This year, I’ve been slowly doing a slow declutter of our home and contents [no books, artworks, music or yarn has been thrown out so you can all breathe a sigh of relief] but also of all the digital detritus that was making me go slightly crazy. You see, I noticed my attention waning and […]
Dealing with the Naysayers and Nitpickers
One of the things I say to people when showing and sharing their work and learning publicly, openly and transparently is to get ready for the naysayers and nitpickers. Unfortunately, they’re just part of life if you end up sharing your work in online public spaces. They pop up every now and then but don’t […]
Creating an Archive of Blog Posts
Today I finally got around to creating an archive page for this blog that pulls together all the blog posts I have written over the years. I followed the article How to Display All Your WordPress Posts on the One Page and downloaded the Simple Yearly Archive plugin from the WordPress store. I’ve been meaning […]
Enjoying My Birthday
So it’s a bit eye opening to realise that I turned 52 yesterday. The body says I’m 52 but in my mind, I’m 25. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I look in the mirror and notice the skin that’s going papery, the wrinkles around my eyes and the random hairs that seem […]
Enjoying the Moment
I think the whole COVID saga has been some kind of blessing in my life. I don’t usually use words like “blessing” as it has some kind of religious connotations. I’m not religious by any stretch of the imagination however, I believe I am spiritual so I’ll go with the word….for now. An alternative word […]
30 Day Learning Challenge
Recently I found a tweet that had a language learning challenge over 30 days that I wanted to try out: I decided to give it a go and see how it all pans out. A few French speaking people have been helping me along – most prefer to give their feedback through Direct Message as […]
Reflections About Personal Learning This Week – 3 May 2020
Beside my desk at home, I have a list of questions that were created by Kenneth Mikkelsen who wrote the post on The Best Leaders are Constant Learners. Every week, I glance over to it and make a mental note to use it as a means of self reflection for the week. After all, I […]
Reflections about Personal Learning This Week – 26 April 2020
Beside my desk at home, I have a list of questions that were created by Kenneth Mikkelsen who wrote the post on The Best Leaders are the Best Learners. Every week, I glance over to it and make a mental note to use it as a means of self reflection for the week. After all, […]
Frequently Asked Questions I Get About Microsoft Teams
I was being asked similar questions about the use of Microsoft Teams for collaboration and remote working so I decided to collect all the questions and create a resource for answers in the Wakelet. I’m blown away with the massive response to this collection. Thank YOU! Sometimes you just never know if what you share […]
Creativity During Isolation
Despite this time being difficult for many, one of the things I have loved to watch online is the explosion of new people who are now sharing more than ever. Both on LinkedIn and Twitter, my timeline now is abundant with different voices with content that is being shared and retweeted of not just […]