As I come to the end of the University of Edinburgh’s 23 things, I’ve been reflecting on the course and my experiences. Overall it was an enjoyable and useful course to go through, I enjoyed the learning games in Thing 21, found Altmetrics interesting in Thing 19, and was pleasantly surprised by how useful Just … Continue reading Reflection →

I played around with a couple of the apps, Snapchat – which I already have used, which my friends use alot to microblog about their day with images and video – they love a filter. I also took a look at Just a line, which I hadn’t used before and this was interesting by drawing … Continue reading Fun, Play, and Create →

I played MicroParasites2D on the National Museum of Scotland website, the games takes the player through the evolution and spread of the malaria parasite within the body. You play as the drug which is set to come to the rescue! Playing the game was interesting as you tackle bigger and more experiences foes – as … Continue reading Online Games and Learning →

LinkedIn is a fine place to host your online CV and previous work experience. However, the platform could do better to implement features which legitimize the claims made by the individuals. This could be in the form of organisations signing up and providing an approved “tick” which confirms the individual has worked within the organisation … Continue reading LinkedIn →

Altmetrics tracks where published research is mentioned online, and provides tools and services to institutions, publishers, researchers, funders and other organisations to monitor this activity. I added Altmetrics to Firefox and browsed a few journals and the metrics gathered were quite interesting, it doesn’t judge the quality of the journal but does give an indication … Continue reading Altmetrics →

I have played around a couple virtual reality headsets: Sony’s Playstation VR headset – requires connection to a Playstation 4, the resolution of the image is quite low and it becomes hard to read text. After a awhile, depending on the experience / game it can bring on motion sickness after 20 – 30 minutes … Continue reading Virtual Reality →

A fun Geolocation app / game is Pokemon Go! It is the most widely used location based, combined with location tracking it uses augmented reality to overlay creatures in the game in the real world. It’s also free with in app purchases and comes o…

OneNote is an extremely useful application, I use it for taking notes at meetings as well as storing information for quick referencing and also collaboration with others on Projects using Shared OneNotes.Using Office 365 services, my OneNote books can…

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Podcasts are great for learning more about your interests with others more knowledgeable or just as keen as you. Below is a podcast about general AI!https://soundcloud.com/twiml/twiml-talk-74-towards-artificial-general-intelligence-greg-brockman