Archive for the year 2009

Happy Windows 7

I rebuilt my old Dell XPS M1710 with Windows 7 yesterday and it’s fantastic. No really, it’s a dream to use and seems to have given my machine a new lease of life. It’s not that I had any problems with poor embattled Vista, which served me well for almost three years. It was time [...]

SharePoint in Plain (American) English

A short video by Common Craft explaining, in simple terms, what Microsoft SharePoint is and why/how people use it.

Twitter Down

On Tuesday 25th August 2009 at 20:28 GMT (21:28 BST in the UK), Twitter suffered a “service interruption”. While this really wasn’t a problem for me (I’m not addicted you know – I can stop at any time!), it reminded me of the following cartoon that was featured in an article on ReadWriteWeb.

Age of Universe, Earth and Mankind Visualised

Thanks to Tina Roth Eisenberg and Thierry Blancpain for sharing.

The Age of the Petabyte

Credit to The Mozy Blog and Steve Clayton for originally sharing.

Twitter – Let’s Not Get Too Excited

There’s a lot of hype around suggesting that Twitter is the new king of social networks. These graphical representations by mkandlez knock such claims on the head. Since my first tweet in November 2008, I’m now in regular contact with some of the leading figures in the British and international education IT community. I doubt [...]

Life in Atherton

While I work with schools in Bolton, I live in neighbouring Atherton. This video describes how tough life used to be in Northern England! If no video is displayed, you’re either reading this article via an RSS feed or YouTube is blocked by your establishment’s web filtering policy.

SIMS Annual Conference 2009

This year’s SIMS Annual Conference was held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham University on the 22-24 June 2009. Over 330 delegates attended representing 115 local authorities. The focus of the conference was the 21st Century Local Authority, following on from last year’s 21st Century School theme. In a departure from previous years, the [...]

The Ultimate Peaceful Competition

For more videos on this truly fantastic subject, please visit the BBC News website.

Fasten Seat Belts to the World

Are you travelling in Europe this summer? If the answer is yes, you might want to watch this video in order to avoid potentially awkward situations. The advice given for the UK is news to me! I’m obviously not very well travelled, even in my own country! Thanks to Tina Roth Eisenberg (who is very [...]

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