Think small – while great things are happening in the world at the moment, it seems that several of the bloggers I read have turned their thoughts to the micro scale. From the importance of finding a creative space of your own, however tiny, from blogger Quinncreative, through the microbloggers
All one can ask is – why? Turn URLs into something absolutely hugehttp://www.hugeurl.com/ Or have yourself “the longest alphabetical email address in the world” free fromhttp://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com
Admit it – you Google yourself sometimes. Don’t you? Isn’t it funny what you can come up with, though. When I first bought my domain name helenwhitehead.com I started getting emails for an American astrologer of the same name. We were all very polite about it and I promised never
Today I learned how to solve outgoing email problems. The problem: Email was coming into a new installation of Thunderbird but outgoing mail was throwing up an error message. We checked: The details of the outgoing mail server The usernames and passwords of the relevant accounts The security requirements of
The first program I really felt I needed to carry around with me was Audacity – it was a program I was using a lot to introduce lecturers to podcasting, and it wasn’t installed by default on the University’s computers. So here’s a great idea – keeping a selection of
I avoided it for a long time – who needs another obsession? – but after the NLab Social Networks Conference, I decided I had to have a part of this, and yes it’s become a regular practice. I follow and am followed by various other people interested in social networks
It’s amazing how often I am in places where I can find an unsecured wifi network – especially in the business sectors of cities where you’d think companies would know better. Here’s the most cogent reason yet for making sure your personal or business wifi is properly secured: Mumbai police
I’m just finalising the materials for my next blogging course – How to Blog. We call it “an online course with everything you need to know to start blogging – in just 2 hours a week (for 9 weeks).” There are places on the next course still available and participants
Quotations can be puzzling, irrelevant and downright incomprehensible, and sometimes I wonder why I bother to read them – but on my iGoogle page I have “Quotes of the Day”. I find that random quotes are at least as relevant to my life as any horoscope would be! Sometimes, even,
For an elearning course led by a tutor to be effective, the tutor presence is one of the most important elements. Showing good e-moderating practice the tutor must: login regularly model good online behaviour be seen to be present post encouraging messages for students respond to student queries as quickly