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January 2010

testing javascript possibilities

2010, January 3 - 19:38 — Suzetta

A ball

2010, January 3 - 21:40 — Suzetta
A ball

Copyright, CC-NC and the like

2010, January 4 - 14:37 — PatParslow

I have been involved in an interesting discussion on Twitter this morning, with @TerryWassall, @JamesClay, @OStephens, @GrahamAttwell, @HallyMK1 and @AJCann about issues relating to course materials and copyright.

Advice activity

2010, January 4 - 16:45 — PatParslow

Data Protection Act and Social Media

2010, January 6 - 17:50 — PatParslow

Although I have been aware of the DPA since the legislation was passed, and have worked in a role where I was responsible for auditing my company’s compliance (or at least my department’s compliance), I confess I had not thought about the burgeoning use of Social Media sites in the context, except in terms of how they should behave with my data.

BBC Weather... what is the key to it all?

2010, January 8 - 21:27 — PatParslow

OK, so apart from the small issue of long term forecasts getting less reliable over the last 20 years (at least, so it seems), I have a problem with the BBC’s weather charts on the Web.  They used to be easy to understand, but apparently someone decided they were too complicated, so now you cannot see the temperature on the same chart as ‘general’ and, to make matters worse, this is the key to explain the colour codes used:

DI Round table - AmplifiED '10

2010, January 11 - 12:10 — PatParslow

 http://amplified10.eventbrite.com

CMALT portfolio

2010, January 11 - 16:58 — Suzetta

 Attempt to re-build my CMALT application, as it appears to have become unattached from itself...

Managing your supervisor

2010, January 12 - 17:22 — PatParslow

I decided it was about time I looked at some of the online learning materials for our Graduate Development Skills Programme.  In a way, I knew it would be a bit of a mistake – but also that it would be informative.

Apparently, according to the one on IP, it is wrong to answer a question along the lines of “True/False: it always costs money to use a patented technology” with False, although the explanatory text says “It usually costs…” thus proving the ‘correct’ answer of True to be False (as ‘always’ would be required for the answer to be ‘True’). 

Newspaper Clipping Generator

2010, January 12 - 17:47 — PatParslow

Over on this site is a lovely little tool which lets you download and use artificially generated newspaper clippings.  I love it.