Kicking off the research process: undergrad dissertations.
The autumn term rolls on, finally slipping into some kind of rhythm as we near the end of Week 4. There's some structure the weeks and we can anticipate what's coming up with greater clarity and certainty as each day passes. There are those on cam...
World beating ways to spend a day off.
As trailed earlier in September, I'm building up to a fairly short presentation at a workshop being hosted by my employer. This is a chance to talk with practitioners about what works for them, which tools they're using to build their online prese...
Structures and guidelines.
So that was 6 September and now it's the 14th, a week or so into the academic year. Students new and continuing are settling into the higher education groove and Craiglockhart Campus is humming with activity. Long may it last: students attending l...
Two quick notes before bed: MP3-based shows on the Fringe; a comment on my chosen links.
6 September has long been nestled at the back of my mind like a cosy cuckoo, waiting to waken up and consume all the time I may have had lying around. 6 September is the date this September's students are due to start at Edinburgh Napier, except o...
Radio Magnetic: at the Edinburgh Fringe and all over the interwebs.
Just time before bed to write up my thoughts on a recent seminar, held during the Edinburgh Fringe and hosted by Inner Ear (the folks behind Radio Magnetic). Titled 'Digital Audience Development' it looked at 'how to select and sequence online ser...
Hail fellow.
Three years into my job at Edinburgh Napier Uni and I've managed to work through almost fifty business cards. I'm meeting nearly 1.4 people a month it seems, although that average will come down once relatives are taken out.*Cards come in packs of...
Star Man: now with moving pictures.
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Star Man: climbing to space during Fringe 2010.
Bringing shiny spacesuits to the Edinburgh Fringe has surely been done before - Macbeth set on the International Space Station perhaps - but surely none has been put through its paces quite so thoroughly as James Baker's. Here are photos from the ...
Travelogue 12: 'sheeps that pass in the night 02.11.02'
Enjoying the lengthening days of south eastern Australia in the southern spring was a glorious, laid back rural experience. I spent time on two farms: each of them suffering in the drought, one of them seemingly with greater success though as the ...
Travelogue 11: 'green 01.10.02'
On my way back to Australia following a northern summer in Edinburgh I spent a week in Bali. This was before the bombing (though only by about three weeks, and I spent in an evening in the bar which suffered most damage) so a snapshot of life on t...