I started Edinburgh University’s 23 Things for Digital Knowledge around a year ago and I’ve found it really worthwhile. It’s a free course split into nice small chunks – or ‘Things’ – so it’s easy to pick up bit by bit when you have time. Most of the ‘Things’ I was vaguely aware of, so … Continue reading 23 Things reflection →
Author: Andrea McKenzie
Just a Cat
I had fun playing with the app Just a Line. It lets you film a short clip and draw over the top of it. If you move the camera while drawing, your doodle becomes 3D. Apparently you can share the augmented reality fun if you pair your phone with another one, but sadly the app … Continue reading Just a Cat →
i-Corona
Edinburgh University’s Thing 21 – a module on online learning and digital games – could not be more relevant at this time. The UK, along with many countries across the world is on lockdown as social distancing becomes the first line of defense against the rapid and unmanageable spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID19. As … Continue reading i-Corona →
I’ve always found LinkedIn a bit of a tricky fit. It’s a bit too “worky” for me to want to check at home, and a bit too “job hunty” to want to check at work. So message requests tend to pile up before I get round to reading them, and it’s usually from people I … Continue reading LinkedIn →
Altmetrics
Altmetrics is a way to measure and display the reach of journal articles. Although it claims to measure their impact, it is really just recording their popularity, as there is no easy way to drill down to see the resulting real world change that may have occured. I looked at a research article from the … Continue reading Altmetrics →
Augmented ‘reality’?
The year is 2016, groups of youths gather menacingly in public places. What are they up to? Dealing? Scheming? Plotting to overthrow Boomers once and for all? Actually, they are catching cartoon ‘animals’ on their smartphones. Yes Pokemon Go famously got youths out into the great outdoors… to stare at their screens and ignore the … Continue reading Augmented ‘reality’? →
Hunting for Treasures
Geocaching is a great fun free family activity and an excellent way of turning a ‘boring’ walk into a treasure hunt adventure. All you need is a smartphone and the Geocaching.com website, downloading the app might make things easier, but the website works just fine. Geo – meaning Earth, and Cache – a French word … Continue reading Hunting for Treasures →
Dreadful Penny
This Saturday – 25 January 2020 my new all female rock band Dreadful Penny will be making their debut. There are many gruesome stats about the lack of gender balance in the music industry, so come and support women on a (rock and) roll to change that. Girls Rock School supports the best established and … Continue reading Dreadful Penny
One note
I feel like Microsoft Onenote is the app none of us will be able to do without in a year’s time. It’s a great way of organising information in a clear, colourful, hierarchical structure: including pictures, calendar entries and even handwritten scribbles. It works well for gathering and compiling important business information, for example that … Continue reading One note →
Happy New Year
Today I have been looking at inspiring acting quotes on Tumblr: “Why sit around and say, ‘I’d like to do something?’ You’ve just gotta do it. You might fail at first, but your failures are what are going to allow you to move onto success.” Joel Edgerton https://actingref-for-actorsandanimators.tumblr.com/ Speaking of failure, this background artist’s handiwork … Continue reading Happy New Year →
Danny Ricciardo
Having never owned an iphone, I’ve always felt a wee bit left behind in the world of podcasts. When you Google anything, you have the option of searching All, Images, Videos, News and even Books, but not Podcasts (surely this feature would be great and is coming soon though, right?!) But it’s good that more … Continue reading Danny Ricciardo →
How to be
Having used You Tube on a daily basis, I thought it would be interesting to explore and contrast fellow video sharing platform Vimeo. People had sent me links to Vimeo before, but I’d always found the site intimidating to navigate and understand, so it was finally time to put on my big girl pants and … Continue reading How to be →