There you have it, my Bitmoji avatar created as part of Thing 5. It looks more like me than any of the other emoji/emoticons that are available but it’s still just an approximation to who I actually am, and I’m not sure it was worth the effort as I now have to work out how … Continue reading →

After reading the literature for Thing 3, I Googled my name to see how large my digital footprint was. I wasn’t particularly surprised with what came up in the search – I happen to share my name with a famous actor and the search was strewn with references to him; obituaries, Wikipedia entry, IMDB entry etc. I … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 3 Digital Footprint

I was not aware of the University’s Social Media Guidelines for Staff and Researchers until being asked to read them for Thing 1 and then blog about it. I don’t have any day to day involvement with producing social media for the University at present though this may change in the future. Having now read them, … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 1 Blogging B