Before lock-down I used to drive to work, leave the car in the nearest car park, at Kelvinbridge, and then walk through the park, along the bank of the Kelvin, then up the hill to the campus. During lock-down I… Read moreThe importance of a morning walk for mental health and productivity
It’s almost 4 years since I last published to this blog; there have been a couple of reasons for this, but fundamentally really comes down to me not having had anything to say that didn’t seem too negative. However, I… Read moreUpdate
As a comparison to the office nose graphs I posted last week, at the weekend I set up my noise meter in my study at home and created the same graphs for that location. Like the previous graph, this shows… Read moreOffice noise levels part 2
A couple of months ago I sat a decibel meter on my desk for a few days, and recorded the noise levels in my office. Although I feel my office is very noisy, the figures I got didn’t seem too… Read moreOffice noise levels
Up until about two years ago I had a really good job. I was an Educational Software Developer, with a sort of skunk-works remit. I did the special projects, sometimes linked to Educational Research, and sometimes just intended to improve… Read moreHave I become too much of a specialist to find a job?
About a week ago I posted my first ‘vlog post’ to YouTube. I have a couple of different reasons for trying vlogging: I want to learn and develop ways of making short educational videos more efficiently to assist the teaching… Read moreA blog post about my first vlog post
Yesterday I posted this video describing how to make an animated GIF by using Inkscape to position transparent PNG images over a background, and then using giffy.com to put them together as an animated GIF, however video is not an… Read moreMaking simple GIF annimations.
When I suggested the fantasy band idea for the daily create I was thinking I would create some sort of photo manipulated image, but unfortunately today I was a bit short of time, and also finding suitably licensed images of… Read moreMy daily create fantasy band
I like to photograph wildlife, and when I do I naturally try not to disturb the animals that I’m photographing. I’m not great wildlife photographer, and I’m unlikely to ever sell a photograph or win a prize, but that doesn’t… Read moreDaily Create 1995
It’s almost a month since the end of the CLMOOC pop-up animation week, so possibly it’s time for some reflection. I’m not convinced we hit the necessary critical mass of participants to make a social media based event work well,… Read moreAnimation Week – postscript