Archive for: May 2006

May 26, 2006

Skype request please

Filed under: Reflections - 26 May 2006

It must be possible and would be incredibly useful if Skype automatically indicated when someone was already in a Skype conversation. This would save a lot of time refusing invites or toggling between conversations making apologies and explaining …

May 24, 2006

Some essential tools for distributed teams or save the planet!

Filed under: Technology - 24 May 2006


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Myself and many of my colleagues use an application called SubEthaEdit (a Mac application although there may be a PC equivalent) to author documents collaboratively in real time when working in different …

May 22, 2006

Web service slide show tool

Filed under: Reviews - 22 May 2006


A nice little web service brought to us from the Frappr team called slide.com This online album tool enables easy upload (irritatingly only one at a time), drag and drop re-ordering, a choice of transitions to create a …

May 20, 2006

Authoring undergraduate modules using open source methodology and wiki technology (Inspired by DEMOS)

Filed under: Research & Evaluation - 20 May 2006

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Reading a Demos pamphlet ‚ÄòWide Open ‚Äì Open source methods and their future potential‚Äô set me thinking how we could utilise the ideas behind open source to develop a better …

May 16, 2006

A great thing about Skype

Filed under: Technology - 16 May 2006

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When I am listening to music on iTunes through my head set and I call someone using , iTunes pauses the track immediately. But this is the …

May 4, 2006

Media literacy UK children

Filed under: Reviews - 04 May 2006

Anyone interested in a ‚ÄòState of the Nation‚Äô report on media literacy amongst children in the UK should take a look at this detailed audit brought to us by Ofcom. Apparently, they are the body responsible …