Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for May 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day and it’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see my progress towards my goals. I […]
Teaching Computers to Parents
Some years back, my parents were strictly against computers (as a matter of fact, so was I back in the long distant past where computers meant you were coding in Fortran). I recall my father stressing that he never wanted one of those blasted machines in his house nor would it take over his signwriting […]
A Blog Post About GDPR
By now you’re probably well and truly over this whole GDPR debacle. For those of you living under a rock these last few months, you may have noticed your email inbox swamped with messages regarding confirming your privacy and security details. The European government has placed some stringent requirements as to how information is collected, […]
Is Reblogging Cheating?
Have you ever heard of the term “reblogging?” I think “reblogging” used to be a “thing”, although it’s something that has been at the back of my mind but never fully explored. The reason it popped back into my head is that I get a few requests every year to reuse some of my blog […]
If I Can Turn Back Time
“If I can turn back time, I’ll do it all again…” sang Cher. Yesterday while taking a break from a knitting frenzy, I checked my Feedly account to scan through some of the titles from blogs I follow. One blog by Digital Sociologist Mark Carrigan (@mark_carrigan) is one which I make time to read because not […]
Live Lab with Desmond Herbert
Yesterday I was interviewed by Desmond Herbert (who I had first met on Snapchat) for his weekly Live Lab Facebook Live Show. Every Monday he chats with people who are using social media differently in their work and it was an opportunity to share how I use it (in particularly, Snapchat) for learning purposes. We […]
What is a Career?
A few of years ago after leaving the corporate sector to pursue a new phase in my life as an independent consultant, I invested in a year-long program with a business coach. Over that year, I blogged about what I was learning and applying to switch my mindset from “employee” to “self-employed consultant. At the […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 29 May 2017
Here is a rundown of this week’s snap stories of Personal Learning Week of 29 May 2017. Monday 29 May 2017 On this day, I talk about how I like to play with the various Snapchat filters as well as talk about the Vincent Van Gough exhibition I attended over the weekend. I surmise that […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 22 May 2017
So here is a run down of what I was working on and learning in the week of 22 May. Monday 22 May 2017 I was reading a book that was recently published by an ex-McKinsey consultant called the Mosaic Principle which talked about neogeneralism. In this video, I share a bit about what neogeneralism […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 15 May 2017
Monday 15 May 2017 After Portugal’s win in Eurovision, I start my week with the winning song and then quickly delve into the research that I have been doing on Snapchat. I have been reading some academic papers on how this tool is being used as some background for an upcoming presentation to vocational educators […]