It’s September, and I get that back to school feeling once again as the new term starts. My coaching inbox, which is always a bit quiet over the summer, starts to fill up with emails from clients ready to continue their work, and new enquiries from folk who are looking at the year ahead and […]
Category: 23 Things Syndicated
What I’ve Been Doing Over The Summer
This post is inspired by Doug Belshaw’s and Stephen Downes’ reviews of what they’ve been up to over the summer. Although I’ve been writing here a bit more this summer than in the previous twelve months, I have not posted anything since early August. There are reasons for that, most of which comes down to […]
Newsletter, September 2026
As I am writing this month’s newsletter, the sun is drying the remnants of last night’s thunderstorm. After months of drought, heatwaves and wildfires, rain has returned to South Wales. The end of summer brought many highlights, including t…
Newsletter, September 2026
As I am writing this month’s newsletter, the sun is drying the remnants of last night’s thunderstorm. After months of drought, heatwaves and wildfires, rain has returned to South Wales. The end of summer brought many highlights, including t…
Adventures in Analogue II
This seems to be the time of year when I blog about my adventures in the analogue world. Most of my work and much of my friendships are happening online in some form or other, so this is post is about the things that are happening offline, in the analo…
Blogs down
I am sad to say we have detected a security incident affecting the popular blogging service blogs.ed. Our investigations currently indicate that unknown parties may have gained unauthorised access to some user data. As soon as the incident was identified, the excellent LTW service teams sprang into action to prevent further intrusion. No other services …
Athena Swan for professional services
As one of the very few professional services departments in the UK to hold Athena Swan accreditation, we are getting a few enquiries from libraries and learning services at other universities. Alessandra has prepared a redacted version of our bid and action plan, which can be shared and i am happy to discuss if that …
Road to Nowhere
I love the song Road to Nowhere by the Talking Heads. I am listening to it right now, just as I am typing this. This post is a bit complicated, so let’s see if I can put it all together and make some sense out of it: It all started with the DS106…
Rookie (or a year of mentoring)
For the past few years I have volunteered as a mentor for the 1 Million Mentors programme, a national initiative that provides free career focused mentoring for 16-25 year olds. This week another year of mentoring comes to an end, and so I want to refl…
Goals in complexity
Chris Corrigan recently blogged about “goals in complexity,” ending with wondering how others are encountering “goals” in doing truly complex work. While I am not working in complexity in the same way he, or Dave Snowden whom he references, do, there were elements in the post that resonated with activities I do engage in. This […]
The Radio (Summer Camp) Returns
It’s been an eventful summer already, and the next big event is just around the corner: on 18th August the DS106 Radio Summer Camp returns! YES! Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan of all things audio and especially radio. So for the p…
Newsletter, August 2026
It’s summer holiday season and I am sitting at my desk, working (with a blissfully quiet inbox). If you are reading this, you might be working, too, so here’s a friendly wave from me to you.