
Although I’ve not been in Ethiopia very long, my technology habits have adapted quickly. The main changes I’ve noticed are:

Tony was giving a talk yesterday as part of a workshop with me and Grainne, to the OU Library and he said something I hadn't really appreciated before - namely that because Google refines its search results based on your history (if

In this post, I’m going to have a quick look at some filtered reports I set up a few days ago to see if they are working as I expected.

As the OpenLearn “Stage 2″ phase draws to a close and many of the team who set the project up move onto pastures new, its good to see the innovation continue. Back in the early days we knew there were two features that would make the site more appealing to users:
1. Something that recognised learners efforts and time on the site;

I’ve spent the day locked in a hotel room trashing out a draft chapter looking at new technologies and their impact on organisations and individuals. The rather grandeous introduction sets the scene.

Today I met attended a workshop with BTCV to try to decide on the future of the Volunteer Passport that I was involved with a few months ago (especially as I’m not going to be here to maintain it).
The Passport hasn’t been used that much yet - but there are several reasons for this, firstly [...]

In Search 4.0: Putting Humans Back In Search , Danny Sullivan comments "I think there is some potential to tapping into a social network and applying it to search. However, I still remains uncertain how that will unfold.

I’ve had a couple of days away from computers in Ireland with my family and apart from giving me a chance to catch up with stuff it’s given me a chance to look ‘from the outside’ in a bit to computing.
My ridiculously large workload says I shouldn't be blogging right now… but I'm sticking it to the man!