I didn’t realise that you get copyright of your own artistic works merely by making them – no need to actually apply for copyright or use the little © sign that always seems to appear when you are just trying to type ‘(c)’ in a list of things. So delighted to hear about Creative Commons, … Continue reading Fear of copywrong →
Author: graemefarmer4696
Wikigrammertunnel
Registering with Wikipedia and going through the introductiory “Wikipedia Adventure” tutorial actually gave me a lot more confidence in the reliability of Wiki-formation than I had previously. The tutorial itself was pitcvhed just right to let you get stuck in without blundering around like a novice, and focussing more on the underlying fundamental proinciples rather … Continue reading Wikigrammertunnel →
Choices Schmoices
Being aksed to tial Google Hangouts or “a different type of vido chat platform” immediately throws up the issue of having t choose a platform, when all you want ot do is chat to your mates or work colleagues. The last thing I need is another option, having t currently check so many different social … Continue reading Choices Schmoices →
A new, old thing
Instructed by 23 Things EdUni to set up a Facebook Group, I was quite excited to try this new aspect of my old Facebook account. I was, however, a tad disappointed when I clicked on the ‘group’ area only to discover I’m already a memberof several groups, and hadn’t looked at any of them for … Continue reading A new, old thing →
Short and not too sweet
So that’s me signed up to twitter – minimum fuss and very easy to get started. For something that is sold on the attractiveness of brevity, after choosing to follow a very small number of tweeters my inbox is deluged with all manner of stuff. Took me half an hour to skim through it all. … Continue reading Short and not too sweet →
B’Jesus this is complicated
Plugging our web address into the WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool results in this bewildering array of error messages. A nice visual representation of how complex this issue is, if such a high number of issues pop up on what is a well designed website belonging to a right-on organisation. I wonder how anyone other … Continue reading B’Jesus this is complicated →
Diverse Emojis
🖕 These things are annoying enough wihtout now having to waste time chosing a skin tone. What’s wrong with yellow? No-one’s yellow, so its all cartoony and unrealistic anyway.
Abdicating responsibility
This man does it all for me…. This is Andrew, my IT Manager at work – he looks after my smartphone. Having read up on mobile security I’m feeling a bit guilty that I just assume everything is fine and I can blame Andrew if anything goes wrong. So now I’m shamefacedly going through the … Continue reading Abdicating responsibility →
Leave only footprints…
So the most exciting thing about examining my digitial footprint was finding out that I wrote the script for this: which is all very exciting, if wrong (though I do remember watching the TV show as a kid). Pretty scary how much stuff is out there – and of course someone looking to contact me … Continue reading Leave only footprints… →
Things Ahoy!
Well that’s me started on Edinburgh University’s 23 Things for Digital Knowledge course. Not sure what I expect to get out of it, other than perhaps confirmation that I’m a digital dinosaur who probably needs more than a mere 23 things to become even vaguely digitally-savvy. Still – that’s two ‘things’ done already, including my first ever blog, so a good … Continue reading Things Ahoy! →