My most popular video on YouTube (by far) is one where I recite the Martin Niemöller poem First They Came for The Communists. It’s been on the site over 10 years and has received to date about 54,000 views. Interestingly the views spiked when Donald Trump came into power – make of that what you … Continue reading Creative Commons →
Author: Amber Rocks
wiki’d
For most of us Wikipedia is the first stop on any research journey, but I have been finding out there is so much more to the wonderful world of Wikimedia. From bucket loads of quotes for when your inspiration takes a dip on Wikiquote, to free to use music on Wikimedia Commons, if I had … Continue reading wiki’d →
Pony spotting
If you’ve watched all of my Youtube videos and STILL have nothing better to do, go to Google Hangouts, start a chat with anyone and type in /ponystream If it doesn’t make your mouth curl up at the sides just a tiny wee bit you are probably dead inside. I spotted a flaming pony, a … Continue reading Pony spotting →
Face away
Ah Facebook – I use you every day and yet I hate you. You play on my fear of missing out, yet cause me to miss out on the beauty of the real world. You have messed so badly with our News Feeds you expect us to make Groups to find out about the people … Continue reading Face away →
Raining cats and dogs
As a self confessed crazy cat lady, I was shocked to find the number one interest of my Twitter followers is… dogs. How can this be?! Isn’t sharing cat pictures the main point of Twitter? Does this mean we need to set up a new social media site? Having never knowingly posted anything about dogs … Continue reading Raining cats and dogs →
Gen Z
“80% of 13–20-year-olds, or “Gen Z”, believe that gender did not define a person as much as it used to… and only 44% always bought clothes designed for their own gender” https://uxdesign.cc/designing-forms-for-gender-diversity-and-inclusion-d8194cf1f51 I wish I could remember what I was buying online, something innocuous like a toaster, and when I went to fill in the … Continue reading Gen Z →
Avatars
I must admit I never really understood why we moved away from yellow faced emojis – isn’t it much better we escape judgments about skin colour for a while?! However, I did a squeal of joy when I heard there were emojis coming with ginger hair, and actually, I think I shed a tear of … Continue reading Avatars →
App-alling
During an exercise that seemed like a serious bit of work but felt a lot like procrastination I checked the app permissions on my phone. Like all of life’s great mysteries the more I probed the more I developed questions rather than answers: Why are 21 out of 45 apps using my camera? Why do … Continue reading App-alling →
Footprints in the mud
What could be worse than someone finding and reading an old diary from your more angry, less self aware youth? I wonder about the stupid arguments I’ve had with strangers on social media because I’ve had too much coffee and not enough to do at the time. Will my potty mouth on Twitter be used … Continue reading Footprints in the mud →