in Rheumatology students we are taking on in the department. I suppose it isn’t truly a lecture in the academic sense but I am hoping the slide … Continue reading →

I had an worthwhile afternoon down in town this afternoon, attending the University Computer Services termly webmasters event. This time round I was not just soaking up ideas and building my peer network over refreshments but also giving a presentation. … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I posted about Google Wave. I have continued to experiment with it and one possibility I have spotted is getting together with some friends I used to enjoy role-playing games with. We have not been able … Continue reading →

I was thinking earlier this week that the blog meme — an idea which bloggers respond to and propagate to their peers — seemed to have died out when I came across URL ABC. You put the letters of the … Continue reading →