This blog used to be called Periodic Fable – which I thought was a very clever name for a blog from a writer who’s also a science graduate. I still think it’s a great name, but it doesn’t cover what I write about, which is e-learning and online communities, with
First save the background of your choice to somewhere on your computer’s hard disk Login to Twitter Click “Settings” towards the top right Under [Yourname] Settings click “Design” Here you can select one of Twitter’s own themes, then add your own background image, and if you’re feeling really creative, you
There are always new ways to evaluate online marketing or search engine optimisation. Recently I’ve been experimenting with Google’s keyword analysis tool at www.google.com/sktool. It analyses a given website and gives you a list of keywords it finds and teells you you how many searches the keywords or phrases have
Chris Maiden, of Drupal experts Menus and Blocks, is spending part of a week later this summer cycling from London to Paris in aid of the Meningitis Trust. Chris, along with a friend, is planning the charity bike ride to arrive in Paris for the start of Drupalcon Paris 2009
Thinking about the “Art of Digital” had me reminiscing about my years as a digital writer and artist and remembering all the wonderful creative online writing and digital art projects we did as part of the trAce Online Writing Centre. When I did my MA in Writing my dissertation was
According to Global Knowledge, a CISCO trainer, there are a variety of IT skills which are dying – in that the demand for these skills is dying. And apparently ColdFusion is one of them. Taking figures from US job postings, Global Knowledge discuss the “death” of ColdFusion: “ColdFusion users rave
Textiles, narrative & technology… A post for Ada Lovelace Day Throughout history women have used craft work as an outlet for their creativity. Often deprived by domestic circumstances of education and work, they turned to craft, and particularly needlecraft, to express their creative energies. Simple household objects such as quilts
The UK Government today backed the Open Source movement launching its Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use Government Action Plan. Calling the Open Source movement “one of the most significant cultural developments in IT and beyond over the last two decades” it celebrates the achievements of the groups of ndividuals
Here’s an interesting widget that helps you pick co-ordinating colours – particularly good for designing webpages, but also good for colours of any kind! Note: it doesn’t work in Internet Explorer, so you will need Firefox to use it properly, I’m afraid. Get great free widgets at Widgetbox!
I have decided that it is essential to learn CSS for my next website, and have found a useful online tutorial/guide at w3schools.com Of course, there’s always Webmonkey and Lissa explains everything at a nicely simple level designed for kids but I suspect the kids don’t need it and we