I have been involved with copyright for various types of media since I worked for a TV production company in the early 1990s, so I’m aware that you can’t just pick a picture, piece of music or a video from a page and use it to your heart’s content. We had to abide by the […]
Category: Work
Thing 9: Google Hangouts/Collaborate Ultra
This was an interesting Thing to have a go at. Both forms of media do the same thing – allow face-to-face interaction with others in real time. The Google Hangout needed to add some extra software to my PC before I could take part whereas the Collaborate Ultra just required me to click on a […]
Thing 10: Wikimedia
Yes, I know I’ve skipped Thing 9, but I’ll cover that later in the week when the Google and Collaborate hangouts have taken place. I decided against setting myself up as an editor of Wikipedia. I’m probably not knowledgeable enough about anything to be confident in making changes to an existing page. The alternative task […]
Thing 10: Wikimedia
Yes, I know I’ve skipped Thing 9, but I’ll cover that later in the week when the Google and Collaborate hangouts have taken place. I decided against setting myself up as an editor of Wikipedia. I’m probably not knowledgeable enough about anything to be confident in making changes to an existing page. The alternative task […]
Thing 8: Facebook
I avoided Facebook for many years. I just wasn’t interested. Then, following a conversation with one of my many cousins (28 at the last count, and that’s the ones I know about – rumour has it there are others!), it transpired that I was the only cousin on that side of the family who wasn’t […]
Thing 8: Facebook
I avoided Facebook for many years. I just wasn’t interested. Then, following a conversation with one of my many cousins (28 at the last count, and that’s the ones I know about – rumour has it there are others!), it transpired that I was the only cousin on that side of the family who wasn’t […]
Thing 7: Twitter
Ha! This one is easy! I’ve been on Twitter since February 2009 so I’m an old hand. I’ve got one account that I use to swap information with one set of friends, and another account which is related to a band I follow. I didn’t want to annoy my friends with pictures and news about […]
Thing 7: Twitter
Ha! This one is easy! I’ve been on Twitter since February 2009 so I’m an old hand. I’ve got one account that I use to swap information with one set of friends, and another account which is related to a band I follow. I didn’t want to annoy my friends with pictures and news about […]
Thing 6: Accessibility
As someone who has a sight difficulty that can’t be corrected (for reasons that are too complicated to go into here), I often struggle with anything that’s on screen or printed on a piece of paper. My bugbear is small text in a serif font and in a pale colour! I am glad that there […]
Thing 6: Accessibility
As someone who has a sight difficulty that can’t be corrected (for reasons that are too complicated to go into here), I often struggle with anything that’s on screen or printed on a piece of paper. My bugbear is small text in a serif font and in a pale colour! I am glad that there […]
Thing 5: Diversity
I have to confess that I didn’t see a downside to the new shades of emoji that were released by Apple. However, having read Paige Tutt’s article How Apple’s new multicultural emojis are more racist than before, I can see that the emojis could cause problems. You have to feel sorry for companies like Apple: […]
Thing 5: Diversity
I have to confess that I didn’t see a downside to the new shades of emoji that were released by Apple. However, having read Paige Tutt’s article How Apple’s new multicultural emojis are more racist than before, I can see that the emojis could cause problems. You have to feel sorry for companies like Apple: […]